Evangelical leaders are urging their sheep to get out and vote.
Evangelical policy groups have been investing serious money in turning out votes to shore up a red firewall. Mr. Reed’s coalition, for instance, is putting $18 million into this cycle, up from $10 million in 2016 and $5 million in the 2014 midterms. “The only thing that matters is who comes out on Election Day,” Mr. Reed said.
The Christian nationalist turnout machine relies heavily on an extensive network of conservative pastors. The Family Research Council, for example, runs “pastor briefings” through its organization Watchmen on the Wall, which claimed 28,000 members in 2014. At a Watchmen pastors briefing in Unionville, N.C., on Oct. 4, Mr. Perkins said: “The members of your congregation need to vote. As pastors, you need to — I’m not going to say ‘challenge them’ — you need to tell them to vote.”
“You need to tell them to vote.” Because, you know, the sheep will do as the Holy Men tell them.
The poor pitiful boobs have no idea how much contempt their leaders really have for them, or how casually their votes are bought and sold — or how much harm they’re doing to their country.