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Liberal Christian group kicks off new swing-state voter campaign

The liberal-leaning Christian group Faithful America is launching a new project focused on chipping away at President Donald Trump’s support among religious voters in three swing states.

The group’s anti-Trump effort is projected to spend $65,000—a fraction of the $50 million get-out-the-vote effort an­nounced last year by the conservative Faith and Freedom Coalition. But the project could have an outsized impact in the states of Florida, Michigan, and Penn­sylvania, and it is the latest sign of progressive Christian groups engaging more actively in the presidential race.

Mike Pence replaces Jesus with patriotic imagery in RNC speech

Speaking before a crowd at Fort McHenry National Monument in Balti­more on August 26, Vice President Mike Pence, a self-described “born-again, evangelical Catholic,” sprinkled his address to the Republican National Convention with references to God and prayer.

But Pence, who accepted his party’s nomination for vice president during the speech, sparked outcry in some Christian circles when he closed out his remarks. He combined at least two Bible verses—and replaced references to Jesus with patriotic imagery.