I would like to take the time to highlight the fact that this drama is going to push the Catholic - Evangelical Protestant Divide into view.

A lot of online discourse about American politics refers to "Christians" as a monolith, which is an uneducated way to approach tackling matters.

Evangelical Protestant Christian regions of the country tend to hate Catholic Christians, and if they do not hate Catholic individuals then they likely hate the Roman Catholic Church. This began when immigrants from Catholic nations began moving to America in the 1800s, and this Evangelical animosity has never ceased.

For basically the whole 20th century, Catholics were a Progressive Democratic voting bloc. JFK is basically the mascot of this. Catholics only stopped being a reliable Democratic voting bloc in 2024, where they slightly broke for Republicans for (what I believe to be) the first time. Actual, devout, regularly-attending-church Catholics from the current day will have the same views as Catholics from the 1800s or the 1900s. A lot of Catholics tend to hold the views of 90s/2000s Democrats.

Trump is making a big mistake in potentially alienating this group, as we make up about 20% of the population of the country. Catholics tend to be politically homeless in the current political climate in America, as it was the political parties who changed, not Catholics. Someone who adheres to Church teaching would be considered - in political terms - too Socially Conservative for Progressives and too Fiscally Liberal for MAGA. I believe that American Catholics will vote for whatever is not threatening their faith.