After the House of Representatives impeached Trump for inciting the riot, Franklin Graham issued a Facebook post blasting the 10 Republicans who voted for it. Graham went so far as to compare the 10 to Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus for a payoff.

With the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Americans United has high hopes that many of Trump’s policies that undermined church-state separation will be reversed.

White evangelicals have been among Trump’s strongest supporters. About 80% of them voted for Trump in 2016, a figure that more or less held steady in 2020.