Prominent Televangelist Says He Will Endorse Donald Trump

Mike Murdock, head pastor at the Wisdom Center ministry, joins a handful of evangelical leaders backing the Republican presidential hopeful ahead of the South Carolina primary.
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Days before the first Southern primary of 2016, Mike Murdock, a prominent Texas-based televangelist, will formally endorse Republican Donald Trump for president at a rally in Greenville, South Carolina, on Monday.

“He has a warrior spirit for restoring America in the eyes of the world and he has a warrior’s heart,” said Murdock, the head pastor at the Wisdom Center ministry, told Bloomberg Politics in an interview. “I am endorsing him for president.”