Biden’s Evangelical Foes Set Aside Satan Fears, Cash Aid Checks

  • Conservatives, small-government activists see no moral dilemma
  • Churches and political groups expect to share in good fortune
Pastor E.W. JacksonPhotographer: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post/Getty Images
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Evangelical Christians and small-government activists, among the fiercest critics of President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress, are finding solace in $1,400 stimulus checks that some are sharing with churches and political causes.

In a January Bible study livestream, Virginia pastor E.W. Jackson said a pair of Georgians headed for the U.S. Senate were “demoniacally possessed” and their fellow Democrats were “cursing” the country by supporting abortion access and gay rights. Newly minted senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were key to Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which passed the evenly divided Senate with no Republican support.