"Yet White, a 50-year-old grandmother who, like Trump, is on her third marriage, this one to rocker Jonathan Cain of Journey fame, has emerged as one of the candidate’s main conduits to the evangelical community. It’s a vote-rich constituency that continues to harbor skepticism about his commitment to its policy views and personal beliefs — and White is fighting a sometimes uphill
battle to change that.
The two first connected when Trump, who was watching Christian television, saw her onscreen and called her, saying she was “fantastic.”
On her next trip to New York, the Florida-based White met with him, marking the start of a close, cross-country friendship.
She was central to establishing Trump’s evangelical advisory board, which includes several pillars of the traditionally powerful religious right, such as James Dobson and Jerry Falwell Jr. And some members of the board, like pastor Mark Burns, a vocal Trump surrogate, have developed a fierce loyalty to White.
“Pastor Paula had a hand and is having a hand in his faith walk,” said Burns of White’s relationship with Trump, calling her “the authority to say if he has a real authentic relationship with God.”
Politico
The two first connected when Trump, who was watching Christian television, saw her onscreen and called her, saying she was “fantastic.”
On her next trip to New York, the Florida-based White met with him, marking the start of a close, cross-country friendship.
She was central to establishing Trump’s evangelical advisory board, which includes several pillars of the traditionally powerful religious right, such as James Dobson and Jerry Falwell Jr. And some members of the board, like pastor Mark Burns, a vocal Trump surrogate, have developed a fierce loyalty to White.
“Pastor Paula had a hand and is having a hand in his faith walk,” said Burns of White’s relationship with Trump, calling her “the authority to say if he has a real authentic relationship with God.”
Politico
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