Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the GOP’s white evangelical base away from Trump?
Associated PressCHARLESTON, S.C. — In 2015, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott attended the funerals of those slain by a racist gunman at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Two hours inland from Seacoast sits Mount Horeb, South Carolina’s largest Methodist church and Haley’s longtime spiritual home when she lived in Lexington County. “I’ve been blessed to see how God has been at work in Governor Nikki Haley’s life over the years,” wrote the church’s pastor, the Rev. Joseph Darby of Nichols Chapel AME knows Mother Emanuel touched anyone “with a heart,” especially South Carolinians like Haley and Scott. “In a state like South Carolina, until religious leaders are willing to engage as forcibly against him as they have been for him, he’s still going to be in good shape.” ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc.
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