The Trump campaign on Friday announced the addition of Taylor Marshall, a traditionalist Catholic provocateur, to the advisory board of its coalition focused on grabbing the Catholic vote.
"This is our battle for the unborn, the exploited, the trafficked, and for the protection of our Churches," Marshall said in a tweet announcing his new position, adding that he is "honored" to be working with the Trump campaign. "Please pray for me."
Marshall, who has stoked controversy with the Roman Catholic Church for his criticism of Pope Francis, has appealed to Catholics within the Trump administration, who reportedly have asked the president to promote his work. Trump in early July plugged on Twitter a One America News Network interview that Marshall did with host Jack Posobiec, in which Marshall declared that "there is a war on Christianity."
Trump in the past few months has attempted to broaden his appeal to traditional Christians and especially traditional Catholics. In June, he praised Carlo Vigano, the controversial former papal nuncio to the United States who once said that the pope should resign.
At the time, Vigano had written an open letter to Trump in which he framed the coronavirus pandemic and the protests after the death of George Floyd as an attempt by the "deep state" to undermine the president.
Trump's campaign in the past month has ratcheted up its outreach to religious voters, emphasizing the president's defense of religious liberty.
“President Trump, through his four years in office, has been a fierce defender of Christianity and our right to practice openly around the world,” Kimberly Guilfoyle, one of Trump’s top fundraisers, said in a Thursday video. “The Democrats who claim to be staunch defenders of human rights around the world feel comfortable denying you this most sacred right we have as Americans.”
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