President Trump promoted his appearanceat a \"Celebrate Freedom\" concert honoring veterans. <\/p>\n
He was spending the pre-Independence Day weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., but traveled back to Washington for the event Saturday night. <\/p>\n
The evangelical megachurch First Baptist Dallas and Salem Media Group sponsored the event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. First Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress was a strong backer of Trump during the 2016 campaign. <\/p>\n
Overwhelming support from evangelical voters helped propel Trump to victory in 2016. Since he took office, Christian conservatives have been overjoyed by Trump's appointment of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and his executive order directing the IRS to ease up on a rarely enforced limit on partisan political activity by churches. <\/p>\n
The event at times felt like one of Trump's signature campaign rallies, with the president promising an adoring crowd that America would \"win again\" and prompting cheers with attacks on the news media. <\/p>\n
\"The fake media tried to stop us from going to the White House, but I'm president and they're not,\" he said. <\/p>\n
Besides speaking to the event's religious theme, Trump renewed his campaign promise to always take care of America's veterans. <\/p>\n
\"Not only has God bestowed on us the gift of freedom, he's also given us the gift of heroes willing to give their lives to defend that freedom,\" he said. <\/p>\n
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