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Back in the early 1980s, the late conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona) — a scathing critic of the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., the Moral Majority and televangelist Pat Robertson — warned fellow Republicans that they were opening a Pandora’s box by embracing the Religious Right. And more than 40 years later, 2024 GOP presidential nominee is trying to please his far-right white evangelical supporters despite the backlash from voters who are still angry over anti-abortion laws and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie, in his September 6 column, stresses that altho…

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