I agree with this 100%, but your small town church where people gather for an hour on sunday is a different thing than these arena-scale productions that aim to dominate their member's votes and bank accounts far more than any other presumed higher purpose.

Sort of the difference between "mostly harmless" and "malignant nefarious capitalism-powered social exploit."

But so many of those small town churches went all in on Trump right away. Read Lyz Lenz.