Evangelicals aren't being hypocritical for supporting Trump. They're being biblical.

On the meaning of a mulligan

King David.
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The word of the week is "mulligan."

After convincing evidence emerged that President Trump had an assignation with a porn star shortly after the birth of his son to his third wife, and then paid her hush money to keep quiet late in his presidential campaign, Tony Perkins, head of the conservative religious group the Family Research Council, justified his continued support for Trump by saying, "We kind of gave him — 'All right, you get a mulligan. You get a do-over here." The term comes from golf, where, in an informal game, you might spot another player a stroke for an exceptionally poor shot.

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Noah Millman

Noah Millman is a screenwriter and filmmaker, a political columnist and a critic. From 2012 through 2017 he was a senior editor and featured blogger at The American Conservative. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Politico, USA Today, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, Foreign Policy, Modern Age, First Things, and the Jewish Review of Books, among other publications. Noah lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.