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In an interview Thursday with Fox News, Mr. Trump said it was "great" to see a gay candidate share the stage with his husband. When asked about faith and politics in another town hall last month, Buttigieg said "part of where I'm coming from is a faith tradition that counsels me to be as humble as possible, that counsels me to look after those who need defending.

In February, a year after the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a CBS News poll found that 56 percent of Americans think laws covering gun sales should be more strict, including 51 percent of independents. While the issues haven't changed dramatically for Democrats sinceparty strategists say the difference is that they may be less of a liability in the general election than before.

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If guns and gay rights have a particular rallying effect among the base of the party, Democrats say that in talking about religion and faith, candidates have an opportunity to reach voters outside their traditional constituency — particularly by drawing a contrast to Mr.

Trump on immigration policy and climate change. Democrats say that the significant shifts in public attitudes, particularly on guns and marriage, allow the party to play offense on these issues. Even Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who entered the race this week, said he would support a ban on some semi-automatic weapons.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, has been among the most outspoken about his faith on the campaign trail. The phrase God, guns and gays describes the focus on social issues as political priorities for a significant number of right wing voters in the United States.

But significant shifts in public opinion combined with rhetoric and policy in the Trump administration have Democrats eager to talk about so-called social issues on the campaign trail. Democrats "have to make sure that having this conversation does not get in the way of providing an economic alternative.

God guns and gays

Elizabeth Warren quoted from the Gospel of Matthew during a televised town hall. InVice President Joe Biden went off script to voice support for same sex marriage, getting out ahead of President Obama who had not yet gone that far.

Republicans have been quick to criticize the Democrats' gun policies this cycle, a signal that the issue is still politically fraught. Most of the Democratic candidates support a ban or restrictions on assault-style weapons. Seven years later, Buttigieg kissed his husband on stage after announcing his candidacy for president.

The paper reported she suggested that cultural issues were more to blame for Democrats' losses among working-class voters. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have proposed sweeping gun control legislation. Pete Buttigieg appeared on the cover of Time magazine with his husband, and has said their relationship brought him "closer to God.

In the presidential primary, candidates are embracing topics that were once considered taboo in politics, and liabilities for the party in a general election. I think it's good. As much as Democrats are becoming more comfortable addressing cultural issues on the campaign trail, party strategists also urge caution.

Ed Rendell, who is supporting Biden in the primary. "Guns, God and gays — that's the way they say it," she reportedly said. US News: Nancy Pelosi discusses the Democratic Party's setbacks in the elections, highlighting Republican themes of guns, LGBTQ+ rights, and religion as significant factors in voter sentiment.

In a televised town hall earlier this year that helped to catapult him to the national stage, Buttigieg called Vice President Mike Pence a "cheerleader for the porn star presidency. The term is also used by analysts who argue that in the voting booth, socially conservative concerns allegedly displace economic concerns, and that White working-class voters are moving to the right when their economic concerns are.

And frankly, it couldn't be more radically different than what I see certainly in this White House. And Harris and Booker have released policy proposals that would restrict gun ownership.