Across the country, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are missing paychecks, worrying about mortgages, car payments, utility bills. It’s early January, about two weeks into what will prove to be the longest government shutdown in U.S. And he isn’t simply defending Trump-he’s defending him with one carefully crafted Bible-wrapped barb after another, and with more passion, more preparation, more devotion than anyone else on television.Īs Lou Dobbs finishes his opening remarks, Jeffress laughs and nods. Here’s Robert Jeffress, talking to the hundreds of thousands of people watching conservative cable news on a typical Friday evening, and he’s defending President Donald Trump against the latest array of accusations in the news this week.
