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We have God on our side'
President Trump rallied evangelical supporters in Miami on Friday, positioning himself as a champion of spiritual communities while ripping his Democratic opponents as "radical" leftists pursuing an "extreme, anti-religious and socialist" agenda.

"Evangelicals, Christians of each denomination and believers of each faith, haven't had a greater champion within the White House - not even close - than you've got immediately ," Trump said at a campaign event launching his "Evangelicals for Trump" coalition Friday evening.

"Together, we're not only are we defending our Constitutional rights, we're also defending religion itself, which is under siege," Trump said. "Every Democrat candidate running for president is trying to punish religious believers and silence our churches and our pastors."

The event at King Jesus Ministry in Florida came weeks after Christianity Today, a number one evangelical magazine, involved Trump's impeachment and removal from office, sparking a fierce response from the president and his allies.

A number of prominent evangelicals publicly voiced their support for Trump within the wake of the Christianity Today piece, which was penned by now outgoing editor-in-chief Mark Galli, while the president's support among the key voter bloc has shown no signs of wavering.

Trump enjoys strong support among white evangelicals, winning quite 80 percent of voters belonging to the group during the 2016 presidential election.

In his address Friday, Trump hearkened back to his support among evangelicals during 2016, predicting he would "blow those numbers away in 2020." He urged supporters to "get out and vote" in November, a comment that ushered in chants of "four more years" from the gang .

"I do really believe we've God on our side," Trump said of his first presidential campaign. "Or there would are no way we could have won."

Trump's approval rating among evangelicals has remained strong throughout his tenure, despite a number of his actions and rhetoric that have drawn scrutiny among religious groups.

Before he began his remarks, a gaggle of prominent evangelicals prayed for the president on stage. Trump - who was welcomed with chants of "USA! USA!" - described the evangelicals coalition as "one of the foremost important grassroots movements in American history."

Trump briefly recognized members of the U.S. military at the highest of his remarks, mentioning the October raid that led to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and boasting about the drone strike in Baghdad late Thursday that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Force.

"He was planning a really major attack and that we got him," Trump told the gang , without providing further details. Trump's decision to authorize the strike has prompted critics to warn of destabilizing consequences.

Elements of Trump's remarks mimicked those he regularly delivers at his campaign rallies. He touted the low jobless claims under his administration, attacked Democratic presidential candidates, jabbed at the media, touted efforts to create a wall at the southern border with Mexico and claimed House Democrats were "crazy" for impeaching him over a "perfect" call with Ukraine's president.

"This may be a terrible hoax perpetrated in our country," Trump said of impeachment, which is probably going to be put to an attempt within the Senate sometime later this month.

The president made some extent to spotlight what he described as his administration's "pro-faith" agenda. Trump touted his administration's efforts to guard religious liberty, preserve faith-based adoption, get up to "the pro-abortion lobby" also as his success confirming overflow 100 federal judges.

Trump also claimed he "stopped" the Johnson amendment, a provision within the U.S. tax code prohibiting political activities by nonprofit organizations like churches.

The law still exists, however Trump signed an executive order in 2017 aimed toward relaxing restrictions on religious groups engaging in political activities.

"It's not effective," Trump said of the Johnson amendment, saying he would make it "permanent."

The "Evangelicals for Trump" coalition gathering is one among several targeted events the president's 2020 campaign has planned in recent weeks so as to beat up support among key blocs of the electorate.

The Trump campaign also held a "Black Voices for Trump" event in Atlanta back in November in an attempt to extend support among African American voters.