Ryan Burge, political scientist and professor of practice at WashU’s Danforth Center on Religion & Politics, joins Megan Lynch. Pres Donald Trump outraged some Catholics this week with attacks on Pope Leo as well as an AI-generated image showing him as a 'Christlike' figure. Burge says Trump is risking a large voting block, 'after white evangelicals, there's no more important,' group. Burge says Trump may be, 'driving a wedge between American Catholicism,' and the world. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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