Christians believe in both Christian ethics and metaphysics; pure pagans believe in neither. That means, under most conditions, they do not have a common agenda. They do, however, agree on their disdain for liberals; pagans think they go too far by embracing Christian ethics, while pure Christians think they don’t go far enough.
Trump succeeded in gaining the support of both of these groups; the most obvious manifestation of that was the presence of QAnon and Christian militants in the crowd on January 6. The two groups have also found some common ground on ethics; right-wing Christians have now rejected “compassionate conservatism” and see empathy as “toxic.” It is a synthesis that no one would have predicted a decade ago.
Can J.D. keep the two groups working together? He is clearly trying; as I’ve noted before, he uses completely different language when he is addressing different audiences. I have my doubts about his ultimate success, however; the issues–particularly abortion–are too divisive and inflammatory, and he is too closely aligned with the religious crowd to completely win over the swaggering libertarians.