Faith voters will 'decide this election,' according to prominent GOP members

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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Leaders of the GOP are encouraging voters of faith to cast their vote in November, saying the Democratic Party is targeting people of faith.

Fox News Digital spoke with prominent members of the Republican Party at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington, D.C., about the role faith voters will play in the upcoming election.

"They play a huge role, a decisive role," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. "There's no majority for the Republican Party without voters of faith. And they're going to decide this election. So we need them to turn out."

Tulsi Gabbard, former Hawaii congresswoman and candidate on former President Donald Trump's shortlist for vice president, said the Democratic Party "is trying to erase God from every facet of our public life."

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"We will play a critical role, especially at a time where we have the Biden-Harris administration and the Democrat elite who, are fundamentally against freedom, including freedom of religion, and have a long track record that threatens people of faith and spirituality," Gabbard told Fox.

"You look at those things that happened several years ago, and you look at how that has escalated at a much higher level, an abuse of power, a targeting of people of faith and the Democratic