Vander Plaats wrote a blog post on the Family Leader website about his trip to New York City where he saw Trump at a meeting of faith leaders. Vander Plaats described the interview with Trump as a "safe environment" with no media, scripted questions and a friendly moderator in Trump supporter Mike Huckabee.

"Mr. Trump provided hope for these leaders as he spoke boldly for religious liberty, for ending the Johnson Amendment (which threatens churches that engage in politics with losing their tax-exempt status), for standing with Israel, for repealing Obamacare, and for insisting on the appointment of constitutionally minded Supreme Court justices," Vander Plaats writes.

Vander Plaats said his biggest concern was seeing Trump supporters and Trump critics attacking each other.