"For half a century in American public life, a political force has attempted to use Christian faith and 'traditional values' to turn back the gains of the 20th century’s civil and human rights movements."
~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-christian-about-christian
"Donald Trump came to power by successfully joining this so-called 'Christian nationalism' with the reactionary fears of the Tea Party insurgency and the greed of emerging techno-feudalists. The MAGA coalition that made Donald Trump president would never have gained power without the religious nationalist movement that markets the GOP as 'God’s Own Party.'”
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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"This has become the foundational base of white Christianity, of white Christian nationalism, I should say, because white Christians are alone in the belief, what I just told you, that there should simply be fewer non-white people in America, that the non-white population must be reduced to as low as possible so that white Christians prevail."
~ Joy-Ann Reid
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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https://www.joyannreid.com/p/countering-white-christian-nationalism
"This has become their theology and they're alone in that theology."
Robert P. Jones replies:
"It's really plain that what we're seeing today is a battle for the soul of white Christianity in this country. I can just not say it any plainer than that. It's not actually new, but it has come to a head under Trump. Trump has really brought it back to the fore."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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Joy-Ann Reid and Robert P. Jones discuss the contest in Texas between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, two self-professed Christians challenging white Christian nationalism, but with different emphases — Crockett more as the prophet and Talarico more as the priest.
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico #JasmineCrockett #Texas
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"Today’s white Christian nationalists, who along with Trump scream about persecution, are part of a long tradition. ...
Those who study white evangelical Christian movements are not surprised by how disconnected their attitudes are from political reality and the policies currently on display."
~ Tom Schaller
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