Pastor at Trump rally says when Trump is president “there will be retribution on all those who have promoted evil in this country. This is a spiritual battle.” He then says that Marxism is bad because everyone in China has the same haircut. pic.twitter.com/ikjeHSkDeY
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 18, 2024
American Evangelical communities have always pulsed in a grey area between ‘Prosperity Gospel’ and pure cultic ‘Anyone Not Of Our Body Must Be Eliminated’ — part boosterism, part paranoia. Trump has given a portion of the voters calling themselves Evangelicals (the ones most interested in punishing their perceived enemies) a new, more satisfying (to them!) church in which to worship.
You don’t have to be ‘religious’ to appreciate how much of American politics has been influenced by people looking for community, in a big sprawling country full of nomads where finding a church has historically been one of the easiest way of finding others with similar lifestyles…
'The only savior I can see': Iowa evangelicals increasingly turn to worshiping Trump https://t.co/nSMLrb2Oak
— Thomas Kaine (@thomaskaine5) January 8, 2024
They *are* ‘white supremacist Christian nationalists’, but they’re *also* evangelicals. Therefore, they consider themselves ‘called’ to testify the power & glory of their substitute god-emperor. The communal nature of their belief system is not disconnected from their actions!
This is worth repeating. These people who worship Trump who the NYT cravenly ID's as "evangelicals" are in fact white supremacist Christian nationalists. Shame on NYT for not calling that out. https://t.co/x4IJf1hSAA https://t.co/s4780QAQA0
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) January 8, 2024
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