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How Christian Nationalism drove the Insurrection [View all]
Great article from Salon:
In Manseau's view, religion wasn't an incidental element, but had been the driving motivation that had brought many people to the Capitol. Much of that had begun much earlier, with Christian right leaders — both official and self-declared — framing the 2020 election, and the rest of America's polarized conflicts, as an all-or-nothing showdown between good and evil.
A lot of crazypants people latched themselves onto Trump when he decided to run--conspiracy theorists, grifters, foreign influences and religious nuts filling his head with nutty stuff 24/7.
It's like your conspiracy-obsessed uncle at Thanksgiving gets suddenly elevated to head-of-state, with millions of rabid followers. This must never happen again.
https://www.salon.com/2022/01/06/how-christian-nationalism-drove-the-insurrection-a-religious-history-of-jan-6/
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