Donald Trump-backing Christian supremacists gathered en masse on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Yom Kippur on Oct. 12, to fast, atone, and receive messages about a holy revolution, national deliverance from LGBTQ “demons,” and “spiritual warfare” matched to a physical “ground game.” As one preacher put it: “You …
Read More »Vance Links Up With Christian Extremist Who Called Harris a 'Jezebel' Practicing 'Witchcraft'
Fresh off an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s extremist election tour, Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance is set to sit for a Pennsylvania town hall hosted by far-right Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau. Wallnau will be hosting Vance as part of the “Courage Tour,” a collaboration with the right-wing activist group Turning …
Read More »Christian Nationalists Team Up on Illicit Push to Get Churches to Campaign for Trump
Christian nationalists are joining forces to recruit swing-state, MAGA-leaning churches to help elect Donald Trump in 2024. It’s a brazen effort to transform religious congregations — which are technically supposed to keep electoral politics out of the pulpit — into a campaign powerhouse for the former president. During a weekend …
Read More »Tux-Wearing Christian Nationalists Laugh About Their Influence, Live From Mar-a-Lago
Christian Nationalists were out in force at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, once again demonstrating their proximity to MAGA power. Lance Wallnau — the chief promoter of a “Seven Mountains Mandate” for right-wing Christians to seize control over government and culture — was dressed in a tux and streaming live to …
Read More »Trump Vows to Empower Political Pastors on Christian Nationalist Broadcast
In an interview on a Christian nationalist broadcast, Donald Trump vowed to empower religious leaders politically, by permanently ending restrictions against churches that weigh in on elections. “They’ve silenced you,” said Trump. “Christianity, I believe is being hit much harder than any other religion is.” In his comments, aired Tuesday …
Read More »He Has a 7-Point Plan for a Christian Takeover — and Wants Doug Mastriano to Lead the Charge
Lance Wallnau, a self-styled “prophet” and one of America’s most strident Christian Nationalists, and Doug Mastriano, the GOP candidate who casts his bid for governor of Pennsylvania as a mission from God, are birds of a feather. They each fired up the faithful at the Jericho March / ”Let the …
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