An influential think tank close to Donald Trump is developing plans to infuse Christian nationalist ideas in his administration should the former president return to power, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
Isn't the second in line for the Presidency, Spkr Johnson, a Christian Nationalist?
Speaker Mike Johnson calls separation of church and state a misnomer'
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... Christian nationalist House speaker bemoans misunderstanding' of one of US's founding principles
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has delivered his verdict on the separation of church and state: it is a "misnomer".
The second-in-line to the presidency informed Americans on Tuesday that their time-honored conception of one of the founding principles of the country was a "misunderstanding". Speaking to CNBC's Squawk Box, he tried to turn the conventional wisdom about the founders' intentions on its head and claimed what they really wanted was to stop government interfering with religion, not the other way around.
"The separation of church and state is a misnomer," the speaker said in an interview with the TV channel from the US Capitol. "People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote. It's not in the constitution."
Johnson was referring to Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut, written in 1802 when the third president was in the White House.
It makes clear that the founding fathers subscribed to a powerful separation of church and state, which they enshrined in the establishment clause of the first amendment. ...
"Question ... ... other than SCOTUS appointments, what did Trump do to advance Christian Nationalism in his first term?"
The SCOTUS is the Christian Nationalist gift that keeps in giving.
But here is one outside of SCOTUS. A very big one you may have missed if you are in the fixed news bubble.
The January 6th insurrection.
"Christian nationalist symbolism was all over the events of Jan. 6, as observers have pointed out. But the movement's contribution to the effort to overturn the 2020 election and install an unelected president goes much deeper than the activities of a few of its representatives on the day that marks the unsuccessful end (or at least a temporary setback) of an attempted coup."
"Pastors, congregations and the religious media are among the most trusted sources of information for many voters. Christian nationalist leaders have established richly funded national organizations and initiatives to exploit this fact. The repeated message that they sought to deliver through these channels is that outside sources of information are simply not credible. The creation of an information bubble, impervious to correction, was the first prerequisite of Mr. Trump's claim."
There is whole lot more here:
www.nytimes.com
Anyway.
It's too late to worry about his last term. You should worry about his next term. He has had plenty of time to get his minions ready to do what he could not accomplish last time.
Read project 2025.
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