Right Wing Watch ✒ Jehu, Jericho, and Haman’s Gallows.

Peter Montgomery

Journalists and scholars are increasingly taking note of the role that Christian nationalist ideology and religious-right rhetoric played in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, sharing information and analysis on Twitter with the hashtag #capitolsiegereligion. Right Wing Watch has extensively documented violent rhetoric from religious-right leaders and at religious-right events both before and after the Nov. 3 election.

Many of former President Donald Trump’s religious-right supporters talked about the election in terms of spiritual warfare and portrayed the 2020 election as a battle between good and evil, between the divinely anointed Trump and his demonic opponents. Rallies and prayer calls held after the election mixed Christian nationalist messages with threats of violence if Trump were not returned to power.

One angle to consider is religious-right leaders’ choice of the violent Bible stories they invoked regarding Trump and the election.

One of the organizations that popped up after Election Day to get Christians in the street protesting “corruption” in the election process was Jericho March. Started by two Trump administration staffers, Jericho March encouraged people to protest at their state capitols ...  

Continue reading @ Right Wing Watch.

Trump’s Religious-Right Allies Turned To Violent Bible Stories

Right Wing Watch ✒ Jehu, Jericho, and Haman’s Gallows.

Peter Montgomery

Journalists and scholars are increasingly taking note of the role that Christian nationalist ideology and religious-right rhetoric played in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, sharing information and analysis on Twitter with the hashtag #capitolsiegereligion. Right Wing Watch has extensively documented violent rhetoric from religious-right leaders and at religious-right events both before and after the Nov. 3 election.

Many of former President Donald Trump’s religious-right supporters talked about the election in terms of spiritual warfare and portrayed the 2020 election as a battle between good and evil, between the divinely anointed Trump and his demonic opponents. Rallies and prayer calls held after the election mixed Christian nationalist messages with threats of violence if Trump were not returned to power.

One angle to consider is religious-right leaders’ choice of the violent Bible stories they invoked regarding Trump and the election.

One of the organizations that popped up after Election Day to get Christians in the street protesting “corruption” in the election process was Jericho March. Started by two Trump administration staffers, Jericho March encouraged people to protest at their state capitols ...  

Continue reading @ Right Wing Watch.

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