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| Katherine Stewart |
The most serious attempt to overthrow the American constitutional system since the Civil War would not have been feasible without the influence of America’s Christian nationalist movement. One year later, the movement seems to have learned a lesson: If it tries harder next time, it may well succeed in making the promise of American democracy a relic of the past.
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.
A critical precondition for Donald Trump’s attempt to retain the presidency against the will of the people was the cultivation of a substantial population of voters prepared to believe his fraudulent claim that the election was stolen ...
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The last time anything like Trumps less than Godly attempt to usurp power in this way was Hitlers failed putsch in 1923. Trump was not leading a popular revolution, any more than Hitler was, he had a sizable bunch of hybrid nutters, ranging from self styled christians to neo-Nazis batting for him. All had one central theme, racism, at their core. From this sprang anti-democracy, xenoohobia, and countless other extreme right-wing views. The frightening aspect was, only a few hours earlier Trump was the legitimate President, what would have happened had he really won a second term?!
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