“Diversity, equity and inclusion, that’s code in the mouth of the president for Black people,” said Jacqui Lewis, senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City and author of the forthcoming book “The Just Love Story Bible.”
“Donald Trump’s election brings us to one of the most dangerous moments in our country’s history,” said National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos.
Christian nationalism inspired much of last year’s surge in anti-immigrant, anti-Black, anti-LGBTQ and antigovernment activity, The Southern Poverty Law Center noted in its report “The Year in Hate & Extremism 2023.”
David Gushee’s book “Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies” warns that many Christians have adopted a “holy war mindset” and are “flirting with, blessing or engaging in violence. And that’s part of the story of January 6.”
These events are replete with MAGA superstars, conspiracy theorists, January 6 insurrection organizers and violence-laden rhetoric of an “America First” white Christian nationalism.
“Pennsylvanians who want to buy cannabis are just driving across the border to one of our neighbors,” says Governor Josh Shapiro.
Pennsylvania’s Republican Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said states need federal help to safeguard elections from foreign and domestic bad actors.
A coalition of spiritual advisors with nearly unimpeded access to the president aim to erase the separation of church and state, establish a specific brand of Christian dominion over every part of society, and fundamentally reconstruct life in the United States as we know it.
Weiss speaks about her new book “Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement,” which comes out March 4.
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
