“I now understand the ugliness I heard was part of a current of #Christian nationalism fomenting beneath the surface.
It had been there all the time.
[…]
“They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. You are not safe in your home. Religious freedom is on the gallows. Vote for me.
“The messages worked. And in large part, it’s my faith community — white, rural and conservative — that got them there.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/opinion/wyoming-republicans-christian-nationalism.html
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