"Then, there are others who see through Trump’s bullshit and recognize him as an idiot. But a useful idiot.

Within the confines of MAGA, these separate forces have made for uneasy allies."

#Trump #MAGA #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism #EconomicElites #fascism #authoritarianism
/12

"They were primed for decades to believe the United States of America, as God’s chosen country, was under siege by demonic forces and, eventually, it would culminate in a great battle between Good and Evil. These acolytes filter everything about Trump through this lens, which has been helped by both Christian grifters and Trump himself."

#Trump #MAGA #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism
/11

"It helps to understand MAGA as both a political movement and a cult. There is a wide swathe of followers and supporters, ranging from those who believe he is literally a messianic figure sent by God and others who consider him useful for their own purposes and projects."

~ Jared Yates Sexton

#Trump #MAGA #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism
/10

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-its-all-heading-the-fascist

The group also discusses how "Department of Homeland Security has explicitly been combining Bible verses and Christian imagery with violent imagery and memes, part of a dangerous broader trend within evangelical circles to turn Christianity away from love and empathy and toward violence."

#Trump #MAGA #ChristianNationalism #ICE #DHS #immigrnats #cruelty #brutality #DavidBlack #Chicago
/4

Robert P. Jones, Diana Butler Bass, Kristin Du Mez, and Jemar Tisby discuss "shameful Christian celebration of ICE brutality and violence in the wake of ICE agents shooting Rev. David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chicago, in the head with pepper balls."

#Trump #MAGA #ChristianNationalism #ICE #immigrnats #cruelty #brutality #DavidBlack #Chicago
/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPC0b6zD8z8

Matthew Sheffield and Matthew Boedy discuss Charlie Kirk's "split presentation to the public as a self-proclaimed free speech absolutist while also working tirelessly to censor and suppress the speech of people he didn’t like, including Matthew [Boedy] himself."

#CharlieKirk #Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIN69VPRjXg

@georgetakei Yup

#GregAbbott is the one who needs help

#Monster #MAGA #Facist