— and to face what the facts tell us about those who have most institutional and economic power in the Catholic church in the US and their role in bringing the nightmare of MAGA to us.
#Trump #StephenMiller #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #immigrants #cruelty #EthnicCleansing #WhiteChristianNationalism
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White Catholics wield enormous disproportionate influence in the Trump regime and on the Supreme Court.
There are those who claim that adverting to these facts is racist.
It's precisely the opposite of racist to do so —
#Trump #StephenMiller #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #immigrants #cruelty #EthnicCleansing #WhiteChristianNationalism
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White Catholics do not represent the entire US Catholic church by any means. Catholics of color do not dance to the white Catholic tune.
However: institutional and economic power in the US Catholic church is solidly in the hands of white Catholics. A majority of the US Catholic bishops are white Catholics.
#Trump #StephenMiller #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #immigrants #cruelty #EthnicCleansing #WhiteChristianNationalism
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So why do some commentators (I'm included) focus on the fact that white Catholics have voted three times in a majority for Trump, and along with white evangelicals, are the only religious group continuing to support the cruelty of the ethnic cleansing agenda of the Trump regime?
#Trump #StephenMiller #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #immigrants #cruelty #EthnicCleansing #WhiteChristianNationalism
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PRRI reported this week that white evangelicals and white Catholics stand out from all other religious groups in their support for Trump and Stephen Miller's cruel ethnic cleansing program with mass deportation of immigrants and mass incarceration of immigrants in holding camps.
#Trump #StephenMiller #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics #immigrants #cruelty #EthnicCleansing #WhiteChristianNationalism
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"If American religion were 100 people:
23 Evangelicals
19 Catholics
11 Mainline Protestants
5 Black Prot.
3 Other Christians
2 LDS
2 Jews
2 Other Religion
1 Buddhist
1 Hindu
1 Muslim
19 Nothing in particular
6 Agnostics
5 Atheists"
~ Ryan Burge
#Trump #Iran #war #Christianity #religion #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteCatholics
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"This support is driven by Republicans and white Christians, especially white evangelical Protestants and white Cathlics."
For more discussion of the PRRI report, see conversation linked below between Robert P. Jones, Jemar Tisby, Kristin Du Mez, and Diana Butler Bass.
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
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(continued from /10)
"the construction of concentration camps on U.S. soil, and the increasingly aggressive and violent tactics of ICE. ...
One of the most disturbing findings of the survey was that 41% of Americans favor allowing the government to detain undocumented immigrants in internment camps until they can be deported."
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
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“Over the past year, Americans have witnessed President Trump’s dehumanizing, racist rhetoric toward immigrants and harsh immigration enforcement policies. This survey demonstrates that most Americans want a more humane approach to immigration policy and do not support indiscriminate mass deportation," (continued in /11)
~ Robert P. Jones
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https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/my-take-on-prris-new-survey-only
(continued from /6)
"Hispanic Protestants (30%), Jewish Americans (29%), other non-Christian groups (20%), the religiously unaffiliated (20%), Black Protestants (16%), and Hispanic Catholics (16%)."
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #immigrants #deportations #InternmentCamps #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteCatholics
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William Lindsey 
