"But we have a lot of evidence to the contrary — from the streets of Minneapolis to the courts to the regular 'blue wave' elections happening in unlikely places — and Trumpism isn’t even anywhere as far advanced as Orbánism was in Hungary, where he’s had 16 years to solidify control and depress the opposition."
"Every move by Trump and the MAGA Republican movement is meant to project that resistance is futile and their vision for a white Christian nationalist autocracy is inevitable."
~ Garrett M. Graf
#Orbán #Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #autocracy
/30
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-joy-of-choosing-democracy?
"Holding a favorable view of the term 'Christian nationalism' is strongly correlated with holding racist conspiracy theories toward immigrants and support for concentration camps on U.S. soil."
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #Republicans #media
/5
"A majority of Republicans (53%) view Christian nationalism favorably, compared with 22% of independents and only 10% of Democrats. While support among independents and Democrats has remained relatively stable since 2022, Republicans are increasingly embracing the term, with favorable views rising a remarkable 17 points, from 36% to 53%."
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #immigrants #EthnicCleansing #Republicans #media
/4
"Each time we’ve released a new PRRI study, despite the transparent methodology and consistent findings over time, conservative white evangelical apologists predictably object that the term 'Christian nationalism' is a term invented by religiously hostile academics to malign Christians. PRRI’s most recent findings should put an end to those protestations."
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #media
/3
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"including a majority of Republicans and two-thirds of white Evangelical protestants—share the view that America was intended by God to be a kind of promised land for European Christians."
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #media
/2
"Over the last decade, the empirical evidence for the existence of the worldview sociologists now call 'Christian nationalism' has mounted. Using various methodologies from different datasets over time, dozens of rigorous scientific studies have shown a fairly consistent picture: that about one-third of Americans—" (continued in /2)
~ Robert P. Jones
#ChristianNationalism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Republicans #media
/1
https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/new-data-most-republicans-now-hold
"Will we be complicit in genocidal threats against other cultures? Will we be quiet in the face of cruelty against our immigrant neighbors?
Whether we are defined by Trump's anti-Triduum or by gross distortions of the nonviolent Christ is up to us. We can resist."
#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/12
"'The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,' Pope Leo said in his Easter message. 'This is the true strength that brings peace to humanity, because it fosters respectful relationships at every level: among individuals, families, social groups, and nations.'
We are being summoned by circumstance and faith to a new moment and a new space in the public square."
#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
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William Lindsey 
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