There’s nothing worse than Republicans masquerading as peaceful Christians. Let’s call it out for what it is: white nationalism.
zsreport on
A bit from the commentary:
> Turning Point USA ended 2025 with AmericaFest, a blowout conference for the MAGA powerhouse organization started in 2012 by the now-deceased Charlie Kirk. As described by Teresa Wiltz at POLITICO, “the vibe felt less like a political panel than an evangelical revival.” Watching the speeches from this fireworks-laden shindig, Wiltz’s observation felt like an understatement. Many speeches from the event’s main stage were simply sermons extolling a fundamentalist, evangelical Christianity as the one true faith.
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> The blunt reality is that AmericaFest wasn’t just overtly religious — it was steeped in Christian nationalism. They equated being an American with being a Christian. But being a Republican, as Crawford suggested in his speech, is synonymous with being an evangelical Christian whose main duty is to convert non-believers. The political message of the event was inseparable from a religious one: that the purpose of the GOP and the MAGA movement is to usher in a religious revival and turn a decadent, secular country into one devoted to a narrow, right-wing version of Christianity.
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> For decades now, the Christian right has been the most powerful and influential force in the GOP, and yet even by their standards, this marked a dramatic shift toward the theocratic impulse. From a purely rational perspective, this is bad politics. Only 23% of Americans identify as evangelicals.
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> But none of that seems to register with MAGA leadership right now. They’ve convinced themselves — or at least are trying to persuade their donors and followers — that the U.S. is undergoing a massive religious revival. Right-wing media has been pushing the view that huge numbers of Americans, especially young Americans, are converting to fundamentalist Christianity. The hype at AmericaFest suggests they are pinning their hopes on this imaginary religious awakening to deliver big wins to the Republicans in November’s elections.
I will say this about the modern GOP, they sure love to get high on their own supply.
PoetryJunior1808 on
There’s a reason they call it the “religious right” or the “Christian right”, because they use the iconography and selective use of dubious versions of the bible shat out on them by preachers at megachurches who are just motivational speakers who selectively use some passages and NLP manipulation to dupe idiots by telling them what they want to hear – make sure to say it loud and angry and identify some clear villians for people to hate. Christ would love it.
Edit: I should clarify that, by modern standards, I think there is an excellent case to be made that Christ would be considered a Buddhist. I live in a Buddhist country. The ones who take it seriously look at us with disgust and horror.
Korgoth420 on
Christianity is something republican politicians dont believe in, but pretend to, in order to fool voters.
Even though their actions are not Christian, just saying “oh ya i am Christian” is enough to get votes.
aradraugfea on
Weirdly, I actually have seen a surge in religious speech and talk… but it’s on the left.
Maybe it’s just my social circle, but a lot of people who distanced themselves from religion to avoid the Evangelicals have sort of done a 180 and taken a sort of “no, I like this thing, you don’t get to have exclusive claim anymore” approach.
Or in my case, “actually, I like it here, YOU get out.”
Edit: for clarity, this isn’t the theocratic, Supply side Jesus of the right, but people on the left stressing Christ’s anti-wealth, anti-greed messaging, and how VERY far the Christ most Americans are used to 40 years after Falwell and company started changing their religion to suit their politics are familiar with.
eatsumsketti on
Very true. I’m in rural Alabama and the few times I’ve visited the local churches it became very obvious they have a big problem. Most of the small churches will fold in the next decade because of aging members. The one my mother goes to lost 9 members [all passed away] this past year alone. The average age is probably 68-70.
The younger members that do attend are often turned off by current messaging. That includes me. I’ve seen pastors go up in MAGA hats, say hateful things.
They may be gaining some, but they are bleeding members much faster.
Tech_Philosophy on
Hot take from the midwest: White Christians haven’t been a big thing for a long time now. I grew up very rural, and the churchs were understood to be for the Mexican farm workers. I moved to other areas of the US where churches were understood to be black community spaces. I’ve recently moved to the south, and for the first time am meeting religious white people (not counting some Mormons I met earlier in my life).
I’m not some oddball. I’ve lived rural, urban, suburban and in 7 different states. Nationally and globally speaking, white people don’t do church. I keep telling the southerns it’s cool they are so into black culture. They don’t like that, but at least two have admitted to me they don’t like it because they know I’m right.
Only1Nemesis on
Sorry, GOP. An atheist I am, and an atheist I will remain. There is no converting me. Fuck off.
UnguentSlather on
Sorry GOP ‘“christians”, we’re all repulsed by you.
slo1111 on
I’m not sorry. That brand of Christianity where lies and deception are a recommendation rather than a prohibition is down right evil
slasula on
myth. not even once
Procedure_Best on
I think the next step is to try using a phoenix down
Hungry-Initiative-78 on
Isn’t it the opposite? Aren’t churches shutting down
judgejuddhirsch on
If Christianity involved hating colored people in the name of god, we see a huge uptick.
BornAPunk on
I remember once hearing that the Republicans said they had failed on everything and are now just grasping at the religious card to stay in power. Trump was elected by just under 25% of the population.
Observe_Report_ on
I think their goal is for the US to remain, at the very least, a culturally Christian nation.
mr_evilweed on
The vast majority of Christian conservatives DO NOT CARE because being Christian is not actually a part of their lives. They dont actually go to church or read the Bible or pray or follow any kind of christian morality. They only pretend to be christian for essentially social and political clout.
yestbat on
Quite the opposite really.
psyclopsus on
I have a young white male relative. He was never religious at all, none of either side of the family is. He joined the military and came home with a bunch of Nordic rune tattoos, Thor’s hammer, helm of awe, some potentially eyebrow raising subject matter for a redneck white boy from nowhere Midwest USA with Scottish/Irish/English ancestry (I have extensive professional training in hate groups and gangs, I’m not a “TikTok researcher.”)
Last year he suddenly started going to church. Knowing the kid since he was like 5 years old, and paired with the recent interesting tattoo choices, I’m suspicious of the motives behind it
riff-raff-jesus on
Statistics shows that this administration will have people leaving the church, not joining it.
Decoyx7 on
The GOP is not Christian. They simply use it as they do the Constitution nor the Nazis the Swastika. Fascists know in order to grow a following you must first pervert and appropriate.
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There’s nothing worse than Republicans masquerading as peaceful Christians. Let’s call it out for what it is: white nationalism.
A bit from the commentary:
> Turning Point USA ended 2025 with AmericaFest, a blowout conference for the MAGA powerhouse organization started in 2012 by the now-deceased Charlie Kirk. As described by Teresa Wiltz at POLITICO, “the vibe felt less like a political panel than an evangelical revival.” Watching the speeches from this fireworks-laden shindig, Wiltz’s observation felt like an understatement. Many speeches from the event’s main stage were simply sermons extolling a fundamentalist, evangelical Christianity as the one true faith.
>
> . . .
>
> The blunt reality is that AmericaFest wasn’t just overtly religious — it was steeped in Christian nationalism. They equated being an American with being a Christian. But being a Republican, as Crawford suggested in his speech, is synonymous with being an evangelical Christian whose main duty is to convert non-believers. The political message of the event was inseparable from a religious one: that the purpose of the GOP and the MAGA movement is to usher in a religious revival and turn a decadent, secular country into one devoted to a narrow, right-wing version of Christianity.
>
> For decades now, the Christian right has been the most powerful and influential force in the GOP, and yet even by their standards, this marked a dramatic shift toward the theocratic impulse. From a purely rational perspective, this is bad politics. Only 23% of Americans identify as evangelicals.
>
> . . .
>
> But none of that seems to register with MAGA leadership right now. They’ve convinced themselves — or at least are trying to persuade their donors and followers — that the U.S. is undergoing a massive religious revival. Right-wing media has been pushing the view that huge numbers of Americans, especially young Americans, are converting to fundamentalist Christianity. The hype at AmericaFest suggests they are pinning their hopes on this imaginary religious awakening to deliver big wins to the Republicans in November’s elections.
I will say this about the modern GOP, they sure love to get high on their own supply.
There’s a reason they call it the “religious right” or the “Christian right”, because they use the iconography and selective use of dubious versions of the bible shat out on them by preachers at megachurches who are just motivational speakers who selectively use some passages and NLP manipulation to dupe idiots by telling them what they want to hear – make sure to say it loud and angry and identify some clear villians for people to hate. Christ would love it.
Edit: I should clarify that, by modern standards, I think there is an excellent case to be made that Christ would be considered a Buddhist. I live in a Buddhist country. The ones who take it seriously look at us with disgust and horror.
Christianity is something republican politicians dont believe in, but pretend to, in order to fool voters.
Even though their actions are not Christian, just saying “oh ya i am Christian” is enough to get votes.
Weirdly, I actually have seen a surge in religious speech and talk… but it’s on the left.
Maybe it’s just my social circle, but a lot of people who distanced themselves from religion to avoid the Evangelicals have sort of done a 180 and taken a sort of “no, I like this thing, you don’t get to have exclusive claim anymore” approach.
Or in my case, “actually, I like it here, YOU get out.”
Edit: for clarity, this isn’t the theocratic, Supply side Jesus of the right, but people on the left stressing Christ’s anti-wealth, anti-greed messaging, and how VERY far the Christ most Americans are used to 40 years after Falwell and company started changing their religion to suit their politics are familiar with.
Very true. I’m in rural Alabama and the few times I’ve visited the local churches it became very obvious they have a big problem. Most of the small churches will fold in the next decade because of aging members. The one my mother goes to lost 9 members [all passed away] this past year alone. The average age is probably 68-70.
The younger members that do attend are often turned off by current messaging. That includes me. I’ve seen pastors go up in MAGA hats, say hateful things.
They may be gaining some, but they are bleeding members much faster.
Hot take from the midwest: White Christians haven’t been a big thing for a long time now. I grew up very rural, and the churchs were understood to be for the Mexican farm workers. I moved to other areas of the US where churches were understood to be black community spaces. I’ve recently moved to the south, and for the first time am meeting religious white people (not counting some Mormons I met earlier in my life).
I’m not some oddball. I’ve lived rural, urban, suburban and in 7 different states. Nationally and globally speaking, white people don’t do church. I keep telling the southerns it’s cool they are so into black culture. They don’t like that, but at least two have admitted to me they don’t like it because they know I’m right.
Sorry, GOP. An atheist I am, and an atheist I will remain. There is no converting me. Fuck off.
Sorry GOP ‘“christians”, we’re all repulsed by you.
I’m not sorry. That brand of Christianity where lies and deception are a recommendation rather than a prohibition is down right evil
myth. not even once
I think the next step is to try using a phoenix down
Isn’t it the opposite? Aren’t churches shutting down
If Christianity involved hating colored people in the name of god, we see a huge uptick.
I remember once hearing that the Republicans said they had failed on everything and are now just grasping at the religious card to stay in power. Trump was elected by just under 25% of the population.
I think their goal is for the US to remain, at the very least, a culturally Christian nation.
The vast majority of Christian conservatives DO NOT CARE because being Christian is not actually a part of their lives. They dont actually go to church or read the Bible or pray or follow any kind of christian morality. They only pretend to be christian for essentially social and political clout.
Quite the opposite really.
I have a young white male relative. He was never religious at all, none of either side of the family is. He joined the military and came home with a bunch of Nordic rune tattoos, Thor’s hammer, helm of awe, some potentially eyebrow raising subject matter for a redneck white boy from nowhere Midwest USA with Scottish/Irish/English ancestry (I have extensive professional training in hate groups and gangs, I’m not a “TikTok researcher.”)
Last year he suddenly started going to church. Knowing the kid since he was like 5 years old, and paired with the recent interesting tattoo choices, I’m suspicious of the motives behind it
Statistics shows that this administration will have people leaving the church, not joining it.
The GOP is not Christian. They simply use it as they do the Constitution nor the Nazis the Swastika. Fascists know in order to grow a following you must first pervert and appropriate.