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Sunday, April 9th, 2023

The Weird Religious Fervor of the Trump Faithful

Author:     Melissa Gira Grant
Source:     The New Republic
Publication Date:     April 4, 2023
 Link: The Weird Religious Fervor of the Trump Faithful
Stephan:  

What I see in Tennessee, what I see in Texas, what I see in Florida and the other Republican-controlled states is a shrinking, but increasingly angry, fearful, and aggressive White minority that sees they are losing control and are prepared to do anything to stay in power. If you look at the polls you see that Trump's approval rating is actually going up amongst Republicans while dropping like a rock amongst Democrats and Independents. This article makes an important point by giving a sense of the religiosity that is such a big part of MAGAt Christian nationalism.

Protesters outside the courthouse in Manhatten wait for Trump’s arrival on April 4th.
Credit: Yuvraj Khanna / The New Republic

Diane was up at six this morning, customizing a Christian flag for the former president.

I met her as we stood in a park in lower Manhattan, at the fringe of what the New York Young Republicans Club promoted as a rally to support Donald Trump, who was arraigned today at the courthouse behind us. Diane brushed her yellow-blonde curls off her face, the thin, whippy flagpole in her hand. She’d ordered the flag, she said, and added the slogan herself: “GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP.” “The white represents Christ’s purity. The blue represents baptismal waters and faithfulness of loyalness of Christ. And the red, of course, the blood of Jesus.” The flag symbolizing the crucifixion, one of which was carried on the House floor on January 6, was flying here during holy week, while Trump at last stood before a judge and was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

Such displays of […]

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