Forgiven. he is no longer a famous figure. but in his day, he was a famous fish guy. a preacher and political figure. at one point, he ran for senate in michigan as a republican. in 1944, he ran for president against fdr. he ran for the ticket on the america first party, which he had founded. gerald l k smith did not go far with that bid or the bid as a republican. either if gerald l k smith, is remembered for anything, today it is probably mostly for this, this is a statue that he erected in arkansas in the 1960s, it is called christ of the ozarks. crisis of the ozarks was a suspiciously huge fund raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976. but that statue still stands in arkansas today. but gerald l.k. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye. because what he really wanted
It s called christ of the ozarks. christ of the ozarks was the subject of a huge a suspiciously huge fund-raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976, but that statue still stands 1 in arkansas toda. but gerald l.s. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build, a movement that he named and that he led and that he promoted tirelessly and that he wanted to outlive him forever. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in thein hands of our own peopl. we must never be goonchd by
The rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. have you ever heard of a man named gerald l.k. smith? if you haven t, you are forgiven. he is no longer a famous figure. but in his day, he was a famous-ish guy. a preacher and political figure. at one point, he ran for senate in michigan, as a republican. in 1944, he ran for president against fdr. he ran on the ticket of the america first party, which he had founded. he did not get far with that presidential bid or the michigan senate bid as a republican either. if he is remembered for anything today it is probably for this, this is a statue that he erected in arkansas in 1960s, christ of the ozarks, it was the subject of a suspiciously huge
Interesting dichotomy there, the great passion play and christ of the ozarks which attracts tens of thousands of people each year. this is also a town known as very lgbt-friendly community. very inclusive. very artsy community. and these are both very important parts of the town s identity. and this is really kind of a kind of test to the relationship between those two identities. as far as you can tell, could you predict what s going to happen tomorrow? do you feel you know which way this is going to go? it s you know, it s very hard to predict. it s a special election, especially a town of its size, a little over 2,000 people. only 1,600, 1,700 of whom are registered voters. my understanding is they have had early voting the last week. they actually had at least 400 people cast early ballots. which is, you know, very strong turnout. very strong turnout for special
Springs kind of has an interesting dichotomy there, the great passion play and christ of the ozarks which attracts tens of thousands of people each year. this is also a town known as very lgbt-friendly community. very inclusive. very artsy community. and these are both very important parts of the town s identity. and this is really kind of a kind of test to the relationship between those two identities. as far as you can tell, could you predict what s going to happen tomorrow? do you feel you know which way this is going to go? it s you know, it s very hard to predict. it s a special election, especially a town of its size, a little over 2,000 people. only 1,600, 1,700 of whom are registered voters. my understanding is they have had early voting for the past week. they actually had at least 400 people cast early ballots. which is, you know, very strong turnout. very strong turnout for special election. and i think it s something that the supporters of the ordinance
Around downtown eureka springs, you see a lot of signs in favor of keeping the ordinance. as you referred to, you re okaya springs kind of as an interesting dichotomy there, the great passion play and christ of the ozarks which attracts tens of thousands of people each year. this is also a town known as very lgbt-friendly community. very inclusive. very artsy community. and these are both very important parts of the town s identity. and this is really kind of a kind of test to the relationship between those two identities. as far as you can tell could you predict what s going to happen tomorrow? do you feel you know which way this is going to go? it s you know it s very hard to predict. it s a special election especially a town of its size a little over 2,000 people. only 1,600, 1,700 of whom are registered voters. my understanding is they have had early voting the last week. they actually had at least 400