Extremists. i was dubbed by my own unit to be an extremist because i am a religious tattoo i have on my chest. they said we think you are a white nationalist. the tattoo has nothing to do with politics is a christian faith and religious symbol i have had for ve for a very long. was it about religion? was it about trump? was it about fox? i don t know but it is about politics of the message was clear pete hegseth, you are not welcome here to guard joe biden s inauguration part of that point i said i m out. i am out i do not want any part of this institution. my prayer is patriots like us in a future president like donald trump can clean out woke generals. can change that will be trained in our military academies return the standards of accountability so that my boys i end the book with a letter to my five sons because a lot of people asking this question, do you recommend your kid serve? the reality is if not patriots then who? might recommendation with trepidation is that they should
Nothing in this country works any more. the health service doesn t work. the roads don t work. none of our public services are up to scratch. i m joined now by tim montgomerie a former socialjustice adviser to borisjohnson founder of conservative home. there was a feeling out there that the campaign so far had failed to ignite, now we have some fireworks. fireworks and a half, christian, but i am not sure it s a good evening for the party. a few weeks ago, when nigel farage said he was not standing, a very esteemed political consultant i know said it may have saved the conservative party about 30 to 40 saved the conservative party about 30 to a0 seats, well there was a poll earlier this evening that said the conservative party it was on the on course to win about iao seats, and that was before nigel farage entered the fray. he is a conservative destroyer, if you like.
With house arrest or even with prison it s a supporters who wouldn t the world, not just south. i don t know that the public would stand it i don t i m not sure the public would stand four with a house arrest for i think i think it would be tough for the public to take a certain point. there s a breaking point here in washington, congress returned to work today with the verdict front of mind for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, democrats seem divided on how much they should campaign on trump s legal troubles, while the pro trump republican response sounds pretty consistent and a lot like this. we are in a serious country anymore. we re literally a banana republic. so what does it matter of finding the government, the american people don t give a cnn s kristen holmes joins us now a christian, let s start with the trump team s legal strategy here. what do you hearing from your sources about the sentencing scheduling july 11, well, there are two schools of thought, so just a reminder before we actually landed on july 11, or the judge did todd blanche trump s attorney, had
Levels of the cia, national security council and all the rest of it. signed a letter the purpose of which was to influence the election in the letter they say for a bunch of reasons we write to say the arrival on the political scene laptop belong vice president son hunter related to his time serving on the board of ukrainian gaps company marissa has a classic earmarks of christian information operation they go on and on to make their case. not only that he leaked it to the media. who prepared that letter? the letter is a lie. the letter is a lie. the lap top it is a case right w against hunter biden. it is a wonder% legit the laptop was dismissed as a non- issue as russian disinformation two weeks
Explain the people how christian nationalism is a gross distortion of the teachings of jesus. how these attempts for incense to teach the bible in public schools and children as young as kindergarten, to teach it as an authoritative text, is an attack on our religious freedom as much is our neighbors who practice different faiths. for those who do not claim a faith tradition. it is incumbent on christians to take their place in the public square to advocate from their faith-based perspective. against christian nationalism. we can have efficacy without insisting that our particular religion be privileged in law and policy. that is in fact the foundation of religious freedom in this country. we are seeing the foundation of religious freedom under attack by nationalism. we need to understand this threat for what it is. you say the foundation of
Clog what is happening. we know that we have multiple supreme court justices who do not seem to be on the side of democracy. this is familiar with authoritarians. the first thing you want to do, the first things you want to do, go after the courts so they can support you. replace them with loyalists. and the schools, as well. having several court justices who are overly on the side of january 6th, or on the side of christian nationalism, which runs against the separation of church and state, is needless to say, extremely troubling. tee thanks to you for an important discussion. i appreciate it. the congressman, jamie raskin, on the gop effort to get the supreme court involved in donald trump s conviction, and more.
But, god, is with us. if you are a believer in the room, it is time to fight with your face. it is time for us to fight the good fight of faith. i am ready to fight. oh, my. that was a taste of the republican texas convention last week. what made this conference stick out from years past was the gop s alarming cause for spiritual warfare. it was not fire and brimstone, there were real policies to vote on. such as requiring the bible to be taught in public schools. labeling abortion as homicide. rendering gender transitions as child abuse. turning the united states into theocracy is not exclusive to texas. i showed you a microcosm how the gop embraced the idea of christian nationalism nationwide. according to a 2023 survey, more than half of republicans believe the u.s. should be a strictly christian nation.
If you forbid certain history from being taught, if you say that america was founded with a god chose america to lead the world, if you teach that america is fundamentally a christian country, those are going to be things that train young people into thinking that christian nationalism is in fact the history. amanda, as a christian, you do not like your religion being misused this way. that is the sentiment we all share. what do you do about it? what do religious christians, who are not nationalists, who do not invoke violent imagery, who do not believe donald trump is some sort of savior who is taking prosecutions and incoming fire for regular people what do you do to counter this? schema for christians like myself, we need to normalize speaking out against christian nationalism. we are in the best position to
Committee, saying that christian nationalism helped fuel the attack on the capitol on january 6. is not an abstraction. we have seen the beginnings of the manifestation of people who in good faith believed they were doing something for the christian faith. how worried are you now that this has grown? it is not diminished, it has grown. unfortunately you are right. christian nationalism uses the symbols and the language of christianity. the veneers turns jesus into a mascot for these political claims. what we saw happen on january 6, not just that they, the events leading up to it, the language of christian nationalism. the permission structure. this casting of the political violence in terms of god s will. they were there to fulfill god s will. i believe that kind of language
This really is a theocracy we are looking at. we are looking at a situation where they want to transform the democratic institutions into engines of christian nationalism. engines of essentially theocracy. and loyalty to donald trump, as well. this kind of idea of replacing the institutions that are not religious, are evil, demon run. as amanda said, it is right that this is, it justifies political violence of the worst kind. it is classical violent genocidal speech, to call people evil and to place them as x essential threats. they are saying these institutions, government, the courts, the schools, need to be, the people in them need to be replaced by theo kratz. amanda, you testified before the january 6th select