How Christian Nationalism Enabled The Insurrection

Katherine Stewart writes for the New York Times:

The most serious attempt to overthrow the American constitutional system since the Civil War would not have been feasible without the influence of America’s Christian nationalist movement. One year later, the movement seems to have learned a lesson: If it tries harder next time, it may well succeed in making the promise of American democracy a relic of the past.

Christian nationalist symbolism was all over the events of Jan. 6, as observers have pointed out. But the movement’s contribution to the effort to overturn the 2020 election and install an unelected president goes much deeper than the activities of a few of its representatives on the day that marks the unsuccessful end (or at least a temporary setback) of an attempted coup.

Read the full op-ed. Fascinating and scary.

The movement’s contribution to the effort to overturn the 2020 election and install an unelected president goes deeper than the activities of a few of its representatives on Jan. 6. My latest for @nytopinion https://t.co/M5IoPkPRWF

— Katherine Stewart (@kathsstewart) January 6, 2022