https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-21-2024
"In the past few weeks, Josh Kovensky of
Talking Points Memo has deepened our
understanding of the right-wing attempt to impose Christian nationalism on the
United States through support for Trump and the MAGA movement. On March 9,
Kovensky explored the secret, men-only, right-wing society called the Society
for American Civic Renewal (SACR), whose well-positioned, wealthy, white
leaders call for instituting white male domination and their version of
Christianity in the U.S. after a “regime” change.
On March 19, Kovensky explained how that power was reaching into lawmaking when
he reported on a September 2023 speech by Russ Vought, a key architect of the
plans for Trump’s second term, including Project 2025. In the speech, which
took place in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Vought explained the right
wing’s extreme border policies by explicitly marrying Christian nationalism and
an aversion to the pluralism that is a hallmark of American democracy. Vought
argued that the U.S. should model immigration on the Bible’s Old Testament,
welcoming migrants only “so long as they accepted Israel’s God, laws, and
understanding of history.”
These religious appeals against the equality of women and minorities seem an
odd juxtaposition to a statement by United Auto Workers (UAW) union president
Shawn Fain in response to the claim of the Trump campaign that Trump’s
“bloodbath” statement of last Saturday was about the auto industry. Fain is
also a self-described Christian, but he rejects the right-wing movement.
“Donald Trump can’t run from the facts,” Fain said in a statement to
CBS
News. “He can do all the name-calling he wants, but the truth is he is a con
man who has been directly part of the problem we have seen over the past 40
years—where working class people have gone backward and billionaires like
Donald Trump reap all the benefits….
“Trump has been a player in the class war against the working class for
decades, whether screwing workers and small businesses in his dealings,
exploiting workers at his Mar a Lago estate and properties, blaming workers for
the Great Recession, or giving tax breaks to the rich. The bottom line is Trump
only represents the billionaire class and he doesn’t give a damn about the
plight of working class people, union or not.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
