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May 20, 2024 4:10 pm
Joel Webbon Provides A Prescription For Christian Nationalism
Earlier this month, Right Wing Watch posted a couple of clips of far-right pastor Joel Webbon laying out his Christian nationalist vision for America in which this nation is controlled by a Caesar-like dictator who “rules with an iron fist” and forces everyone to at least “pretend to be Christian.” In response to Right Wing […]
May 17, 2024 4:55 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: A Red Flag
Jodi Kantor @ The New York Times: At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. Aaron Hedge @ Range: It’s going to be a hell of […]
May 17, 2024 4:53 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Questionable Constitutional Power
Mark Meckler and Robert Natelson insist that the Texas state government has the right under the Constitution to invade Mexico in order to fight drug cartels and secure the border. James Linzey had a dream that was apparently so prophetically significant that he had to issue a press release about it. Antisemitic far-right activist Ryan […]
May 16, 2024 5:17 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Polarization Is Polarizing
Adele M. Stan @ The New Republic: How FreedomWorks Paved the Way for Trumpism—and for Its Own Demise If you’d known what to look for, you could have seen it coming miles and miles away: the demise of movement conservatism in the face of Trumpism. The only thing surprising about the collapse of FreedomWorks, the […]
May 16, 2024 5:14 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: There Might Be Other Explanations
Sean Feucht is outraged over a German church that held a Taylor Swift-themed service: “This is not a church. This is a shrine to the demon god of Molech.” Self-proclaimed “prophet” Robin Bullock calls on God to “save people who know the election was stolen and bring them out to speak the truth.” Jackson Lahmeyer […]
May 16, 2024 2:15 pm
Rick Green Inadvertently Makes The Case That Trump Is Biblically Unqualified To Be President
Christian nationalist pseudo–historian Rick Green appeared on the “FlashPoint” program earlier this week, where he laid out what he claimed were biblical standards for political leadership set forth in Exodus 18. Green’s purpose in doing so was to argue that President Joe Biden fails to meet these standards, though all he did was unwittingly make […]
May 15, 2024 5:05 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: The Cult Of (Barron) Trump
Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: Tommy Tuberville Seems to Admit Republicans Went to Trump’s Trial to Circumvent the Gag Order Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) was unabashed when asked about attending former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, telling Newsmax’s Chris Salcedo that Republicans did it to “overcome this gag order” on Trump. Riley Rogerson @ The […]
May 15, 2024 5:04 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: A Real Badge Of Honor
It is important to remember that when evangelicals like Jack Hibbs talk about the importance of standing with Israel, it is entirely rooted in their mission of seeing Jews “experience the salvation” of Jesus Christ. Speaking of Hibbs, he claims that it is “impossible” for Christians to be antisemitic, which is interesting given that actual […]
May 15, 2024 4:08 pm
Dusty Deevers Is A Case Study In Christian Nationalism
Right-wing activists and members of Congress are currently spreading a conspiracy theory that the Biden administration is preparing to hand over American sovereignty to the World Health Organization. It’s not true, but among those sounding the alarm is Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers, a far-right pastor and unabashed Christian nationalist who literally wants to see […]
May 14, 2024 5:06 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: An Implausible Pitch
Alexander Mallin, Jonathan Karl, and Laura Romero @ ABC News: DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his […]