Yesterday we covered the fact that Marjorie Taylor-Greene had announced over the weekend that she was a proud Christian Nationalist. The ugliness of such a pronouncement is just dripping. There is nothing wrong with being Christian or anything else – one’s faith or secularism is private. But combine “Christian” with “Nationalist,” and now you’re speaking code for Christianist fascism. The old saying has always been that when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and holding a cross.
From our report [1] yesterday on Marjorie declaring herself a Christian nationalist:
“We need to be the party of nationalism. And I’m a Christian. I say it proudly we should be Christian nationalists,” she said. Greene made similar comments while on stage at the conference of young Republican activists. “I actually call myself a Christian nationalist,” she said on stage. “That’s not a bad word. That’s actually a good thing.”
There is much more in our report, and last night, Rachel Maddow took the topic and dug even deeper, as Rachel is want to do.
Gerald L.K. Smith was the leader of the Christian Nationalist movement in the 1950s. He was the leader of that movement in this country in the World War II era around the time that he was running for president. He was also a leader of that movement in the post-World War II era, and I have to tell you what I just played you, that’s kind of a mild stuff from him.
The stuff about the Jews taking over the world and how Americans need to be Christian Nationalists because only that can stop the worldwide Jewish conspiracy, not to mention all the race-mixing, I mean, that sound I just played is the milder version of what Gerald L.K. Smith was famous for. He was a virulent violent racist and anti-semite, and that was the core of his movement.
And with that, Marjorie went NUTS:
Rachel Maddow is smearing me with lies about my faith and love for America and trying to connect me to someone I’ve never heard of or know anything about.
In reality, being a Christian means I acknowledge I’m a sinner and my savior is a Jewish man named Jesus who I believe..
1/7 https://t.co/zlYwpvKnE0 [2]— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [3]
is the son of God. I also believe God’s word in the Bible, which is about the people of Israel and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Bible is filled with amazing and miraculous history, and I love it.
Cont’d
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [4]
The godless lying left has been lying about me from day one and calling me anti-semitic, racist, fascist, and even a Nazi, which are all absolutely disgusting lies about me.
But their problem is that most people see through their lies bc their empty words don’t match the truth.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [5]
Yes I’m a Christian. I’m not perfect, I’m a sinner, and I know I can’t ever be perfect enough to go to heaven based on my acts alone. I need a savior and his name is Jesus.
Jesus says to love God and love people.
I’m also elected by Americans in Georgia’s 14th district to
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [6]
serve as their Representative in Congress. I love my country and I’m grateful to serve the people who elected me, who are American citizens like me.
The conspiracy theories being told by the lying godless left are just desperate lies by people who know they are losing bc
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [7]
their policies are really policies of hate and failure to Americans.
Another reason they lie about me is they recognize my tenacity and know I’m resolved in my faith & my commitment to America.
They can’t beat me bc most Americans actually think a lot of the ways I do.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [8]
Hopefully, this helps some of you that are brainwashed by liars like Rachel Maddow who by the way has never met me in her entire life and gets paid to lie about me by her hard left employers at MSNBC.
What a pitiful way to earn a paycheck.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 26, 2022 [9]
BRAIN WASHED LIARS like Rachel Maddow?? Marjorie Taylor-Greene is going to lecture the Rhodes Scholar? Okay, yeah, sure. Someone is very scared.
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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman