In the minds of these Christian nationalists, Trump “woke a sleeping Christian nation” that is threatened by “unpapered people,” and the bible justifies bigotry against such people. After all, slavery was never “as bad as people said it was. ‘Slaves were valued…. They got housing. They got fed. They got medical care.’”51 The us-versus-them tenet of Christian nationalism is not only central to Trumpian rhetoric but is also being promoted at the highest levels of power in a bible study conducted for the President’s cabinet, for US Senators, and for US Representatives. This bible study is the
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