longing for this bygone era, when religion supported their racism and they could claim to be superior to others simply by looking at the color of their skin, not the content of their character.49 Christian nationalism is inextricably tied up in the bigotry and longing for a restoration to a racist golden age. Remember, it was not economic anxiety or even racism that was the best predictor of a 2016 Trump voter—it was Christian nationalism. It’s easy for Christian nationalists to sweep aside anything that might be construed as sentiments about treating strangers and foreigners as if they were
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