Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says it’s a rebranding that Republicans should embrace. The media has rushed to equate it with racism and violence. And gleeful Democrats can’t wait to use it as a club to bash GOP candidates with in the fall.
It’s the term “Christian nationalism,” the buzziest political label of the moment, and it’s being used to describe the rise of conservative and unabashedly religious MAGA-style candidates and the supporters who are sweeping them to victory in state and local races across the country.
For many on the left and among their allies in the press, the emergence of a new generation of pro-Jesus, anti-woke Republicans is cause for alarm.