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The religious right’s rise to political power
America's Democrats
English - July 19, 2022 20:37 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB - ★★★ - 54 ratingsPolitics News News Commentary democratic gop gillibrand political progressives republicans campaign campaigns committee democrat Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The religious right’s rise to political power
We take a look back at how the religious right and the white nationalist movement took over the Republican party.
Katherine StewartKatherine Stewart’s explores the rise of the religious right in America and its vast reach into American politics. She warns that the end result is fundamentally anti-democratic, and it is dangerously anti-science.
Damon BerryReligion professor Damon Berry says real Christians want nothing to do with the white nationalist movement, which he says is growing.
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How about Ron DeSantis? The Florida governor is the new darling of the right-wing media, funders, and other establishment powers who’re pushing him to be your next president.
“Ron DeSantis is the new Republican Party,” gushed one arch-conservative media maven. That’s odd, since what characterizes Ron’s tenure (and is causing a collective swoon for him within the rightist hierarchy) is his Big Government authoritarianism.
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