A focus on culture wars now defines the Republican Party.
By Juan Williams
Columnist
Look at these quotes with alarm.
“We need to be the party of nationalism and I’m a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists.”
That is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) calling for today’s GOP to insist its members be evangelical Christians or get out.
Here’s a second quote hammering the same religious intolerance.
“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk – that’s not in the Constitution.”
That is Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) insisting Congress and the government follow only Christian evangelical church teaching.
Her words stand in defiance of constitutional protections for the United States as a nation based on laws and not religious orthodoxy.
Now, here’s a third explicit call for the GOP to be a party of religious hatred.
“We’re not bending the knee to the two percent anymore,” said Andrew Torba, founder of the right-wing-friendly social platform Gab, referring to Jewish people in the United States.
Gab is characterized by CNN as “a haven for QAnon conspiracies, misinformation and antisemitic commentary.” The platform was paid a “consulting” fee by Doug Mastriano, the Republican running for governor in Pennsylvania.