it s called christ of the ozarks. christ of the ozarks was the subject of a huge a suspiciously huge fund-raising operation by gerald l.k. smith. he died in 1976, but that statue still stands 1 in arkansas toda. but gerald l.s. smith is about to have another moment in the public eye because what he really wanted to be remembered for, even more than that statue, was a nationwide movement that he tried to build, a movement that he named and that he led and that he promoted tirelessly and that he wanted to outlive him forever. the motive behind the term christian nationalist is easy to define and simple to interpret. we believe that the destiny of america in relationship to its governing authority must be kept in thein hands of our own peopl. we must never be goonchd by aliens. we must keep control of our own money m and our own blood. in other words, we must remain trueor to the declaration of independence. that is nationalism. woe believe that the spiritual symbol of our s
outside, contrasting us with other countries that knowingly don t have that. we re telling ourselves that we do, but, you know, from the very beginning and from all the most noble americans who have upheld that tradition, separation of church and state is just as good for the state as it is for the church. it is it protects religion as much as it protects the policy and giving it up that split endangers both. we play with that line a lot and it s in a really dangerous place on some parts of the ride right. so good on you. thank you. greatly appreciate it. thanks, my friend. appreciate it. take care. tonight, new reporting is shedding light on the state of juts tis the state of the justice department s investigation into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the washington post is reporting tonight, quote, copies of two subpoenas issued to republican state senators from arizona, were actually released monday via public records request, confirming what has been pre
that s going to do it for us tonight. thanks for being here with us. now it s time for the last word aamman mujahidine is in for lawrence. as someone who spent time overseas and covered religious extremism and politics, i always noticed that people overseas admired america for being able to keep religion out of politics. admired america for being able to keep religion out of politics we are going down a slippery slope. it s easier to see that from the