when you talk about the absolute superstars of the conservative movement right now, the fact that ted cruz is one of them, well, that s how the podcaster from texas was introduced at the big turning point usa festival of their genes awesomeness this weekend. amid all the loud music, of, course donald trump influence can be felt merely everywhere. this conservative conference. despite a lot of recent talk about the ex president starting to lose his grip on the republican party. you ve probably seen some of these headlines. and i have to say, i do think there s some truth to that. back in 2016, the thing that made donald trump truly unique in the republican party was that he was just an enormous jerk all the time. no one else was doing that. the base ate it up. so, i m looking at little bank when i say, man, there s something happening with him. and he is like melting. how about, cruz, lying dead. he s a liar. i see rick perry the other
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 statesmanship is the cross, which indeed is the symbol of christianity. we believe that the inspiring dynamic out of which america grew is christianity. we believe that there would be no realel america such as we lo and for which we are willing to die if there had been no christianity. thus, when a christian is a nationalist, he becomes necessarily a christian nationalist. a christian nationalist. that was gerald l.k. smith speaking in the 1950s as both sort of a pseudopreacher and a political figure on the american right.l he was the spokesman and the
party to bring this back is because they are not inventing this race for the first time. and, we are not in great to history. we know what it meant the last time, right? christian nationalism is not a new concept. it is not a new american right-wing political concept. the reason this ought to be awkward for them to try to bring it back is because the last time, as a country we tried that on, with guys like gerald l.k. smith leading the way, they were really not shy in saying exactly what they meant by it. so, i m going to play a little more of jerrold l k smith, i apologize for the annoying music coming back. but also, specifically, for the content of what you re about to hear him say. subversive forces, exploiting sentimental networks, are reading into the constitution a code of conduct which threatens to mongol eyes are race, destroy our racial self respect and enslaved the white man. fight mongrel-ization and all
state assembly agrees with trump. she wants to do it. shesh thinks they should decertify, and so now wisconsin republicans are trying to figure out i guess if they can call some sort of of legislation session to undo the 2020 election results two years down the road. they want tots do that now becae trump is still pressuring them to do it so some of them at least want to. it s not over for them. a lot of impatience in the rest of the country as to whether or not people who tried c to orchestrate thiser coup are eve going to pay for it. coup orchestration efforts meanwhile persist. i mentioned athe the top of the we re going to have josh shapiro here in just a moment. he s the attorney general of pennsylvania. he s the democratic t nominee f governorhe in pennsylvania runng against a republican christian nationalist a la gerald l.k. a commit, and don t ask what that means for jewishit people in pennsylvania. i should tell you doug
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