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
or deported now. that s not the plan for now. it s just that this is not for them nor will this country be. doug mastriano is the republican candidate for pennsylvania governor,an et democratic candidate for democratic governor is josh shapiro, currently the attorney general of the state. josh sharp row will be our guest here tonight. we ll get his response to that and more, but it s it s been amo busy news day. actually a busy few days since the last january 6th hearing primetime on thursday night set off a bunch of proverbial bombshells particularly on the right and in republican politics. today one of the members of the january 6th investigation elaine luria posted online some additional footage from depositions and witness statements about president trump s statement to the country on january 7th which was the day after the attack by trump protests on the u.s. capitol. now we ve heard a little bit
hard thing. they apparently do not have any qualms, particularly from theav trumpist members of coming and particularly from the republican nominee for governor in the swing state ofan pennsylvania, man named doug mastriano. he s been sort of a case study for months now and republicans trying tor put on their best gerald l.k. smith masks to make the republican party the christian nationalist party that hehe always wanted and that he spent all those sad decades trying to create.wa a paid consultant for the doug mastriano campaign, again, mastriano is the republican nominee for governor, in pennsylvania, theep republican party hasor chosen him as their candidate for governor, a paid consultant for mastriano s campaign is making headlines today thanks i to the watchdog group media matters starting to document this guy s own pronouncements on the thread of the jews and on the christian nationalist movement as represented by candidates like his guy republican doug mastriano.es
occurred in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, just a couple years ago. this site, this gab site is a hache for white supremacy, and yet this is where doug mastriano believes he needs to go for support, for recruits to his campaign. rachel, we cannot allow this to become normal, just normal political practice. this is not normal. it s not normal that mastriano is on that site, and it s not normal that he trades in this direct blatant anti-semitism and racism that filts the pages of gab. this is not normal, and i think it s indicative of the approach he would take to being governor here in pennsylvania, the kind of chaos and division that he would bring if ever given a chance to lead this commonwealth. what i was talking about these developments in the news in the previous segment and in thipt ducks here, i kept finding
offered any comment on any of this. we have reached out to him for comment. we have not heard for anything, but we live in hope. thanks to the liberal watchdog group media matters we mow that the gab guy, the doug mastriano campaign consultant, he s happy to talk about all of this. this is our guy, and this is pennsylvania s guy, and he s going to turn this state around for the glory of god. this isn t a big temp. this is a christian movement full stop, so, no, we don t want people who are atheists. we don t want people who are jewish. campaign consultant to the republican nominee for governor of the great state of pennsylvania. in 22. in 2022, this year, in our lifetimes. joining us now is the democratic nominee for governor of pennsylvania, attorney general josh shapiro. mr. attorney general, thank you for making time tonight. i am sort of sorry to be speaking to you under these circumstances, but i appreciate