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
schools. they have infillfo traded the public schoolssc with their anti-christian christian nationalism, gerald l.k. smith, the leader of the christian nationalist movement speaking in the 1950s. he was the leaderal of that movement in this country in the time war ii era around the that he was i running for president. he was also a leader of that movement inhe the post-world wa ii era, and i have to tell you what i just played iiyou, that kind of a mild stuff from him. theld stuff about the jews taki over the world and how americans need to be christian nationalists because only that can stophr the worldwide jewish conspiracy, not to mention all the race-mixing, i mean, that sound i just played is the milder version of what gerald l.k. smithon was famous for. he was a virulent violent racist and anti-semite, and that was the core of his movement, christian nationalism which you would thinkmo would make christn nationalism kind of a hard thing for today s republicans to try toda rais
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
so, no, we don t want people who are atheists. we don t want people who are jewish. this is an explicitly christian movement because this is an explicitly christian country. now we re not saying that, you know, we re going to deport all these people whatever. you re free to stay here, right? you re not going to be forced to convert or anything like this, but you re going to enjoy the fruits of living in a christian society under christian laws. consultant on the campaign for republican nominee for governor in pennsylvania doug mastriano clarifying, clarifying that it s not the plan to forcibly deport the jews. just to be clear, that s not the plan, youju know, for now, but jews are not wanted. jews are not part of the movement that the new republican governor in pennsylvania represents, so jews, atheists, people of other faiths they wouldn t be forcibly converted
founder for this movement that he called christian nationalism, and if that is ringing a bell for you at all, if it feels despite, you know, the annoying music bed with y that speech an thec guy s weird speaking styl and all that, if that language he was using feels like it rhymes a little bit with today s news, you are right about that. republicans really need to recognize the people they represent, okay, their voters. not the lobbyist donors, not the corporate pacs, not those people. that s not the people who the republican party should represent. we need to be the party of nationalism and i m a christian and say it proudly. we should be christian nationalists. should be christian nationalists. are you seeing that phrase and that sort of branding from the trumpiest members of coming. that s georgia republican congressman marjorie taylor greene. you re also seeing it all over the place in the way that the trumpist partac of the republic