Abe Lincoln Wasn’t the Kind of Christian You Think He Was

The New Abnormal

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🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Historian Joshua Zeitz, author of Lincoln’s God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation, joins this episode of The New Abnormal to walk co-host Danielle Moodie through Abraham Lincoln’s spiritual journey and how his Christianity looked much different than what other presidents believed. He also shares with her the connection that Lincoln’s religion had to his decision to emancipate the enslaved, what others thought of him at the time, and what people get wrong about him today. Plus, Danielle and her TNA co-host Andy Levy dub Marjorie Taylor Greene “MAGA Karen” and point out comparisons between her and the woman that got Emmett Till unjustly killed.

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0:32.5	Hi, I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:37.7	objector. I'm a former libertarian who now sits pretty comfortably on the left.
0:42.0	Hi, I'm Danielle Moody, former educator and recovering lobbyist, but today I'm an unapologetic
0:47.6	woke commentator on America's threats to democracy. And I produce a Jesse Cannon,
0:52.1	and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the rails. We're here to have fun,
0:56.4	smart conversations with some of the most knowledgeable and entertaining people in politics,
1:00.8	media, and beyond. Our goal is to try and make sense of our current crazy world, our new
1:06.2	abnormal, and hopefully even make you laugh through the tears. Hello and welcome to another
1:10.6	Sunday bonus edition of the new abnormal. We thank you so much for being here. Today we have an
1:15.0	extra special guest with historian Josh Sites who's could talk to us about his new book,
1:19.0	Lincoln Scott, how faith transformed a president. But first, let's have some fun. Are you guys ready
1:24.7	to listen to some clips? Clip us. Yeah, clips. All right, I got bad news. We got a lot of
1:31.5	Marjorie Taylor green to them. Oh boy. She was outside after the vote to expel George Santos that
1:38.4	failed because the Republicans have no morals. NAOC were telling Santos he should resign,
1:45.6	and then MTG came to the rescue. Let's listen to what happened.
2:46.5	She was. My favorite part of the clip is when AOC walks up to Bowman and says it's not worth it,
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