As Trump support merges with Christian nationalism, experts warn of extremist threats
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🗓️ 11 March 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, March 11th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:18.6 | excerpt. Today a look at Christian nationalism and Donald Trump. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus what did the GOP know about a Russian assets role in the Biden impeachment probe |
| 0:32.0 | and AI deepfakes are showing up in the 2024 election. |
| 0:37.0 | The idea of Christian nationalism in America has existed for some time, |
| 0:42.0 | but experts say the movement's new shape and embrace it. America has existed for some time. |
| 0:42.5 | But experts say the movement's new shape |
| 0:44.4 | and embrace of the Trump campaign |
| 0:46.4 | are raising new questions. |
| 0:48.2 | I spoke with USA Today, National Correspondent, |
| 0:50.4 | Will Carless for more. |
| 0:52.2 | Well, thanks for hopping on the excerpt tonight. |
| 0:54.0 | Thanks having me on. |
| 0:55.0 | So well let's just try to establish a definition here. |
| 0:58.0 | What is Christian nationalism and what's its history in America? |
| 1:01.0 | So Christian nationalism in one form or another has been around for |
| 1:06.2 | pretty much since the birth of the United States. There's always been a faction of |
| 1:11.1 | America that believes in this idea and essentially the idea is that America is a |
| 1:16.8 | country that was created by God and created for Christians and that it is the natural home of Christians. |
| 1:25.0 | This is a sort of a manifest destiny idea basically, |
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