This Is Christian Nationalism: Breaking Down Rededicate 250

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Sunday's nine-hour “Rededicate 250” event on the National Mall brought together politicians and religious leaders calling for America to be returned to God. In this episode, Brad Onishi breaks down key statements from figures like Robert Jeffress, Mike Johnson, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio, exposing how their claims rely on selective history, mythmaking, and a deeply misleading vision of the founding. From the Doctrine of Discovery to the legend of Washington at Valley Forge, the story being told isn’t just inaccurate—it’s strategic. This episode argues that Christian nationalism is not about personal faith or patriotism, but about power: the belief that certain religious identities deserve greater authority in public life. By revisiting the Constitution, the founding era, and the principle of “we the people,” Brad shows what’s actually at stake—religious freedom, democratic equality, and the boundary between church and state. The question isn’t whether religion belongs in American life, but whether the government gets to decide whose religion counts. Subscribe for $3.65:⁠ ⁠https://axismundi.supercast.com/⁠⁠ Subscribe to our free newsletter:⁠ ⁠https://swaj.substack.com/⁠⁠ Order American Caesar by Brad Onishi:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/⁠⁠ Donate to SWAJ: ⁠https://axismundi.supercast.com/donations/new Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.9	... Yesterday there was a live nine-hour prayer fest on the National Mall.
1:10.7	It was supposed to be a rededication of the country to God. It was called Rededicate 250. I want to talk about that today.
1:14.0	I want to go over the statements from the elected officials who were there, and I want to break down why this was such a monumental, fallacious, ridiculous event that shows the Christian nationalist power grab that this regime is taking in the United States.
1:40.8	All right, y'all. Yesterday on the National Mall, we had Pete Hectseth, Marco Rubio, J.D. Vance, Mike Johnson, and a whole host of others talking about rededicating the United States to God as we run up to the 250th anniversary of this country's founding.
1:56.5	I want to do a short episode today, but I want to break down the statements of a number of folks
2:01.7	who were there. I want to start with Robert Jeffers, who is one of the past-
2:04.7	These leaders who loved our country and loved our God.
2:10.3	Who's one of the pastors who supported Donald Trump since from the beginning, starting 10 years
2:14.3	ago, and he made this statement at the event yesterday.
2:19.7	These leaders who loved our country and loved our God would be called Christian
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