1 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:14,971 [ music playing ] 2 00:00:44,957 --> 00:00:48,309 [ cheers and applause ] 3 00:00:48,352 --> 00:00:49,614 Paula White: Let us pray, 4 00:00:49,658 --> 00:00:52,922 because God is gonna be in today. 5 00:00:52,965 --> 00:00:56,534 Let we the people have the assurance 6 00:00:56,578 --> 00:01:00,060 of a fair and a just election. 7 00:01:00,103 --> 00:01:04,673 Hear our cry and turn our hearts to you. 8 00:01:04,716 --> 00:01:06,544 [ cheers and applause ] 9 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:08,459 Donald Trump: Nobody knows what the hell is going on. 10 00:01:08,503 --> 00:01:10,766 There's never been anything like this. 11 00:01:10,809 --> 00:01:13,899 We will not let them silence your voices. 12 00:01:13,943 --> 00:01:15,597 We're not gonna let it happen. 13 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,034 All: Christ for Trump! Christ for Trump! 14 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:19,427 Donald Trump: Not gonna let it happen. 15 00:01:19,470 --> 00:01:22,430 - Christ for Trump! - [ crowd yelling ] 16 00:01:22,473 --> 00:01:27,130 [ yelling continues ] 17 00:01:27,174 --> 00:01:29,611 Elizabeth Neumann: Faith is primary for me. 18 00:01:29,654 --> 00:01:34,790 Faith is the first thing that I build my life around. 19 00:01:34,833 --> 00:01:40,012 My reaction to January 6th was-- my stomach churned. 20 00:01:40,056 --> 00:01:43,407 I was nauseous. I wanted to throw up. 21 00:01:45,801 --> 00:01:47,455 People had Christian flags, 22 00:01:47,498 --> 00:01:49,979 they were praying on bullhorns outside the Capitol 23 00:01:50,022 --> 00:01:53,548 while beatings were occurring inside the Capitol. 24 00:01:53,591 --> 00:01:56,203 It was a co-opting of my faith 25 00:01:56,246 --> 00:02:00,120 that is supposed to be a faith of peace. 26 00:02:00,163 --> 00:02:03,775 From a security standpoint, it was also devastating. 27 00:02:03,819 --> 00:02:09,738 We spent 20 years preparing for another bad day, 28 00:02:09,781 --> 00:02:13,785 building up intel systems, law enforcement capabilities, 29 00:02:13,829 --> 00:02:15,265 the protective measures, 30 00:02:15,309 --> 00:02:18,529 and that failure was utterly on display. 31 00:02:18,573 --> 00:02:20,444 [ crowd shouting ] 32 00:02:20,488 --> 00:02:22,881 - Thank you, Heavenly Father! - Amen. 33 00:02:22,925 --> 00:02:24,927 Thank you for allowing the United States of America 34 00:02:24,970 --> 00:02:27,234 to be reborn and get rid of the communists, the globalists, 35 00:02:27,277 --> 00:02:28,887 and the traitors within our government. 36 00:02:28,931 --> 00:02:30,585 Crowd: Treason! Treason! Treason! 37 00:02:30,628 --> 00:02:32,064 Narrator: The galvanizing force behind 38 00:02:32,108 --> 00:02:34,110 the assault on the U.S. Capitol 39 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:39,159 was a political movement known as Christian nationalism. 40 00:02:39,202 --> 00:02:41,596 Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is... 41 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,728 The leaders had a long range plan 42 00:02:43,772 --> 00:02:45,991 to seize power and impose their political vision 43 00:02:46,035 --> 00:02:48,733 by any means necessary. 44 00:02:48,777 --> 00:02:50,692 They knew that the only way to create 45 00:02:50,735 --> 00:02:52,433 a theocratic Christian nation 46 00:02:52,476 --> 00:02:55,175 was to overthrow our democracy, 47 00:02:55,218 --> 00:02:57,307 and that's what they set out to do. 48 00:02:57,351 --> 00:02:59,831 We love you, and we thank you. In Christ's holy name we pray. 49 00:02:59,875 --> 00:03:01,746 All: Amen! 50 00:03:01,790 --> 00:03:05,489 [ music playing ] 51 00:03:05,533 --> 00:03:10,581 William Billings: When government is in the hands of Godly men, it is good. 52 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:14,498 but in the hands of all others, it is evil. 53 00:03:14,542 --> 00:03:18,589 What we're talking about here is spreading the Gospel in political context. 54 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:20,939 Make no mistake about it. 55 00:03:20,983 --> 00:03:26,162 We are talking about Christianizing America. 56 00:03:42,352 --> 00:03:46,922 I'm sick and tired of hearing about all of the perverts 57 00:03:46,965 --> 00:03:49,141 and the liberals and the leftists 58 00:03:49,185 --> 00:03:51,927 and the communists coming out of the closet! 59 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:55,104 It's time for God's people to come out of the closet, 60 00:03:55,147 --> 00:03:58,281 out of the churches, and change America! 61 00:03:58,325 --> 00:04:01,284 [ cheers and applause ] 62 00:04:04,156 --> 00:04:10,032 We are at war, you have to choose sides, 63 00:04:10,075 --> 00:04:12,774 and you have to get in the fight. 64 00:04:25,569 --> 00:04:28,485 Man: I am a Christian nationalist. 65 00:04:28,529 --> 00:04:31,923 Give me the flag, and I'll carry it all the way to Calvary. 66 00:04:33,751 --> 00:04:35,187 Man: We're gonna have a new country. 67 00:04:35,231 --> 00:04:37,755 It's gonna be a Christian nation. 68 00:04:37,799 --> 00:04:40,236 Fuck democracy. I stand with Jesus Christ. 69 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:05,827 [ radio tuning ] 70 00:05:05,870 --> 00:05:09,439 Alex Jones: They are tearing down the wall at the border, 71 00:05:09,483 --> 00:05:14,052 and building a wall around the United States Capitol. 72 00:05:14,096 --> 00:05:15,837 [ radio tuning ] 73 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,928 Announcer: America First. MAGA-nificent. 74 00:05:19,971 --> 00:05:23,235 Tucker Carlson: How precisely is diversity our strength? 75 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:24,802 Do you get along better with your neighbors 76 00:05:24,846 --> 00:05:27,109 if you can't understand each other? 77 00:05:27,152 --> 00:05:28,893 [ radio tuning ] 78 00:05:28,937 --> 00:05:30,765 Announcer: Patriot Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. 79 00:05:30,808 --> 00:05:34,377 God always comes first, but country is a close second. 80 00:05:34,421 --> 00:05:36,597 Ken Peters: Do I have any soldiers in the house this morning? 81 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,425 [ applause ] 82 00:05:38,468 --> 00:05:40,383 If you're not a soldier, hang out here. 83 00:05:40,427 --> 00:05:42,777 You'll end up a soldier. 84 00:05:44,256 --> 00:05:46,781 So I was there in the Capitol incident 85 00:05:46,824 --> 00:05:48,304 that happened in D.C. 86 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:49,566 There were some people there 87 00:05:49,610 --> 00:05:51,220 that were breaking windows 88 00:05:51,263 --> 00:05:53,614 and climbing walls and being destructive. 89 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:55,659 That's not what Christians do. 90 00:05:55,703 --> 00:05:59,707 But what I was determined to do is to stand. 91 00:05:59,750 --> 00:06:02,318 We have a right in this country to stand at that Capitol 92 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,973 and let our voices be heard. 93 00:06:05,016 --> 00:06:07,671 And by the way, that's all our president asked us to do. 94 00:06:07,715 --> 00:06:10,108 - Man: Yeah. - Is to let our voices be heard. 95 00:06:10,152 --> 00:06:16,332 - Yes, yes. - Our forefathers built this country upon Christianity 96 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:20,510 and for Christians, and said that if we ever left that, 97 00:06:20,554 --> 00:06:23,383 the constitution wouldn't work, and we're seeing that today. 98 00:06:23,426 --> 00:06:28,475 People wanna come here because we founded this country on Christian principles. 99 00:06:28,518 --> 00:06:32,087 They work. So let's stick with them. They've been good to us. 100 00:06:32,130 --> 00:06:33,567 [ cheers and applause ] 101 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:36,700 The church has relinquished 102 00:06:36,744 --> 00:06:39,442 too much authority to government. 103 00:06:39,486 --> 00:06:41,488 We should not be taking orders 104 00:06:41,531 --> 00:06:44,229 by the government, from the government! 105 00:06:44,273 --> 00:06:46,275 The government needs to be looking at the church 106 00:06:46,318 --> 00:06:49,409 and saying, "How do we do this effectively?" 107 00:06:49,452 --> 00:06:52,107 [ cheering ] 108 00:06:52,150 --> 00:06:55,197 Eboo Patel: So the big idea of Christian nationalism 109 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,592 is that God made America for Christians. 110 00:06:58,635 --> 00:07:00,420 And not all Christians, 111 00:07:00,463 --> 00:07:04,424 but a particularly kind of white Christian 112 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:06,251 with a particular theology 113 00:07:06,295 --> 00:07:09,167 and a particular political worldview. 114 00:07:09,211 --> 00:07:13,258 And that group is supreme in this nation 115 00:07:13,302 --> 00:07:15,173 and everyone else is subordinate. 116 00:07:15,217 --> 00:07:17,698 And they need to be kept subordinate, 117 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:20,048 with violence if necessary. 118 00:07:20,091 --> 00:07:22,616 Let me tell you something. 119 00:07:22,659 --> 00:07:26,141 - You ain't seen an insurrection yet. - [ cheering ] 120 00:07:26,184 --> 00:07:28,491 The church of the living God 121 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:30,667 is an institution that the gates of hell 122 00:07:30,711 --> 00:07:32,234 shall not prevail against it, 123 00:07:32,277 --> 00:07:35,672 and the Bible says that we'll take it by force! 124 00:07:35,716 --> 00:07:38,196 - That's what the Bible says! - [ applause ] 125 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:42,070 Christian nationalism is nationalism. 126 00:07:42,113 --> 00:07:44,812 It has nothing to do with Christianity. 127 00:07:44,855 --> 00:07:47,379 It's about power in politics, 128 00:07:47,423 --> 00:07:50,382 and let's separate it from religiosity. 129 00:07:50,426 --> 00:07:55,562 In this country, we have freedom of religion. 130 00:07:55,605 --> 00:08:00,784 We're a secular nation that is built by, sustained by, 131 00:08:00,828 --> 00:08:03,918 and filled with people who have deep faith in God. 132 00:08:03,961 --> 00:08:06,137 But that's not Christian nationalism. 133 00:08:06,181 --> 00:08:10,446 There's a fictional work, Margaret Atwood book, 134 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:12,492 called "The Handmaid's Tale." 135 00:08:12,535 --> 00:08:15,625 That's Christian nationalism. 136 00:08:15,669 --> 00:08:21,065 It's men saying that this is God's law 137 00:08:21,109 --> 00:08:26,201 and administering it for the purposes of achieving absolute political power. 138 00:08:26,244 --> 00:08:30,466 And the societies that practice it, 139 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:34,252 in whatever form it takes, 140 00:08:34,296 --> 00:08:36,646 are the most evil places on Earth. 141 00:08:41,259 --> 00:08:44,045 Reporter: Putin stands accused of war crimes-- 142 00:08:44,088 --> 00:08:46,700 to date, nearly 10,000. 143 00:08:46,743 --> 00:08:50,834 Katherine Stewart: When leaders like Putin in Russia or Orban in Hungry 144 00:08:50,878 --> 00:08:53,924 or Erdogan in Turkey bind themselves 145 00:08:53,968 --> 00:08:57,624 to religious conservatives in their countries, 146 00:08:57,667 --> 00:09:02,280 what they do is signal that there is a so-called correct religion, 147 00:09:02,324 --> 00:09:04,544 one that has access to the president 148 00:09:04,587 --> 00:09:07,111 and has disproportionate voice in the public square. 149 00:09:07,155 --> 00:09:09,113 And then there's everybody else. 150 00:09:09,157 --> 00:09:11,725 I mean, that's how Christian nationalism works. 151 00:09:11,768 --> 00:09:15,076 It divides the insider from the outsider, 152 00:09:15,119 --> 00:09:17,905 the pure from the impure. 153 00:09:17,948 --> 00:09:21,691 Every other authority that exerts itself 154 00:09:21,735 --> 00:09:25,913 outside of the kingdom of Jesus Christ 155 00:09:25,956 --> 00:09:28,524 is an illegal authority. 156 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:30,526 Samuel Perry: Our most recent survey data 157 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,006 shows that about a third of Americans 158 00:09:32,049 --> 00:09:33,964 are either friendly to 159 00:09:34,008 --> 00:09:36,619 or true believers of Christian nationalism. 160 00:09:36,663 --> 00:09:38,839 That federal government should advocate for Christian values. 161 00:09:38,882 --> 00:09:42,320 That there should be no separation between church and state. 162 00:09:42,364 --> 00:09:46,020 That we as a country have a special relationship with God. 163 00:09:46,063 --> 00:09:52,069 Though is completely politically incorrect to say, the truth is this. 164 00:09:52,113 --> 00:09:57,292 America was founded as a Christian nation. 165 00:09:57,335 --> 00:09:59,686 And our success as a nation 166 00:09:59,729 --> 00:10:03,385 depends upon our fidelity to God's word. 167 00:10:03,428 --> 00:10:06,127 And I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk. 168 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:09,304 That's not in the Constitution. It was in a stinking letter, 169 00:10:09,347 --> 00:10:11,611 and it means nothing like what they say it does. 170 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:21,055 Randall Balmer: When the founders configured this new nation, 171 00:10:21,098 --> 00:10:27,104 they recognized that religious establishment was a form of tyranny. 172 00:10:27,148 --> 00:10:29,454 It tyrannized the people. 173 00:10:29,498 --> 00:10:35,286 And so they came up with this radical idea that the people themselves 174 00:10:35,330 --> 00:10:38,202 should determine how they wanted to worship 175 00:10:38,246 --> 00:10:43,033 rather to have that dictated by the state. 176 00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:45,993 Russell Moore: The separation of the state from the church 177 00:10:46,036 --> 00:10:49,910 is a key Baptist confessional principle 178 00:10:49,953 --> 00:10:52,303 that predates the United States of America. 179 00:10:52,347 --> 00:10:55,524 Because people have to come to God 180 00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:58,527 one by one through new birth, 181 00:10:58,570 --> 00:11:00,747 someone cannot be claimed as a Christian 182 00:11:00,790 --> 00:11:02,705 because of citizenship in a state. 183 00:11:02,749 --> 00:11:06,535 So if the state or the culture 184 00:11:06,578 --> 00:11:11,801 bullies people out of openly expressing their religious views, 185 00:11:11,845 --> 00:11:13,411 you don't end up with Christians. 186 00:11:13,455 --> 00:11:16,023 You end up with pretend Christians. 187 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:18,416 And as an evangelical Christian, 188 00:11:18,460 --> 00:11:20,592 I don't think that takes anyone to heaven. 189 00:11:20,636 --> 00:11:22,769 [ music playing ] 190 00:11:22,812 --> 00:11:26,642 [ indistinct shouting ] 191 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:30,777 ♪ My home 192 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:36,391 ♪ Sweet home 193 00:11:36,434 --> 00:11:38,654 I wanna say a word of greeting 194 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,396 to the most resilient, the most courageous, 195 00:11:41,439 --> 00:11:43,441 the most faith-friendly president 196 00:11:43,485 --> 00:11:47,402 in the history of America, President Donald Trump. 197 00:11:47,445 --> 00:11:51,667 President Trump, we love you. 198 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:53,495 William Barber II: I would say they don't have their Jesus. 199 00:11:53,538 --> 00:11:55,802 They may have their Trump, but they don't have their Jesus. 200 00:11:55,845 --> 00:11:59,022 I'm kind of particular about the Jesus thing. 201 00:11:59,066 --> 00:12:01,721 They can't have that brown-skinned Palestinian Jew 202 00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:04,071 who said, "I come to preach good news to the poor, 203 00:12:04,114 --> 00:12:05,420 healing to the brokenhearted, 204 00:12:05,463 --> 00:12:06,856 recovery of sight to the blind." 205 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:08,640 They can't have that Jesus 206 00:12:08,684 --> 00:12:11,295 because he's already told us what he stands for. 207 00:12:11,339 --> 00:12:12,906 And that's what always gets in the way 208 00:12:12,949 --> 00:12:15,256 of Christian nationalism and proves it ain't Christian, 209 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:17,301 because the problem is Jesus. 210 00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:20,391 If you're tired of a president 211 00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:23,090 that's committed to lying and racism 212 00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:27,181 and economic policies that cater to the wealthy and hurt the poor, 213 00:12:27,224 --> 00:12:30,750 then embolden and intensify your agitation 214 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:33,361 and get everybody to the ballot box! 215 00:12:33,404 --> 00:12:36,407 We gotta challenge Christian nationalism 216 00:12:36,451 --> 00:12:38,801 that tries to teach us that real faith 217 00:12:38,845 --> 00:12:41,238 is being against gay people and for tax cuts, 218 00:12:41,282 --> 00:12:45,242 and believing that Jesus was a founding member of the NRA. 219 00:12:45,286 --> 00:12:48,550 We gotta challenge all that and say no. 220 00:12:48,593 --> 00:12:52,772 Now, having said that though, let's own a few things. 221 00:12:52,815 --> 00:12:55,426 It is not new. 222 00:12:55,470 --> 00:12:58,908 It's always been a part of this American experience, 223 00:12:58,952 --> 00:13:00,518 those who want to take religion 224 00:13:00,562 --> 00:13:03,565 and use it to justify all kinds of evil. 225 00:13:08,613 --> 00:13:10,093 Narrator: Christian nationalism has been 226 00:13:10,137 --> 00:13:14,445 an effective political tool for centuries. 227 00:13:14,489 --> 00:13:16,970 The Ku Klux Klan emerged post Civil War 228 00:13:17,013 --> 00:13:19,799 to challenge emancipation. 229 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:24,281 As waves of immigrants arrived from Europe, 230 00:13:24,325 --> 00:13:27,850 the Klan condemned them as a new threat. 231 00:13:27,894 --> 00:13:32,855 At its peak in 1924, the Klan claimed 8 million members. 232 00:13:32,899 --> 00:13:38,252 The vast majority were white evangelicals. 233 00:13:38,295 --> 00:13:43,431 Linda Gordon: The Klan argued that America was destined by God 234 00:13:43,474 --> 00:13:46,913 to be a white Protestant country. 235 00:13:46,956 --> 00:13:50,438 And what that meant was that all of these immigrants, 236 00:13:50,481 --> 00:13:55,225 all of these people coming in were actually subverting 237 00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:58,794 what was the true destiny of America. 238 00:14:02,015 --> 00:14:06,367 The Klan claimed to have 40,000 ministers. 239 00:14:06,410 --> 00:14:09,370 So if you hear these stories 240 00:14:09,413 --> 00:14:12,852 from people that you are socialized to respect, 241 00:14:12,895 --> 00:14:17,204 they are gonna carry a weight even beyond rumors. 242 00:14:18,292 --> 00:14:20,555 And the view of evangelicals, 243 00:14:20,598 --> 00:14:22,774 there was a lot of talk about Satan. 244 00:14:22,818 --> 00:14:27,170 That it is Satan that is driving these enemies. 245 00:14:27,214 --> 00:14:30,304 Once you believe that Satan 246 00:14:30,347 --> 00:14:34,699 is an actual present, daily force, 247 00:14:34,743 --> 00:14:39,704 it adds a tremendous intensity to the commitment to loyalty. 248 00:14:46,624 --> 00:14:48,583 [ horns honking ] 249 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:55,242 [ screaming ] 250 00:14:55,285 --> 00:14:56,983 Samuel Perry: For decades and decades, 251 00:14:57,026 --> 00:14:58,636 there has been a strain of Christian nationalism 252 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,030 in the American popular consciousness, 253 00:15:01,074 --> 00:15:05,513 but it seems to reemerge during times of intense cultural and political conflict. 254 00:15:05,556 --> 00:15:08,864 Especially when those who have traditionally been in power-- 255 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:11,475 white conservative Christian men especially-- 256 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:15,218 feel like that power is threatened. 257 00:15:15,262 --> 00:15:18,395 Martin Luther King Jr.: I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation 258 00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:21,485 that 11:00 on Sunday morning is one of the most 259 00:15:21,529 --> 00:15:24,880 segregated hours in Christian America. 260 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:28,449 Any church that stands against integration 261 00:15:28,492 --> 00:15:30,668 and that has a segregated body 262 00:15:30,712 --> 00:15:32,888 is standing against the spirit 263 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,195 and the teachings of Jesus Christ. 264 00:15:35,238 --> 00:15:37,937 Good morning. 265 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:40,287 I'm Jerry Falwell, pastor here. 266 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:41,679 Isn't it grand to be a Christian? 267 00:15:41,723 --> 00:15:43,203 Narrator: Jerry Falwell, 268 00:15:43,246 --> 00:15:45,770 like many other white, evangelical leaders, 269 00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:48,251 claimed segregation was biblical 270 00:15:48,295 --> 00:15:50,253 and refused to integrate. 271 00:15:50,297 --> 00:15:53,213 My, what a wonderful-looking congregation. 272 00:15:53,256 --> 00:15:55,737 I didn't say a wonderful congregation. 273 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,914 I said a wonderful-looking congregation. 274 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,482 [ marching band playing "Dixie's Land" ] 275 00:16:01,525 --> 00:16:05,007 George Wallace: Today I draw the line in the dust, 276 00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:10,012 and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, 277 00:16:10,056 --> 00:16:11,840 and segregation forever. 278 00:16:11,883 --> 00:16:14,625 [ cheering ] 279 00:16:14,669 --> 00:16:18,455 Lyndon Johnson: Wherever states and counties are using regulations 280 00:16:18,499 --> 00:16:23,591 or laws or tests to deny the right to vote, 281 00:16:23,634 --> 00:16:26,289 then they will be struck down. 282 00:16:26,333 --> 00:16:28,291 And under this act, 283 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:32,687 if any county does not want federal intervention, 284 00:16:32,730 --> 00:16:36,908 it need only open its polling places 285 00:16:36,952 --> 00:16:39,868 - to all of its people. - [ applause ] 286 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:48,790 Jesse Helms: The real challenge to Christians in this country, 287 00:16:48,833 --> 00:16:51,314 is do we really want to save America? 288 00:16:51,358 --> 00:16:53,316 Do we want to to prevent it 289 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,537 from being taken over by godless atheists? 290 00:16:56,580 --> 00:16:59,192 Now if that sounds extreme, so be it. 291 00:16:59,235 --> 00:17:01,194 But that is challenge we face, 292 00:17:01,237 --> 00:17:03,500 because the other side is working. 293 00:17:03,544 --> 00:17:06,112 And the question is are we willing to work, too? 294 00:17:06,155 --> 00:17:10,159 You see, government is the flow of power and force. 295 00:17:10,203 --> 00:17:13,771 When government is in the hands of godly men, it is good. 296 00:17:13,815 --> 00:17:16,513 But in the hands of all others, it is evil. 297 00:17:16,557 --> 00:17:20,822 [ trumpets playing ] 298 00:17:25,174 --> 00:17:26,741 Paul Weyrich: You who are pastors, 299 00:17:26,784 --> 00:17:29,700 who have chosen by God Almighty to lead, 300 00:17:29,744 --> 00:17:34,749 we are talking about Christianizing America. 301 00:17:34,792 --> 00:17:38,013 - Man: Amen. - We are talking about spreading the gospel 302 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:40,755 - in a political context. - Men: Amen. 303 00:17:40,798 --> 00:17:43,627 We share the guilt 304 00:17:43,671 --> 00:17:47,153 because we have ceded certain areas 305 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:50,460 of endeavor to the devil. 306 00:17:50,504 --> 00:17:53,159 Narrator: Paul Weyrich was a dangerous combination 307 00:17:53,202 --> 00:17:56,292 of religious zealot and savvy Republican operative. 308 00:17:56,336 --> 00:17:59,165 He realized that if he could organize an army 309 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:02,385 of angry Christians into a powerful voting block, 310 00:18:02,429 --> 00:18:05,954 he could completely transform America. 311 00:18:05,997 --> 00:18:08,435 Make no mistake about it. 312 00:18:08,478 --> 00:18:13,353 Even if we should prevail in every possibility 313 00:18:13,396 --> 00:18:18,662 in the November election, our job will just be beginning. 314 00:18:18,706 --> 00:18:20,011 - All: Amen. - Man: That's right. 315 00:18:22,144 --> 00:18:26,714 Jim Wallis: In 1980, Paul Weyrich went to Jerry Falwell, 316 00:18:26,757 --> 00:18:29,282 who was just a fundamentalist preacher, 317 00:18:29,325 --> 00:18:32,067 and Pat Robertson, who had a TV show, 318 00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:35,636 and said, "Give us your lists. 319 00:18:35,679 --> 00:18:39,161 Give us your names, and we'll make you household words in America." 320 00:18:39,205 --> 00:18:40,858 And they created the Moral Majority. 321 00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:44,688 It was a political creation from the political right 322 00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:47,082 to co-opt evangelicals 323 00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:51,826 into a Republican power block in their party, 324 00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:54,481 in the country, and that's what they did. 325 00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:57,527 Jerry Falwell: Moral Majority is not a religious organization. 326 00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:59,181 It's a very political organization, 327 00:18:59,225 --> 00:19:01,357 and one's membership is based 328 00:19:01,401 --> 00:19:04,186 upon citizenship in this country and a commitment 329 00:19:04,230 --> 00:19:06,971 to a pro-life, pro-traditional family-- 330 00:19:07,015 --> 00:19:10,192 pro-moral, and pro-American position. 331 00:19:10,236 --> 00:19:13,717 Reporter: Moral Majority claims 47 state organizations 332 00:19:13,761 --> 00:19:16,329 and a network of 72,000 preachers 333 00:19:16,372 --> 00:19:20,463 combining to form what some call a Christian political machine. 334 00:19:20,507 --> 00:19:26,295 Everything that we do here is aimed at the next world or it ought not to be done. 335 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:27,949 Bill Moyers: The preachers here turn the meetings over 336 00:19:27,992 --> 00:19:30,517 to the professionals, men like Paul Weyrich. 337 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:34,260 He spends much of his time urging ministers to get out the vote. 338 00:19:34,303 --> 00:19:38,960 And then my friends, we will truly see a moral majority in America. 339 00:19:39,003 --> 00:19:41,571 May God bless you. 340 00:19:41,615 --> 00:19:44,966 [ cheers and applause ] 341 00:19:50,363 --> 00:19:52,234 Lisa Sharon Harper: When I was younger, 342 00:19:52,278 --> 00:19:53,931 there was an itinerant preacher 343 00:19:53,975 --> 00:19:56,107 who came through for a revival. 344 00:19:56,151 --> 00:19:59,067 It was a Sunday evening camp church meeting. 345 00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:02,331 So, you know, with the piano and the singing of the hymns, you know? 346 00:20:02,375 --> 00:20:04,681 Think white 1950s. 347 00:20:04,725 --> 00:20:07,815 That's really literally what it felt like. 348 00:20:07,858 --> 00:20:11,297 We're listening to the hellfire/brimstone preacher, 349 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:13,081 and he's really getting to his point, which is, you know, 350 00:20:13,124 --> 00:20:15,649 you're gonna go to hell if you don't accept Jesus. 351 00:20:15,692 --> 00:20:17,781 And my friend tapped me on the shoulder, 352 00:20:17,825 --> 00:20:20,480 and she said, "Would you go up with me?" 353 00:20:20,523 --> 00:20:25,528 We walked up the aisle and knelt down at the altar. 354 00:20:25,572 --> 00:20:28,575 And Terry started to cry. I started to cry. 355 00:20:28,618 --> 00:20:30,533 I mean, both of us were just weeping. 356 00:20:30,577 --> 00:20:35,886 There was a very real innocence, welcoming home. 357 00:20:35,930 --> 00:20:38,585 A spiritual welcoming home. 358 00:20:38,628 --> 00:20:43,111 It was very, very soon after that handed a tract 359 00:20:43,154 --> 00:20:45,113 that told me that I had to vote for Reagan, 360 00:20:45,156 --> 00:20:47,942 even though I was only about 14 years old. 361 00:20:47,985 --> 00:20:50,423 I was gonna be voting anytime soon, 362 00:20:50,466 --> 00:20:53,730 but I had to become a Republican in order to be a Christian. 363 00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:55,123 I can't tell people how to vote. 364 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:56,733 I just go around the country saying, 365 00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,953 "Vote for the Reagan of your choice." 366 00:20:58,996 --> 00:21:01,564 Narrator: With Weyrich coaching, their message was direct. 367 00:21:01,608 --> 00:21:04,045 Republicans were the party of God 368 00:21:04,088 --> 00:21:07,178 and the Democrats were the party of the devil. 369 00:21:07,222 --> 00:21:10,138 Jerry Falwell: I would say that just about every church in America, 370 00:21:10,181 --> 00:21:12,009 the evangelical fundamentalist churches, 371 00:21:12,053 --> 00:21:15,230 follow the cue of their pastor. 372 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:17,058 Interviewer: That's an extraordinary amount of power. 373 00:21:17,101 --> 00:21:18,102 Yes. 374 00:21:19,147 --> 00:21:20,975 I'm sick and tired of hearing 375 00:21:21,018 --> 00:21:23,760 about all of the radicals 376 00:21:23,804 --> 00:21:28,025 and the perverts the liberals and the leftists 377 00:21:28,069 --> 00:21:30,463 and the communists coming out of the closet! 378 00:21:30,506 --> 00:21:33,901 It's time for God's people to come out of the closet, 379 00:21:33,944 --> 00:21:36,947 out of the churches, and change America! 380 00:21:36,991 --> 00:21:39,080 We must do it. 381 00:21:40,734 --> 00:21:42,475 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: It was important 382 00:21:42,518 --> 00:21:44,215 for the Moral Majority to be able to claim 383 00:21:44,259 --> 00:21:47,523 the authority of God for a partisan agenda. 384 00:21:47,567 --> 00:21:50,961 You know, it wasn't that this is our version of what God wants 385 00:21:51,005 --> 00:21:52,659 versus another version of what God wants. 386 00:21:52,702 --> 00:21:54,487 No, this is the word, 387 00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:56,358 you know, from the Lord, of what God wants. 388 00:21:56,402 --> 00:21:59,230 So the GOP became "God's Own Party" 389 00:21:59,274 --> 00:22:03,757 in the minds of the people who only heard that story. 390 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,629 Ronald Reagan: I was asked once what book I would choose 391 00:22:06,673 --> 00:22:08,414 if I were shipwrecked on an island 392 00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:11,373 and could have only one book for the rest of my life. 393 00:22:11,417 --> 00:22:14,420 I replied that I knew of only one book 394 00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:17,248 that could be read, and reread, 395 00:22:17,292 --> 00:22:19,338 and continue to be a challenge. 396 00:22:19,381 --> 00:22:22,950 The Bible, the Old and New Testaments. 397 00:22:25,953 --> 00:22:27,302 Pat Robertson: Reagan is winning the votes 398 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,565 of 26% of the white electorate 399 00:22:29,609 --> 00:22:32,394 who are followers of the evangelical preachers. 400 00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:35,049 This group is providing Reagan 401 00:22:35,092 --> 00:22:38,574 with his clear margin in the election. 402 00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:39,836 [ applause ] 403 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:45,015 ♪ My country 'tis of thee 404 00:22:45,059 --> 00:22:50,543 Crowd: ♪ Sweet land of liberty 405 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:52,806 Narrator: Weyrich had succeeded in harnessing 406 00:22:52,849 --> 00:22:55,678 the evangelical voting bloc. 407 00:22:55,722 --> 00:22:58,420 He had found his army, and it became the foundation 408 00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:01,771 of the modern Christian nationalist movement. 409 00:23:01,815 --> 00:23:03,338 So help us, God, 410 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:06,472 we will make America great again. 411 00:23:06,515 --> 00:23:08,517 - Man: Amen. - [ cheers and applause ] 412 00:23:14,349 --> 00:23:17,439 As of this morning, we have a president-elect 413 00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:21,791 who is committed to help us pass a human life amendment through the Congress. 414 00:23:21,835 --> 00:23:27,188 We all agree that life begins at conception, 415 00:23:27,231 --> 00:23:29,843 and we're willing to stand up together 416 00:23:29,886 --> 00:23:34,151 in the defense of voiceless, defenseless unborn babies. 417 00:23:34,195 --> 00:23:37,851 One of the most durable myths is that the religious right 418 00:23:37,894 --> 00:23:40,680 galvanized as a political movement 419 00:23:40,723 --> 00:23:42,943 in direct response to the Roe v. Wade decision 420 00:23:42,986 --> 00:23:46,468 of January 22, 1973. 421 00:23:46,512 --> 00:23:49,340 And it utterly false. 422 00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:51,908 Jerry Falwell, by his own admission, 423 00:23:51,952 --> 00:23:55,259 did not preach his first anti-abortion sermon 424 00:23:55,303 --> 00:23:57,697 until February of 1978. 425 00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:02,005 That's more than five years after the Roe v. Wade decision. 426 00:24:02,049 --> 00:24:04,791 The religious right responded to a court ruling, 427 00:24:04,834 --> 00:24:06,357 but it was not the Roe v. Wade decision. 428 00:24:06,401 --> 00:24:09,012 It was a lower court ruling 429 00:24:09,056 --> 00:24:10,927 on school desegregation. 430 00:24:10,971 --> 00:24:12,625 June 30th, 1971, 431 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,148 the court ruled 432 00:24:14,191 --> 00:24:16,585 that any institution 433 00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:18,674 that engages in racial discrimination 434 00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:22,765 or racial segregation is not, by definition, 435 00:24:22,809 --> 00:24:24,593 a charitable institution. 436 00:24:24,637 --> 00:24:28,118 Therefore, it has no claims on tax-exempt status. 437 00:24:28,162 --> 00:24:30,947 It got the attention of people like Jerry Falwell 438 00:24:30,991 --> 00:24:34,734 who had his own segregation academy in Lynchburg, Virginia, 439 00:24:34,777 --> 00:24:38,041 and in particular, Bob Jones University, 440 00:24:38,085 --> 00:24:41,131 which had a long history of racial discrimination. 441 00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:45,309 And that provided the catalyst for the religious right. 442 00:24:45,353 --> 00:24:47,790 It had nothing to do with abortion. 443 00:24:47,834 --> 00:24:53,317 Weyrich's clever move was to recognize 444 00:24:53,361 --> 00:24:56,843 that if he really wanted grassroots evangelicals 445 00:24:56,886 --> 00:24:59,454 to be part of this movement, 446 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:02,239 he needed an issue other than defense of racial segregation 447 00:25:02,283 --> 00:25:03,632 in the late 1970s. 448 00:25:05,895 --> 00:25:07,854 Reporter: It was the most politically sensitive case 449 00:25:07,897 --> 00:25:09,725 before the Supreme Court this term. 450 00:25:09,769 --> 00:25:11,597 The ruling has dealt a severe blow 451 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,033 to the Reagan administration 452 00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:14,643 and to private schools that discriminate. 453 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:16,602 The justices have ruled the government 454 00:25:16,645 --> 00:25:19,561 must deny tax breaks to schools in violation. 455 00:25:19,605 --> 00:25:21,650 Bob Jones III: I'm very sad for America. 456 00:25:21,694 --> 00:25:25,480 I think we witnessed today the death of religious freedom, 457 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,047 murdered by the Supreme Court. 458 00:25:27,090 --> 00:25:28,918 Lisa Sharon Harper: When the constructors 459 00:25:28,962 --> 00:25:32,052 of the religious right came together in 1980, 460 00:25:32,095 --> 00:25:35,446 they made their principal battle cry 461 00:25:35,490 --> 00:25:38,014 to turn the Supreme Court. 462 00:25:38,058 --> 00:25:39,450 Why? Why would they do that? 463 00:25:39,494 --> 00:25:41,409 Why would they choose the Supreme Court? 464 00:25:41,452 --> 00:25:45,108 A conservative majority in the Supreme Court 465 00:25:45,152 --> 00:25:48,851 has absolutely never protected the rights 466 00:25:48,895 --> 00:25:54,335 of people of color or women or any minority. 467 00:25:54,378 --> 00:25:59,862 So if your goal is to preserve white patriarchy, 468 00:25:59,906 --> 00:26:03,649 then you want a conservative Supreme Court. 469 00:26:03,692 --> 00:26:06,956 The masterminds of the religious right 470 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,351 did not raise the white supremacy flag. 471 00:26:10,394 --> 00:26:15,399 They raised the abortion flag in order to get the same result. 472 00:26:19,665 --> 00:26:20,753 And they got it. 473 00:26:21,841 --> 00:26:24,147 [ applause ] 474 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:28,325 [ shouting, screaming ] 475 00:26:28,369 --> 00:26:30,023 Reporter: In this historic decision, 476 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,895 the Supreme Court has now overturned Roe v. Wade. 477 00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:38,074 Reporter: This is moment America and women's rights went back in time. 478 00:26:38,118 --> 00:26:39,685 - Whoo! - I'm so happy! 479 00:26:39,728 --> 00:26:43,384 It's a blessing. It's a miracle from God. 480 00:26:43,427 --> 00:26:46,082 Reporter: The ruling is a win for conservatives 481 00:26:46,126 --> 00:26:50,130 and the Christian right's influence on the court and in politics. 482 00:26:50,173 --> 00:26:54,700 Elizabeth Warren: Six extremists on the United States Supreme Court 483 00:26:54,743 --> 00:26:59,705 have decided that they can force all of America 484 00:26:59,748 --> 00:27:06,407 to bend to their personal religious and moral views. 485 00:27:10,019 --> 00:27:11,368 Ted Koppel: The White House Rose Garden 486 00:27:11,412 --> 00:27:13,980 was the scene today for photo ops, 487 00:27:14,023 --> 00:27:16,765 waiting for President Reagan and Judge Sandra O'Connor 488 00:27:16,809 --> 00:27:19,333 to stroll casually into view. 489 00:27:19,376 --> 00:27:21,248 Narrator: In 1981, President Reagan 490 00:27:21,291 --> 00:27:24,947 nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court, 491 00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:27,776 but conservative evangelicals felt betrayed. 492 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,170 She was pro-choice. 493 00:27:30,213 --> 00:27:32,781 Richard Viguerie: We are very disappointed at the president, 494 00:27:32,825 --> 00:27:35,828 and that he's apparently going against the 1980 Republican platform. 495 00:27:35,871 --> 00:27:38,308 Reporter: Right-wing opponents of her nomination 496 00:27:38,352 --> 00:27:40,397 were claiming that she's not only pro-abortion, 497 00:27:40,441 --> 00:27:44,227 she was also alleged to be an active feminist. 498 00:27:44,271 --> 00:27:46,752 Paul Weyrich: The White House people that were sent here 499 00:27:46,795 --> 00:27:49,145 they ran against Washington to get elected, 500 00:27:49,189 --> 00:27:51,626 but they have now been co-opted by Washington. 501 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,585 I'm not the kind of conservative 502 00:27:54,629 --> 00:27:56,675 that says preserve the status quo 503 00:27:56,718 --> 00:27:59,678 I think the status quo in large measures is awful. 504 00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:03,420 Rather, let us change the premises 505 00:28:03,464 --> 00:28:06,032 - upon which we're operating. - [ applause ] 506 00:28:06,075 --> 00:28:08,208 Narrator: Paul Weyrich realized the Republican party 507 00:28:08,251 --> 00:28:11,472 was not committed to his goal of a theocratic America. 508 00:28:11,515 --> 00:28:15,737 He wanted revolution, not accommodation. 509 00:28:15,781 --> 00:28:18,044 In 1981, Weyrich co-founded 510 00:28:18,087 --> 00:28:20,481 the Council for National Policy, 511 00:28:20,524 --> 00:28:26,269 a secretive network to spearhead the Christian nationalist movement. 512 00:28:26,313 --> 00:28:29,664 40 years later, it has become one of the most influential 513 00:28:29,708 --> 00:28:34,060 political organizations in the country. 514 00:28:34,103 --> 00:28:38,064 Anne Nelson: Paul Weyrich was grand architect of the movement. 515 00:28:38,107 --> 00:28:44,244 He talked about the way that his vision of religion 516 00:28:44,287 --> 00:28:48,639 needed to dominate every aspect of American culture and society. 517 00:28:48,683 --> 00:28:50,511 They realized that this was going to go 518 00:28:50,554 --> 00:28:53,122 against the majority of Americans, 519 00:28:53,166 --> 00:28:54,645 but they felt they had the right 520 00:28:54,689 --> 00:28:56,256 and the obligation to do that. 521 00:28:56,299 --> 00:28:59,259 Now why did they feel entitled 522 00:28:59,302 --> 00:29:02,349 to dominate American society? 523 00:29:02,392 --> 00:29:06,048 Why should these people have dominion over the rest of us? 524 00:29:06,092 --> 00:29:09,486 A lot of the Council for National Policy's vision 525 00:29:09,530 --> 00:29:11,924 was rooted in a form of Calvinism 526 00:29:11,967 --> 00:29:16,929 where the belief was that God favored certain people, 527 00:29:16,972 --> 00:29:21,150 and that was reflected in their level of prosperity. 528 00:29:21,194 --> 00:29:24,153 So if you were a very rich person, 529 00:29:24,197 --> 00:29:28,897 that's because God had predestined you for salvation. 530 00:29:28,941 --> 00:29:31,726 And on the other hand, if you were a poor 531 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,989 Black single mother in Milwaukee, 532 00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:37,950 that was because God had predestined you to be that, 533 00:29:37,993 --> 00:29:42,258 and he did not favor you with the wealth and riches. 534 00:29:42,302 --> 00:29:45,348 I don't think we have apologize for God's blessings, 535 00:29:45,392 --> 00:29:47,786 but we-- you know, money is not the focus of our life. 536 00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:51,354 Isn't it easy to say that if actually you're the only rich guy standing there? 537 00:29:51,398 --> 00:29:53,879 It takes a lot of money to do what we do. 538 00:29:53,922 --> 00:29:55,924 You said that you don't like to fly commercial 539 00:29:55,968 --> 00:29:59,275 because you don't wanna get into a tube with a bunch of demons. 540 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:01,800 Do you really believe that human beings are demons? 541 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:04,498 No, I do not, and don't you ever say I did. 542 00:30:04,541 --> 00:30:06,587 You need to send in 35,000. 543 00:30:06,630 --> 00:30:08,850 You need to send in that $100,000 check. 544 00:30:08,894 --> 00:30:10,678 If you do not write that P.O. box 545 00:30:10,721 --> 00:30:12,680 and you do not call that toll-free number, 546 00:30:12,723 --> 00:30:16,118 you will never see sustainment in your life and your dream will die. 547 00:30:16,162 --> 00:30:19,252 So their whole worldview 548 00:30:19,295 --> 00:30:22,995 was to increase income disparity 549 00:30:23,038 --> 00:30:25,519 as a gesture of God's will. 550 00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:28,870 A lot of their writings 551 00:30:28,914 --> 00:30:30,480 sound as though they believe 552 00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:33,483 they have a direct line to God. 553 00:30:33,527 --> 00:30:37,661 Narrator: At the core of Weyrich's political ambitions to overturn democracy 554 00:30:37,705 --> 00:30:42,318 was Rousas Rushdoony's vision of a theocratic government. 555 00:30:42,362 --> 00:30:45,626 If democracy exalts man in the place of God 556 00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:49,456 and the will of man to the place of God, it will fail. 557 00:30:49,499 --> 00:30:51,371 And it is failing today. 558 00:30:51,414 --> 00:30:53,199 Samuel Perry: One of the very foundations 559 00:30:53,242 --> 00:30:56,376 of Rushdoony's theology, often called Dominionism, 560 00:30:56,419 --> 00:30:59,292 is to try to reconstruct the nation along Christian lines 561 00:30:59,335 --> 00:31:02,904 according to the Bible, according to biblical foundations. 562 00:31:02,948 --> 00:31:04,950 And democracy, especially liberal democracy, 563 00:31:04,993 --> 00:31:06,821 isn't really necessary to that. 564 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,867 Matter of fact, liberal democracy is kind of the enemy. 565 00:31:08,910 --> 00:31:12,958 And you think democracy has substituted what 566 00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:15,917 for the kingdom of God? 567 00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:18,920 The will of the majority. 568 00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:21,009 The will of the majority. 569 00:31:21,053 --> 00:31:24,534 If we love these liberals, as we must, 570 00:31:24,578 --> 00:31:28,060 if we love these people who are, 571 00:31:28,103 --> 00:31:31,237 despite the terrible pain that it takes to even say it, 572 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,109 helping to murder the unborn, as we must, 573 00:31:34,153 --> 00:31:37,286 then we want what is right for them, 574 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:39,941 and what is right for their immortal souls 575 00:31:39,985 --> 00:31:43,162 is to get them out of public policy in this country. 576 00:31:43,205 --> 00:31:45,294 [ cheers and applause ] 577 00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:48,210 In Paul Weyrich's eyes, the goal was winning. 578 00:31:48,254 --> 00:31:52,171 The goal was conservative Christians in positions of power 579 00:31:52,214 --> 00:31:55,783 and being able to dictate how things go in our country, 580 00:31:55,826 --> 00:31:59,265 not ensuring that fair elections happen. 581 00:31:59,308 --> 00:32:01,615 I don't want everybody to vote. 582 00:32:01,658 --> 00:32:04,835 Elections are not won by a majority of people. 583 00:32:04,879 --> 00:32:08,665 They never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. 584 00:32:08,709 --> 00:32:10,711 As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections, 585 00:32:10,754 --> 00:32:15,629 quite candidly, goes up as the voting populace goes down. 586 00:32:15,672 --> 00:32:18,066 Reporter: Since the election, Republican state lawmakers 587 00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:20,982 have introduced over 250 bills 588 00:32:21,026 --> 00:32:24,594 in 43 states to limit voter access. 589 00:32:24,638 --> 00:32:27,162 Reporter: The law bans the use of ballot drop boxes 590 00:32:27,206 --> 00:32:30,644 and allows the state legislature to take over local election boards. 591 00:32:30,687 --> 00:32:33,038 They're gonna vote for Trump whether you like it or not. 592 00:32:33,081 --> 00:32:35,127 You got no choice! 593 00:32:35,170 --> 00:32:39,696 We are seeing rejection rates from anywhere between 25% to 40%. 594 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:45,659 It designed to ensure that we have minority rule in the United States, 595 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:47,748 that we don't have a democracy. 596 00:32:47,791 --> 00:32:50,011 - What do we want? - All: Voting rights! 597 00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:52,057 - When do we want it? - All: Now! 598 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:56,583 This is not Jim Crow. This is James Crow Esquire. 599 00:32:56,626 --> 00:32:59,020 He went to school, got a law degree, 600 00:32:59,064 --> 00:33:01,196 and he has come back to try to take out 601 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,938 every progressive voice in this nation. 602 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:05,896 [ cheers and applause ] 603 00:33:09,726 --> 00:33:12,642 [ no audible dialogue ] 604 00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:17,517 [ music playing ] 605 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:18,648 Bill Moyers: At the touch of a button, 606 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,259 millions of letters a year 607 00:33:20,302 --> 00:33:22,348 portray a world bristling with enemies 608 00:33:22,391 --> 00:33:24,480 and call for help-- meaning money. 609 00:33:24,524 --> 00:33:27,701 Narrator: Direct mail gave the Council nationwide reach 610 00:33:27,744 --> 00:33:29,572 to build their grassroots movement. 611 00:33:29,616 --> 00:33:31,313 But to truly change the culture, 612 00:33:31,357 --> 00:33:35,187 they needed to find a more substantial donor base. 613 00:33:39,278 --> 00:33:40,931 Anne Nelson: In Oklahoma, where I grew up, 614 00:33:40,975 --> 00:33:43,151 we called it the buckle of the Bible Belt, 615 00:33:43,195 --> 00:33:46,676 and that certainly included Texas and Louisiana. 616 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:51,638 But those are also the centerpieces of the American oil industry. 617 00:33:51,681 --> 00:33:55,381 [ "Dallas" theme playing ] 618 00:33:55,424 --> 00:33:58,993 In the 1980s, you have the entry 619 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:02,649 of these incredibly wealthy oil barons 620 00:34:02,692 --> 00:34:04,694 putting money into political campaigns 621 00:34:04,738 --> 00:34:06,174 and political operations. 622 00:34:06,218 --> 00:34:09,003 And so they found that they had natural allies 623 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:12,137 with fundamentalists and evangelical Christians. 624 00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:14,400 The church people work for the oil companies. 625 00:34:14,443 --> 00:34:16,750 The oil company people go to the churches. 626 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:18,534 One hand washes the other. 627 00:34:18,578 --> 00:34:20,362 Narrator: Weyrich struck a deal 628 00:34:20,406 --> 00:34:22,538 with oil and gas billionaires. 629 00:34:22,582 --> 00:34:25,454 In return for their support, he would make the Council 630 00:34:25,498 --> 00:34:28,109 a powerful political voice for eliminating 631 00:34:28,153 --> 00:34:31,895 their corporate taxes and regulations. 632 00:34:31,939 --> 00:34:34,811 If you look at the roster of the Council for National Policy, 633 00:34:34,855 --> 00:34:38,859 you see these names surface again and again 634 00:34:38,902 --> 00:34:40,687 from these key states. 635 00:34:42,602 --> 00:34:44,386 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: The Council for National Policy 636 00:34:44,430 --> 00:34:47,955 was founded as a place where major money 637 00:34:47,998 --> 00:34:51,350 could be invested toward making their narrative 638 00:34:51,393 --> 00:34:54,004 the mainstream interpretation 639 00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:57,225 of what it meant to talk about moral issues in public life. 640 00:34:57,269 --> 00:35:00,620 And I think that was very much a response to the role 641 00:35:00,663 --> 00:35:03,449 of religious leadership in the mid-20th century 642 00:35:03,492 --> 00:35:05,190 and in the Civil Rights movement. 643 00:35:05,233 --> 00:35:07,931 The power of a voice like Martin King's 644 00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:11,021 demanded a moral majority to answer it. 645 00:35:11,065 --> 00:35:12,806 And they knew that if they didn't do that, 646 00:35:12,849 --> 00:35:14,199 they were gonna lose that struggle 647 00:35:14,242 --> 00:35:16,026 for the moral narrative. 648 00:35:20,727 --> 00:35:25,775 Well, I was born in rural North Carolina in tobacco country 649 00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:30,563 the Sunday after Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980. 650 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:33,305 An incredible amount of money was invested 651 00:35:33,348 --> 00:35:35,829 in targeting communities like ours 652 00:35:35,872 --> 00:35:38,397 and to use our religious identity 653 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,617 to make us part of a voting coalition 654 00:35:41,661 --> 00:35:43,837 of white people in the South and in the suburbs 655 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,491 and across the Sun Belt. 656 00:35:45,534 --> 00:35:48,624 It became something that I as an earnest kid 657 00:35:48,668 --> 00:35:52,585 took very seriously, and I wanted to everything that I could for Jesus, 658 00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:55,805 and I thought that meant I needed to become President of the United States. 659 00:35:55,849 --> 00:35:57,894 So that was my goal as a teenager, 660 00:35:57,938 --> 00:35:59,461 and it's what got me involved 661 00:35:59,505 --> 00:36:01,768 in the kind of formation programs 662 00:36:01,811 --> 00:36:04,249 that the religious right had established for people like me. 663 00:36:04,292 --> 00:36:08,209 I figured out how to apply as a 16-year-old 664 00:36:08,253 --> 00:36:12,126 to be a page in Senator Strom Thurmond's office. 665 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:15,173 He was an old-school racist. 666 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:18,915 He campaigned on segregation and explicit racism 667 00:36:18,959 --> 00:36:20,526 for as long as he could survive that. 668 00:36:20,569 --> 00:36:22,223 But when he crossed the rubicon, 669 00:36:22,267 --> 00:36:25,270 he learned to speak in a different way. 670 00:36:25,313 --> 00:36:29,578 We were told to vote for people like Strom Thurmond because they were pro-life. 671 00:36:29,622 --> 00:36:33,278 Well, I began to see, when I got up close and began to participate 672 00:36:33,321 --> 00:36:35,932 in the so-called pro-life politics, 673 00:36:35,976 --> 00:36:38,848 is that it really didn't have much to do with serving life. 674 00:36:38,892 --> 00:36:43,331 Senator Thurmond was the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, 675 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:45,551 and so there was a whole lot of talk about how to serve 676 00:36:45,594 --> 00:36:48,380 the interests of military contractors. 677 00:36:48,423 --> 00:36:52,732 I began to question whether biblical values really mattered very much to these folks. 678 00:36:54,951 --> 00:36:56,997 When I came back to North Carolina 679 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,260 after that experience in Washington D.C., 680 00:36:59,304 --> 00:37:02,220 I went to a meeting that the governor's office hosted, 681 00:37:02,263 --> 00:37:04,483 and there was a motivational speaker. 682 00:37:04,526 --> 00:37:08,791 By the time he had finished with this group of young political hopefuls, 683 00:37:08,835 --> 00:37:10,793 he had all of us up on our feet. 684 00:37:10,837 --> 00:37:14,232 It was almost a sort of a tent meeting revival kind of feel, 685 00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:17,278 and I wasn't entirely sure what had happened to me. 686 00:37:17,322 --> 00:37:21,239 So I got to know the Reverend William Barber as a 17-year-old kid, 687 00:37:21,282 --> 00:37:24,111 and he began to introduce me 688 00:37:24,154 --> 00:37:27,201 to the long tradition that he was part of. 689 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:30,248 A tradition of people who took their faith very seriously, 690 00:37:30,291 --> 00:37:33,903 but always connected that with work for justice in the world. 691 00:37:33,947 --> 00:37:37,211 William Barber: I think it's an abdication of my Christian responsibility 692 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,736 not to remind politicians that the budgets you pass 693 00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:43,391 in these legislatures is a moral document. 694 00:37:43,435 --> 00:37:46,176 That if you pass a budget that hurts poor people 695 00:37:46,220 --> 00:37:48,701 and takes healthcare from sick people, 696 00:37:48,744 --> 00:37:52,879 that in fact you are violating fundamental values of the Christian faith, 697 00:37:52,922 --> 00:37:54,837 which are love, justice, and mercy. 698 00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:56,274 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: Christian nationalism 699 00:37:56,317 --> 00:37:57,884 is incredibly powerful 700 00:37:57,927 --> 00:38:00,016 because of the money that's been invested in it. 701 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:03,933 But I think it's also absolutely essential that people realize 702 00:38:03,977 --> 00:38:07,415 it is not the majority position in this country. 703 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:10,113 It's not even the majority position among Christians. 704 00:38:10,157 --> 00:38:15,771 I think it's absolutely imperative that we lift up the witness 705 00:38:15,815 --> 00:38:18,513 of people who practice a different kind of faith. 706 00:38:23,475 --> 00:38:26,260 [ crowds screaming ] 707 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,828 Jerry Falwell: This is the first time 708 00:38:28,871 --> 00:38:31,004 that we've been attacked on our soil, 709 00:38:31,047 --> 00:38:33,746 and by far the worst results. 710 00:38:33,789 --> 00:38:36,618 I really believe that the pagans 711 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,490 - and the abortionists... - Oh, yeah. 712 00:38:38,533 --> 00:38:40,709 ...and the feminists and the gays and the lesbians, 713 00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:44,757 all of them who tried to secularize America, 714 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:49,544 I point the finger in their face and say, "You helped this happen." 715 00:38:49,588 --> 00:38:51,807 Narrator: At the turn of the century, the religious right 716 00:38:51,851 --> 00:38:54,854 wielded significant political power. 717 00:38:54,897 --> 00:38:57,073 But American society was no closer 718 00:38:57,117 --> 00:38:59,380 to their vision of a Christian nation. 719 00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:03,689 No one was more disheartened than the movement's architect. 720 00:39:03,732 --> 00:39:07,997 We are continuing to decline as a nation. 721 00:39:08,041 --> 00:39:10,783 Our culture is continuing to decline. 722 00:39:10,826 --> 00:39:12,741 You know, when all is said and done, 723 00:39:12,785 --> 00:39:16,092 it doesn't matter whether you have a minimum wage or not, 724 00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:20,880 and it doesn't matter what kind of trade policy you have 725 00:39:20,923 --> 00:39:23,491 if in fact the moral fabric 726 00:39:23,535 --> 00:39:25,667 of the society has disintegrated. 727 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:28,844 Narrator: Weyrich commissioned a manifesto 728 00:39:28,888 --> 00:39:30,672 which describes in detail 729 00:39:30,716 --> 00:39:33,675 how a Christian elite will take power in America 730 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,505 by waging an insurrectionist war. 731 00:39:37,549 --> 00:39:40,726 Anne Nelson: The manifesto is the purest distillation 732 00:39:40,769 --> 00:39:42,728 of Weyrich's ideas that we have. 733 00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:45,687 They felt that the political arena was inadequate. 734 00:39:45,731 --> 00:39:47,689 They weren't guaranteed of winning elections, 735 00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:50,083 and in fact, played by the rules, 736 00:39:50,126 --> 00:39:52,694 they would lose more and more elections 737 00:39:52,738 --> 00:39:55,436 unless they figured out some detours. 738 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,874 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: The Council for National Policy and the folks 739 00:39:58,918 --> 00:40:03,488 who were coordinating their attempts to maintain control 740 00:40:03,531 --> 00:40:07,143 decided that they couldn't use the institutions. 741 00:40:07,187 --> 00:40:09,711 They needed to delegitimate and destroy them. 742 00:40:11,713 --> 00:40:13,541 Anne Nelson: Many of their publications say, 743 00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:15,456 "Our goal is to bring down 744 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,111 the federal government as we know it." 745 00:40:18,154 --> 00:40:20,548 I mean, what is this image? 746 00:40:20,592 --> 00:40:22,507 Trump is "God's chaos candidate." 747 00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:24,117 What are they doing to the American flag? 748 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,336 They're shredding it. Right? 749 00:40:26,380 --> 00:40:29,862 That's what's going on here. They're shredding it. 750 00:40:29,905 --> 00:40:35,955 So, yes, it's been a declaration of internal warfare. 751 00:40:35,998 --> 00:40:38,087 [ cheers and applause ] 752 00:40:38,131 --> 00:40:41,090 All: Because of our covenant with God, 753 00:40:41,134 --> 00:40:44,485 we are equipped and delegated by Him 754 00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:50,056 to destroy every attempted advance of the enemy. 755 00:40:50,099 --> 00:40:55,496 We take back and permanently control positions of influence 756 00:40:55,540 --> 00:40:59,152 and leadership in each of the Seven Mountains. 757 00:40:59,195 --> 00:41:00,936 - Whoo! - [ cheers and applause ] 758 00:41:00,980 --> 00:41:03,678 - Whoo! - One of the most common 759 00:41:03,722 --> 00:41:05,158 expressions of Dominionism 760 00:41:05,201 --> 00:41:07,682 is called Seven Mountains Dominionism. 761 00:41:07,726 --> 00:41:10,729 Take from a Levite. 762 00:41:10,772 --> 00:41:13,514 Only 10% of the population 763 00:41:13,558 --> 00:41:15,908 is supposed to be involved with temple work. 764 00:41:15,951 --> 00:41:20,478 - 90% takes territory. - [ cheering ] 765 00:41:20,521 --> 00:41:23,655 The idea is that you can't take over society 766 00:41:23,698 --> 00:41:27,180 unless you take over the seven crucial pillars. 767 00:41:28,964 --> 00:41:32,490 They realized that all of culture was against them. 768 00:41:32,533 --> 00:41:34,535 So they said, "All right, we don't like Hollywood. 769 00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:37,016 We'll invent our own Hollywood." They've done that. 770 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:41,890 Man: Spirit of God, I am chosen. 771 00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:43,370 Donald Trump. 772 00:41:46,286 --> 00:41:50,812 Woman: I saw it, and it was like it was twisting and fighting. 773 00:41:50,856 --> 00:41:53,989 Woman: Everything that they told us is a lie. 774 00:41:54,033 --> 00:41:57,602 Anne Nelson: At public universities, many students were liberal. 775 00:41:57,645 --> 00:42:00,779 All right, let's direct them towards Bible colleges 776 00:42:00,822 --> 00:42:03,085 and create this youth core 777 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:06,741 that Paul Weyrich asked for in his manifesto. 778 00:42:06,785 --> 00:42:08,613 What we're doing at Turning Point USA 779 00:42:08,656 --> 00:42:12,704 I believe has the opportunity to significantly move the dial. 780 00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:14,314 Because whatever happens on college campuses 781 00:42:14,357 --> 00:42:16,446 will soon happen in the halls of Congress. 782 00:42:16,490 --> 00:42:22,670 Anne Nelson: They claim to have trained some 200,000 candidates 783 00:42:22,714 --> 00:42:25,891 and campaign managers through the Leadership Institute. 784 00:42:25,934 --> 00:42:28,241 Mike Pence: It will not be enough just to win the next election. 785 00:42:28,284 --> 00:42:30,025 We've gotta win the next generation, 786 00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:31,636 and that's what the Leadership Institute is all about. 787 00:42:33,638 --> 00:42:36,292 Anne Nelson: You go into every sector, 788 00:42:36,336 --> 00:42:40,514 and just as Paul Weyrich's manifesto laid out the plan, 789 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,603 they've gone one by one to do it. 790 00:42:42,647 --> 00:42:44,344 [ no audible dialogue ] 791 00:42:44,387 --> 00:42:46,694 Barack Obama: It's been a long time coming, 792 00:42:46,738 --> 00:42:51,220 but tonight because of what we did on this stage, 793 00:42:51,264 --> 00:42:55,007 in this election, at this defining moment, 794 00:42:55,050 --> 00:42:58,924 - change has come to America. - [ cheering ] 795 00:42:58,967 --> 00:43:02,492 Narrator: The 2008 election swept Barack Obama 796 00:43:02,536 --> 00:43:04,190 and the Democrats into power 797 00:43:04,233 --> 00:43:07,541 and devastated the Republican party. 798 00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:10,109 The Council saw the 2010 midterms 799 00:43:10,152 --> 00:43:13,895 as an opportunity to exploit the weakened GOP. 800 00:43:16,550 --> 00:43:19,597 Reporter: In this election year in the United States, 801 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,644 the majority of Americans say the country is on the wrong track. 802 00:43:23,688 --> 00:43:25,820 And no segment of the electorate is more frustrated 803 00:43:25,864 --> 00:43:29,694 with the U.S. government and President Barack Obama 804 00:43:29,737 --> 00:43:33,654 than the folks driving the Tea Party movement. 805 00:43:33,698 --> 00:43:37,919 Steve Schmidt: The Tea Party movement has a lot to do 806 00:43:37,963 --> 00:43:43,621 with Barack Obama's presidency and an unleash of whitelash, 807 00:43:43,664 --> 00:43:46,624 which has always happened historically in the country 808 00:43:46,667 --> 00:43:49,322 in the face of Black progress. 809 00:43:49,365 --> 00:43:55,545 But the Tea Party was also a reaction to the Bush presidency. 810 00:43:55,589 --> 00:43:58,723 What happens in 2008 811 00:43:58,766 --> 00:44:01,377 is we have a mortgage crisis. 812 00:44:01,421 --> 00:44:03,162 Tens of millions of Americans 813 00:44:03,205 --> 00:44:06,426 lose their jobs, lose their homes. 814 00:44:06,469 --> 00:44:09,995 Not a single Wall Street banker goes to jail. 815 00:44:10,038 --> 00:44:11,997 Americans believe that Washington is broken, 816 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,173 that both parties are to blame, and the Tea Party movement 817 00:44:14,216 --> 00:44:17,089 is an expression of that sentiment. 818 00:44:17,132 --> 00:44:23,573 Steve Schmidt: What Tea Party voters believe by 2009 is this-- 819 00:44:23,617 --> 00:44:27,969 Barack Obama set out to change America and he succeeded, 820 00:44:28,013 --> 00:44:29,536 but he didn't do it alone. 821 00:44:29,579 --> 00:44:32,278 He did with the help of a corrupt, feckless, 822 00:44:32,321 --> 00:44:36,325 weak Republican establishment who sold out. 823 00:44:36,369 --> 00:44:39,154 Narrator: The Council enlisted Tea Party members 824 00:44:39,198 --> 00:44:42,375 to compete against incumbent Republicans. 825 00:44:42,418 --> 00:44:45,117 With massive funding, their candidates had a chance 826 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,946 to infiltrate the Republican party. 827 00:44:47,989 --> 00:44:51,340 Reporter: A lot of the groups that you've supported have essentially provided 828 00:44:51,384 --> 00:44:53,734 financial fertilizer for the Tea Party. 829 00:44:53,778 --> 00:44:56,606 - Would you agree with that? - Charles Koch: Yes. 830 00:44:56,650 --> 00:44:59,784 If we had to agree with everything a group or a person stood for, 831 00:44:59,827 --> 00:45:01,524 we would never do anything. 832 00:45:01,568 --> 00:45:05,746 Anne Nelson: The Koch brothers put $50 million-- 833 00:45:05,790 --> 00:45:08,923 five-zero-- million dollars into a state of the art 834 00:45:08,967 --> 00:45:12,187 political data platform called i360. 835 00:45:12,231 --> 00:45:16,061 And the organizations affiliated with the Council for National Policy 836 00:45:16,104 --> 00:45:19,760 paid to develop a series of apps that could implement the data 837 00:45:19,804 --> 00:45:25,113 and use it for highly targeted political campaigns in critical swing states, 838 00:45:25,157 --> 00:45:29,552 and they had considerable success through their operations. 839 00:45:31,163 --> 00:45:33,643 The Republicans will take control 840 00:45:33,687 --> 00:45:36,037 of the House of Representatives. 841 00:45:36,081 --> 00:45:38,648 Reporter: The Tea Party captured political lightning in a bottle 842 00:45:38,692 --> 00:45:41,564 and helped elect dozens of new congressmen. 843 00:45:41,608 --> 00:45:43,392 They came in on a promise to shock Washington 844 00:45:43,436 --> 00:45:46,004 into spending less, cutting more. 845 00:45:46,047 --> 00:45:48,223 Narrator: The Council's gambit worked. 846 00:45:48,267 --> 00:45:49,877 The success of the Tea Party 847 00:45:49,921 --> 00:45:54,186 brought Christian nationalists into the GOP. 848 00:45:54,229 --> 00:45:58,233 So what you have is the Republican party 849 00:45:58,277 --> 00:46:01,106 trundling along in its traditional way, 850 00:46:01,149 --> 00:46:03,630 but this parallel structure that's growing up 851 00:46:03,673 --> 00:46:05,545 that's going to supersede it. 852 00:46:05,588 --> 00:46:08,504 And it gets to the point of power and influence 853 00:46:08,548 --> 00:46:13,509 that it can mount a hostile takeover of the Republican party. 854 00:46:13,553 --> 00:46:17,862 Crowd: Kill the bill! Kill the bill! Kill the bill! 855 00:46:17,905 --> 00:46:21,953 [ indistinct shouting ] 856 00:46:21,996 --> 00:46:24,433 William Barber: We are seeing in state capitals across the South 857 00:46:24,477 --> 00:46:27,306 and other places Tea Party extremism, 858 00:46:27,349 --> 00:46:30,483 where the argument is the way to a better society 859 00:46:30,526 --> 00:46:33,181 is to deny education, deny healthcare, 860 00:46:33,225 --> 00:46:35,575 deny voting rights, deny women's rights. 861 00:46:35,618 --> 00:46:39,709 And then if you really wanna have a great society, the extremists are saying, 862 00:46:39,753 --> 00:46:42,756 "Give people more guns and give more tax cuts to the wealthy." 863 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:47,500 That kind of policy demands a moral response. 864 00:46:47,543 --> 00:46:52,200 We decided that if they were going to crucify healthcare, 865 00:46:52,244 --> 00:46:55,725 and crucify living wages, and crucify voting rights, 866 00:46:55,769 --> 00:46:58,206 every crucifixion needs a witness. 867 00:46:58,250 --> 00:47:01,731 Every crucifixion needs somebody that's willing to call it what it is. 868 00:47:01,775 --> 00:47:05,779 Somebody asked me the question, "When will you stop?" 869 00:47:05,823 --> 00:47:08,564 - Well, that's a question for them. - [ crowd shouting ] 870 00:47:08,608 --> 00:47:11,219 Don't ask us when we'll stop. 871 00:47:11,263 --> 00:47:12,568 Ask Tillis and Berger 872 00:47:12,612 --> 00:47:14,919 and the man in the governor's mansion 873 00:47:14,962 --> 00:47:17,747 - when will they stop? - [ cheering ] 874 00:47:17,791 --> 00:47:20,533 - When will they stop hurting children? - That's right. 875 00:47:20,576 --> 00:47:22,927 When will they stop hurting the sick? 876 00:47:22,970 --> 00:47:25,973 When will they stop hurting our public schools? 877 00:47:26,017 --> 00:47:28,367 When will they stop hurting our economics? 878 00:47:28,410 --> 00:47:30,978 Because if they stop, we'll stop. 879 00:47:31,022 --> 00:47:35,200 But we can't stop as long as people are being hurt. 880 00:47:35,243 --> 00:47:36,854 Before the end of the summer, 881 00:47:36,897 --> 00:47:39,204 thousands of people showed up every Monday. 882 00:47:39,247 --> 00:47:40,466 And they looked like North Carolina. 883 00:47:40,509 --> 00:47:41,771 I mean, they were white people, 884 00:47:41,815 --> 00:47:43,469 Black people, brown people, 885 00:47:43,512 --> 00:47:44,905 indigenous people, gay people, 886 00:47:44,949 --> 00:47:46,559 straight people, even Republicans. 887 00:47:46,602 --> 00:47:48,387 Something like 16% of the people 888 00:47:48,430 --> 00:47:52,173 who went to jail with us were Republicans. 889 00:47:52,217 --> 00:47:54,045 And so we wanted people to understand 890 00:47:54,088 --> 00:47:57,918 that racism is not just about hatred of Black people. 891 00:47:57,962 --> 00:48:00,616 It is really fundamentally about hatred of democracy. 892 00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:03,924 And racism becomes a tool for feeding the corporate greed 893 00:48:03,968 --> 00:48:07,232 of a few who want an aristocracy 894 00:48:07,275 --> 00:48:09,669 and nothing that looks like a democracy. 895 00:48:10,975 --> 00:48:15,153 - [ cheering ] - Forward together! 896 00:48:15,196 --> 00:48:21,594 - Not one step back! - [ cheering ] 897 00:48:26,860 --> 00:48:31,996 Gentlemen, we know how much you love hand-raising questions. 898 00:48:32,039 --> 00:48:35,825 Is there anyone onstage who is unwilling tonight 899 00:48:35,869 --> 00:48:40,221 to pledge you support to the eventual nominee of the Republican party 900 00:48:40,265 --> 00:48:45,966 and pledge to not run an independent campaign against that person. 901 00:48:46,010 --> 00:48:48,969 - Mr. Trump. - [ crowd jeering ] 902 00:48:49,013 --> 00:48:52,233 So, Mr. Trump... 903 00:48:52,277 --> 00:48:56,629 Elizabeth Neumann: I remember hearing from a family member 904 00:48:56,672 --> 00:48:59,284 that Donald Trump had met with a group of faith leaders 905 00:48:59,327 --> 00:49:00,850 and he had become a Christian. 906 00:49:00,894 --> 00:49:02,809 And we needed to view him, 907 00:49:02,852 --> 00:49:07,466 even though he has this horrible, morally depraved past-- 908 00:49:07,509 --> 00:49:10,382 um, we need to view him as a King Cyrus. 909 00:49:10,425 --> 00:49:13,515 President Trump will be like Cyrus. 910 00:49:13,559 --> 00:49:16,083 Trump has the Cyrus anointing. 911 00:49:16,127 --> 00:49:17,998 God was raising him up like Cyrus. 912 00:49:18,042 --> 00:49:21,045 The point being that Donald Trump 913 00:49:21,088 --> 00:49:25,832 is going to be this pagan king that God is going to use 914 00:49:25,875 --> 00:49:29,488 to rebuild the America that is crumbling. 915 00:49:29,531 --> 00:49:31,925 I really don't think we can underestimate 916 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:36,016 how powerful that was for a certain segment of the Christian community. 917 00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:41,326 You feel like you're participating in the prophecies 918 00:49:41,369 --> 00:49:43,676 and that something big is gonna happen. 919 00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,287 So for part of the community 920 00:49:46,331 --> 00:49:50,030 the support became not just "hold your nose," 921 00:49:50,074 --> 00:49:54,904 but, like, a rapid encouragement and excitement about him. 922 00:49:54,948 --> 00:49:57,907 What I'm concerned about is the reputation 923 00:49:57,951 --> 00:50:00,693 of evangelical Christianity and the credibility 924 00:50:00,736 --> 00:50:02,695 of the church of Jesus Christ right now, 925 00:50:02,738 --> 00:50:05,872 when people who previously told us character matters 926 00:50:05,915 --> 00:50:08,831 are now just waving away really serious 927 00:50:08,875 --> 00:50:11,008 and shocking character issues 928 00:50:11,051 --> 00:50:12,661 as though they don't matter at all. 929 00:50:12,705 --> 00:50:16,274 It's just leaving a wreckage of cynicism in its wake. 930 00:50:16,317 --> 00:50:21,409 In the case of Trump, I was concerned that evangelical Christianity 931 00:50:21,453 --> 00:50:25,892 would become synonymous in the minds of people inside the church 932 00:50:25,935 --> 00:50:29,200 and outside the church with Trumpism. 933 00:50:29,243 --> 00:50:34,074 Many evangelical Christians agreed with me then. 934 00:50:34,118 --> 00:50:36,772 It wasn't until after the primaries that they didn't. 935 00:50:36,816 --> 00:50:41,342 Narrator: The evangelical leadership remained skeptical of Trump. 936 00:50:41,386 --> 00:50:46,652 So Ralph Reed, one of Weyrich's key disciples, decided to step in. 937 00:50:46,695 --> 00:50:51,439 Please join me in welcoming the presumptive Republican nominee for President, 938 00:50:51,483 --> 00:50:54,442 - Donald J. Trump. - [ crowd cheering ] 939 00:50:54,486 --> 00:50:57,010 Reed saw Trump as the perfect vessel 940 00:50:57,054 --> 00:51:00,448 to deliver on the Council's goals. 941 00:51:00,492 --> 00:51:02,885 Donald Trump: Here we are, and here are the goals. 942 00:51:02,929 --> 00:51:08,717 We wanna uphold the sanctity and dignity of life. 943 00:51:10,197 --> 00:51:12,156 As you know, I put a list together 944 00:51:12,199 --> 00:51:16,116 of highly, highly respected judges. 945 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,250 And by the way, these judges are all pro-life. 946 00:51:19,293 --> 00:51:22,166 [ cheers and applause ] 947 00:51:22,209 --> 00:51:26,039 Narrator: Trump followed the script, and the Council offered him a deal. 948 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:29,129 They would pledge their network's resources to his campaign 949 00:51:29,173 --> 00:51:33,525 if they could influence his judicial and cabinet appointments. 950 00:51:33,568 --> 00:51:35,744 Trump agreed. 951 00:51:35,788 --> 00:51:38,747 The Bible means a lot to me, but I don't wanna get into specifics. 952 00:51:38,791 --> 00:51:41,141 - Even to cite a verse-- - No. I don't wanna do that. I mean-- 953 00:51:41,185 --> 00:51:42,751 You're an Old Testament guy or a New Testament guy? 954 00:51:42,795 --> 00:51:45,102 Uh, probably equal. 955 00:51:45,145 --> 00:51:48,975 2 Corinthians, right? 2 Corinthians 3:17. 956 00:51:49,018 --> 00:51:51,151 - That's the whole ball game. - [ laughter ] 957 00:51:51,195 --> 00:51:53,806 "Where the spirit of the Lord--" Right? 958 00:51:53,849 --> 00:51:56,548 Anne Nelson: When people questioned how 959 00:51:56,591 --> 00:52:01,161 these fundamentalists with their relationship to the Bible 960 00:52:01,205 --> 00:52:04,599 can choose Donald Trump as their candidate, 961 00:52:04,643 --> 00:52:06,558 it's not because they identify with him 962 00:52:06,601 --> 00:52:08,342 and feel that he's one of them. 963 00:52:08,386 --> 00:52:10,170 It's because he can be an instrument. 964 00:52:10,214 --> 00:52:13,652 Trump can the wrecking ball 965 00:52:13,695 --> 00:52:16,176 that they use to bring down the federal government 966 00:52:16,220 --> 00:52:18,135 that they have so many problems with. 967 00:52:18,178 --> 00:52:21,834 I believe that God's using him to destabilize 968 00:52:21,877 --> 00:52:23,879 these progressive institutions, 969 00:52:23,923 --> 00:52:26,926 the penetration of that progressive ideology in these places 970 00:52:26,969 --> 00:52:29,842 so that believers and other viewpoints 971 00:52:29,885 --> 00:52:34,151 can into them and establish credibility also. 972 00:52:34,194 --> 00:52:38,372 Michelle Bachmann: I believe without a shadow of a doubt this is the last election. 973 00:52:38,416 --> 00:52:41,419 It's a math problem of demographics 974 00:52:41,462 --> 00:52:43,334 in a changing United States. 975 00:52:43,377 --> 00:52:46,032 If you look at the numbers of people who vote 976 00:52:46,075 --> 00:52:48,513 and who lives in the country and who Barack Obama 977 00:52:48,556 --> 00:52:51,037 and Hillary Clinton want to bring in to the country, 978 00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:54,910 this is the last election when we even have a chance 979 00:52:54,954 --> 00:53:00,873 to vote for somebody who will stand up for Godly moral principles. 980 00:53:00,916 --> 00:53:03,528 Narrator: What white evangelicals lacked in numbers, 981 00:53:03,571 --> 00:53:06,139 the Council made up for through the vast network 982 00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:08,533 of faith leaders and high tech mega churches 983 00:53:08,576 --> 00:53:10,230 which spread their message. 984 00:53:10,274 --> 00:53:12,798 It's not too late. You're not too old. 985 00:53:15,148 --> 00:53:19,108 Our mission is to champion the pastors of America 986 00:53:19,152 --> 00:53:21,502 for the transformation of America. 987 00:53:21,546 --> 00:53:25,245 Katherine Stewart: Leaders of the movement know that pastors drive votes, 988 00:53:25,289 --> 00:53:29,684 and so they draw pastors into networks such as Watchmen On The Wall, 989 00:53:29,728 --> 00:53:32,296 which is an initiative of the Family Research Council. 990 00:53:32,339 --> 00:53:34,950 It has tens of thousands of affiliated pastors, 991 00:53:34,994 --> 00:53:37,953 and they delivered these pastors' messaging materials 992 00:53:37,997 --> 00:53:41,653 that they can use to turn out their congregations 993 00:53:41,696 --> 00:53:47,311 to vote for the hyper conservative politicians that the movement favors. 994 00:53:47,354 --> 00:53:52,925 Father, we thank you for the grace that you have bestowed upon this nation. 995 00:53:52,968 --> 00:53:54,535 Anne Nelson: President of the Family Research Council, 996 00:53:54,579 --> 00:53:56,798 Tony Perkins, was the president 997 00:53:56,842 --> 00:53:58,191 of the Council for National Policy. 998 00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:00,280 There is no air between them, 999 00:54:00,324 --> 00:54:04,110 and the Family Research Council publishes voter guides. 1000 00:54:04,153 --> 00:54:06,504 They're called the iVoterGuides. 1001 00:54:06,547 --> 00:54:09,507 They're allegedly nonpartisan, 1002 00:54:09,550 --> 00:54:14,207 but you basically have the Democrat with their policies, 1003 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:18,385 which are things like, "Hillary Clinton supports the homosexual agenda," 1004 00:54:18,429 --> 00:54:22,694 and "Donald Trump supports American families." 1005 00:54:22,737 --> 00:54:25,740 - So choose one, right? - Guess what, ladies and gentlemen? 1006 00:54:25,784 --> 00:54:28,743 This next Tuesday, you get the privilege 1007 00:54:28,787 --> 00:54:32,399 to live out a biblical Christian worldview 1008 00:54:32,443 --> 00:54:34,227 when you go to the poll. 1009 00:54:34,271 --> 00:54:37,404 What this network of organizations has done 1010 00:54:37,448 --> 00:54:42,931 has for years involved data mining of church directories 1011 00:54:42,975 --> 00:54:45,673 which are then cross-referenced with voter files. 1012 00:54:45,717 --> 00:54:50,591 Pastors have been organized to facilitate this. 1013 00:54:50,635 --> 00:54:52,027 Brent Allpress: The Council for National Policy 1014 00:54:52,071 --> 00:54:53,986 has a series of pretty deep ties 1015 00:54:54,029 --> 00:54:56,641 to adjacent organizations. 1016 00:54:56,684 --> 00:55:01,254 Gloo, from 2015 through, was developing something 1017 00:55:01,298 --> 00:55:05,084 that became known as the Gloo Insights Micro-targeting Platform. 1018 00:55:05,127 --> 00:55:09,436 That's a platform that accesses and harvests data on all Americans. 1019 00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:13,527 They've actively harvested data from churches, 1020 00:55:13,571 --> 00:55:18,445 and most troubling, they have accessed self-revealed 1021 00:55:18,489 --> 00:55:22,188 mental health, and behavioral health, and treatment data. 1022 00:55:22,231 --> 00:55:26,627 And they're using that for micro-targeted Facebook advertising 1023 00:55:26,671 --> 00:55:29,848 to harvest very vulnerable individuals. 1024 00:55:29,891 --> 00:55:33,025 And they had a very high uptake of conversions and radicalizations 1025 00:55:33,068 --> 00:55:36,985 entering into those large evangelical churches. 1026 00:55:37,029 --> 00:55:40,380 Anne Nelson: Now you think of your average target voter, 1027 00:55:40,424 --> 00:55:43,078 and you go back a few years ago, and Ralph Reed announced, 1028 00:55:43,122 --> 00:55:48,562 "We've got 17-18 million evangelicals who don't vote. 1029 00:55:48,606 --> 00:55:52,218 How do we corral them into voting our way?" 1030 00:55:52,261 --> 00:55:54,133 Well, you surround them. 1031 00:55:54,176 --> 00:55:57,484 Every one of those households is gonna be contacted 1032 00:55:57,528 --> 00:56:02,315 by this organization 7 to 12 times. 1033 00:56:02,359 --> 00:56:05,449 So if you're this person out in Missouri, 1034 00:56:05,492 --> 00:56:07,755 this is all the information you're getting. 1035 00:56:07,799 --> 00:56:10,149 Newspapers have been dying off. 1036 00:56:10,192 --> 00:56:11,977 Local news is disappearing 1037 00:56:12,020 --> 00:56:13,718 from thousands of counties 1038 00:56:13,761 --> 00:56:15,372 in the middle of America. 1039 00:56:15,415 --> 00:56:17,112 And what fills that vacuum, 1040 00:56:17,156 --> 00:56:19,376 it's Fox and Sinclair, 1041 00:56:19,419 --> 00:56:21,943 which function and sing in harmony. 1042 00:56:21,987 --> 00:56:24,511 So you don't have the newspapers. 1043 00:56:24,555 --> 00:56:26,948 You're broadcasting environment has changed. 1044 00:56:26,992 --> 00:56:28,820 When you go online, 1045 00:56:28,863 --> 00:56:31,475 it's not just that you've chosen a silo. 1046 00:56:31,518 --> 00:56:35,696 You are target for a multifaceted operation 1047 00:56:35,740 --> 00:56:37,872 of tremendous sophistication. 1048 00:56:37,916 --> 00:56:42,703 USA, USA, USA, USA! 1049 00:56:42,747 --> 00:56:47,752 - USA, USA, USA, USA! - Donald Trump: Thank you. 1050 00:56:47,795 --> 00:56:52,452 I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton. 1051 00:56:52,496 --> 00:56:54,846 [ cheers and applause ] 1052 00:56:54,889 --> 00:56:56,500 Commentator: A complete earthquake. 1053 00:56:56,543 --> 00:56:58,719 This wasn't like any earthquake I've really seen 1054 00:56:58,763 --> 00:57:01,940 since Ronald Reagan in 1980. It just came out of nowhere. 1055 00:57:01,983 --> 00:57:03,376 Commentator: I'm looking at some numbers here. 1056 00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:06,945 81% evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. 1057 00:57:06,988 --> 00:57:09,121 - You got it dead right. - This is historic. 1058 00:57:09,164 --> 00:57:11,340 No Republican nominee has ever gotten 1059 00:57:11,384 --> 00:57:13,168 that level of support from evangelicals. 1060 00:57:13,212 --> 00:57:14,909 Franklin Graham: There's been a lot of discussion 1061 00:57:14,953 --> 00:57:18,173 as to how Donald Trump won the election. 1062 00:57:18,217 --> 00:57:20,741 I believe that it was God. 1063 00:57:20,785 --> 00:57:23,309 [ cheering ] 1064 00:57:23,352 --> 00:57:26,225 God showed up. 1065 00:57:26,268 --> 00:57:28,445 Narrator: With the Council calling the shots, 1066 00:57:28,488 --> 00:57:30,534 the wrecking ball went to work. 1067 00:57:30,577 --> 00:57:32,231 Barbara Walters: Her critics say 1068 00:57:32,274 --> 00:57:34,799 she wants to privatize the public school system, 1069 00:57:34,842 --> 00:57:37,584 that she once called quote, "a dead end." 1070 00:57:37,628 --> 00:57:39,543 Reporter: Donald Trump is forming his cabinet 1071 00:57:39,586 --> 00:57:41,240 very much in his own image-- 1072 00:57:41,283 --> 00:57:43,721 white, male, and wealthy. 1073 00:57:43,764 --> 00:57:45,157 Stephen Colbert: Trump named Scott Pruitt, 1074 00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,029 sworn enemy of the EPA, to be the head of-- 1075 00:57:48,073 --> 00:57:50,336 What's the word? The EPA. 1076 00:57:50,379 --> 00:57:52,643 Jared Huffman: Some of these folks' only qualification 1077 00:57:52,686 --> 00:57:56,168 is that they have attempted to destroy the very agencies 1078 00:57:56,211 --> 00:57:58,387 that they are now hoping to run. 1079 00:57:58,431 --> 00:58:00,825 Reporter: President Trump revoking the Obama era law 1080 00:58:00,868 --> 00:58:03,262 expanding federal protection to streams and waterways 1081 00:58:03,305 --> 00:58:05,003 across the country. 1082 00:58:05,046 --> 00:58:08,049 Donald Trump: Behind me, we have evangelical leaders. 1083 00:58:08,093 --> 00:58:11,139 We're going to be signing a day of prayer. 1084 00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:16,449 Reporter: President Trump has just signed a historic $1.5 trillion tax bill. 1085 00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:19,365 Reporter: Trump told friends at his Florida club, 1086 00:58:19,408 --> 00:58:21,889 "You all just got a lot richer." 1087 00:58:21,933 --> 00:58:23,848 National security advisor Mike Flynn 1088 00:58:23,891 --> 00:58:25,676 saying the quiet parts out loud. 1089 00:58:25,719 --> 00:58:28,635 We have to have one religion, one nation under God, 1090 00:58:28,679 --> 00:58:30,419 and one religion under God. 1091 00:58:30,463 --> 00:58:33,248 Steve Schmidt: As Trump rose, all of these groups, 1092 00:58:33,292 --> 00:58:35,250 Paul Weyrich's group, people who were viewed 1093 00:58:35,294 --> 00:58:37,688 as fringe players, as extremists, 1094 00:58:37,731 --> 00:58:42,606 they formed within the party the base of his movement. 1095 00:58:42,649 --> 00:58:46,218 Bob McEwen: The Conservative Action Project is a division of CNP. 1096 00:58:46,261 --> 00:58:48,612 The president got tired of everybody coming to our meetings, 1097 00:58:48,655 --> 00:58:50,004 so now we meet at the White House. 1098 00:58:50,048 --> 00:58:52,224 We are watching the foundation shift, 1099 00:58:52,267 --> 00:58:54,705 and we're going back to our founding principles. 1100 00:58:54,748 --> 00:58:56,489 We poured millions of dollars 1101 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:58,273 into judicial nominations and vetting 1102 00:58:58,317 --> 00:59:01,276 to make sure the president picks the best judges. 1103 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,279 I, Brett M. Kavanaugh, do solemnly swear, 1104 00:59:04,323 --> 00:59:06,978 - so help me God. - [ applause ] 1105 00:59:08,066 --> 00:59:11,896 You are really special people. 1106 00:59:11,939 --> 00:59:14,638 The support you've given me has been incredible, 1107 00:59:14,681 --> 00:59:15,900 but I really don't feel guilty 1108 00:59:15,943 --> 00:59:19,033 because I have given you a lot back. 1109 00:59:19,077 --> 00:59:21,601 Just about everything I promised. 1110 00:59:21,645 --> 00:59:25,257 And as one of our great pastors just said, 1111 00:59:25,300 --> 00:59:28,695 "Actually, you've given us much more, sir, than you promised." 1112 00:59:28,739 --> 00:59:34,309 - And I think that's true in many respects. - [ applause ] 1113 00:59:34,353 --> 00:59:37,312 Samuel Perry: I think most of Americans would be completely oblivious 1114 00:59:37,356 --> 00:59:39,271 to the designs behind this, 1115 00:59:39,314 --> 00:59:43,057 that there are intentions to enshrine Christian identity 1116 00:59:43,101 --> 00:59:47,409 and a certain kind of Christian identity as the law of the land. 1117 00:59:47,453 --> 00:59:50,369 Meet Project Blitz, which funnels religious bills 1118 00:59:50,412 --> 00:59:53,067 to state lawmakers all across the country. 1119 00:59:53,111 --> 00:59:55,635 The ones that have been passed in six states already 1120 00:59:55,679 --> 00:59:58,159 are the "In God We Trust" bills, 1121 00:59:58,203 --> 00:59:59,813 which mandate that that slogan 1122 00:59:59,857 --> 01:00:01,510 go up in public schools. 1123 01:00:04,296 --> 01:00:07,604 - Senator Marty. - John Marty: Thank you, Madam President. 1124 01:00:07,647 --> 01:00:12,130 79% of Americans believe in some supreme being, 1125 01:00:12,173 --> 01:00:14,480 which means 21% do not. 1126 01:00:14,523 --> 01:00:18,484 And I would speak against it for the sake of the 21% 1127 01:00:18,527 --> 01:00:22,444 who this is clearly not something that is welcoming 1128 01:00:22,488 --> 01:00:24,925 or encouraging or comfortable for them. 1129 01:00:24,969 --> 01:00:27,841 As a person with strong religious beliefs, 1130 01:00:27,885 --> 01:00:30,670 I don't want government pushing my religious beliefs 1131 01:00:30,714 --> 01:00:33,238 or anybody else's religious beliefs on others. 1132 01:00:33,281 --> 01:00:37,590 That's what the core of separation of church and state is about. 1133 01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:42,203 It was probably a Thursday when we were voting on that resolution. 1134 01:00:42,247 --> 01:00:46,425 On Sunday morning I went to church, which I do on Sunday mornings, 1135 01:00:46,468 --> 01:00:50,821 and I came home, and our home answering machine was beeping, and I listened to the message. 1136 01:00:50,864 --> 01:00:56,609 It was a vile obscene statement from some guy yelling at me for why I hate God so much. 1137 01:00:56,653 --> 01:00:58,959 And it didn't take long to figure out what happened. 1138 01:00:59,003 --> 01:01:01,396 It was on "Fox & Friends" that morning. 1139 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:03,790 Those of us must hate God, 1140 01:01:03,834 --> 01:01:05,313 and therefore we were trying to block 1141 01:01:05,357 --> 01:01:07,968 even this innocent little harmless thing. 1142 01:01:08,012 --> 01:01:11,102 [ music playing ] 1143 01:01:11,145 --> 01:01:16,107 Why is God, the mention of God, in our schools controversial for the left today? 1144 01:01:16,150 --> 01:01:19,719 There seems to be an anti-faith movement in our country, 1145 01:01:19,763 --> 01:01:22,156 to suppress anything that is religious 1146 01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:24,942 in any way and wipe it out of government. 1147 01:01:24,985 --> 01:01:26,291 When we stripped God out of the schools, 1148 01:01:26,334 --> 01:01:27,727 we replaced it with something else 1149 01:01:27,771 --> 01:01:30,730 like ideological indoctrination, 1150 01:01:30,774 --> 01:01:32,906 and we're seeing the fruits of that right now. 1151 01:01:32,950 --> 01:01:36,344 Christianity is in the crosshair today. 1152 01:01:36,388 --> 01:01:38,607 There is a concerted effort in this country 1153 01:01:38,651 --> 01:01:41,828 by the seculars to ignore our history 1154 01:01:41,872 --> 01:01:44,744 and turn us into an absolutely secular world. 1155 01:01:44,788 --> 01:01:47,573 You know, they're hunting Christians in many parts of the world. 1156 01:01:47,616 --> 01:01:49,923 And we're not doing that in the States yet. 1157 01:01:49,967 --> 01:01:51,925 It's real and it is horrific. 1158 01:01:51,969 --> 01:01:53,535 And, yes, we know other faith groups 1159 01:01:53,579 --> 01:01:55,146 are also being persecuted. 1160 01:01:55,189 --> 01:01:59,237 But Christians have a giant X on their back. 1161 01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:02,022 Randall Balmer: The notions that evangelicals or the religious right 1162 01:02:02,066 --> 01:02:04,633 is aggrieved in this country, on the face of it 1163 01:02:04,677 --> 01:02:08,420 I think is preposterous. 1164 01:02:08,463 --> 01:02:10,291 I think a case can be made 1165 01:02:10,335 --> 01:02:12,598 that these people in fact are the aggressors. 1166 01:02:12,641 --> 01:02:17,385 They're the ones who are trying to impose their values, 1167 01:02:17,429 --> 01:02:22,782 their religious convictions on the remainder of society. 1168 01:02:22,826 --> 01:02:25,785 Katherine Stewart: They're actually demanding a license to discriminate 1169 01:02:25,829 --> 01:02:28,788 against those of whom they disapprove, 1170 01:02:28,832 --> 01:02:31,922 and they're asking for an ability to override the law 1171 01:02:31,965 --> 01:02:35,490 when it conflicts with their religious beliefs. 1172 01:02:35,534 --> 01:02:37,971 For some Americans that's a cause for alarm, 1173 01:02:38,015 --> 01:02:40,365 and for others it's the answer to their prayers. 1174 01:02:40,408 --> 01:02:45,413 [ cheering ] 1175 01:02:45,457 --> 01:02:49,461 1776, our founders boldly declared 1176 01:02:49,504 --> 01:02:54,553 that we are all endowed with the same divine rights given us 1177 01:02:54,596 --> 01:02:56,729 by our Creator in heaven, 1178 01:02:56,773 --> 01:02:58,992 and that which God has given us 1179 01:02:59,036 --> 01:03:06,478 we will allow no one ever to take away ever. 1180 01:03:06,521 --> 01:03:09,873 Samuel Perry: Christian nationalism really did create Donald Trump 1181 01:03:09,916 --> 01:03:12,049 to the extent that without that kind of fear, 1182 01:03:12,092 --> 01:03:14,442 Donald Trump would've had no chance. 1183 01:03:14,486 --> 01:03:16,096 He wouldn't have even been close. 1184 01:03:16,140 --> 01:03:17,837 But he was able to leverage that kind of rhetoric 1185 01:03:17,881 --> 01:03:20,840 to appeal to a very powerful 1186 01:03:20,884 --> 01:03:22,842 and influential voting block of Americans 1187 01:03:22,886 --> 01:03:24,278 who felt like they had been wronged 1188 01:03:24,322 --> 01:03:26,585 the last eight years under Obama. 1189 01:03:26,628 --> 01:03:30,850 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: No, he's not an example of Christian virtue. 1190 01:03:30,894 --> 01:03:33,244 No, there's not much about his life 1191 01:03:33,287 --> 01:03:35,420 that you could compare to the life of Jesus, 1192 01:03:35,463 --> 01:03:36,943 But neither has this movement 1193 01:03:36,987 --> 01:03:38,336 ever been about shaping people 1194 01:03:38,379 --> 01:03:39,467 in the way of Jesus. 1195 01:03:39,511 --> 01:03:42,427 This movement has been about 1196 01:03:42,470 --> 01:03:45,082 scaring white Christian people 1197 01:03:45,125 --> 01:03:48,302 into believing that there is an enemy out there 1198 01:03:48,346 --> 01:03:50,174 that's going to obliterate you. 1199 01:03:50,217 --> 01:03:51,697 If you believe that, 1200 01:03:51,740 --> 01:03:55,048 then you believe that in your home 1201 01:03:55,092 --> 01:03:58,008 you need to have the biggest, baddest gun possible. 1202 01:03:58,051 --> 01:04:00,358 And in the White House you also want the biggest, 1203 01:04:00,401 --> 01:04:03,578 baddest gun possible, and Donald Trump is that gun. 1204 01:04:05,972 --> 01:04:10,237 Joe Biden's following the radical left agenda. 1205 01:04:10,281 --> 01:04:14,676 Take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment. 1206 01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:19,551 No religion, no anything. Hurt the Bible, hurt God. 1207 01:04:19,594 --> 01:04:22,684 Samuel Perry: Because it embraces this overtly religious language, 1208 01:04:22,728 --> 01:04:27,602 Christian nationalism represents a tremendous threat to democracy. 1209 01:04:27,646 --> 01:04:29,735 It's one thing if you feel like, 1210 01:04:29,778 --> 01:04:33,130 "Hey, my political position is correct, 1211 01:04:33,173 --> 01:04:35,741 it is justified, it is backed up by research." 1212 01:04:35,784 --> 01:04:38,309 But it is another thing when you feel like, 1213 01:04:38,352 --> 01:04:41,921 "We are on the side of God, and you are on the side of Satan." 1214 01:04:41,965 --> 01:04:46,926 Your position is demonic. It is evil in a cosmic sense. 1215 01:04:46,970 --> 01:04:50,408 If you bring the ultimate, if you bring the sacred into this argument, 1216 01:04:50,451 --> 01:04:52,366 then you can justify just about anything 1217 01:04:52,410 --> 01:04:55,108 in the service of defeating this evil power 1218 01:04:55,152 --> 01:04:56,588 that is out to get your people, 1219 01:04:56,631 --> 01:04:58,459 that is out to destroy your country 1220 01:04:58,503 --> 01:05:02,333 that God has a special relationship with. 1221 01:05:02,376 --> 01:05:05,684 I don't care what you think about fraudulent Sleepy Joe! 1222 01:05:05,727 --> 01:05:08,730 He's a sex-trafficking, demon-possessed mongrel! 1223 01:05:08,774 --> 01:05:13,866 He's of the left! God, he's gonna burn the whole thing to the ground! 1224 01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:17,087 Now, to me, LGBT stands for "Let God Burn Them." 1225 01:05:17,130 --> 01:05:18,523 - [ laughter ] - Man: Right. 1226 01:05:18,566 --> 01:05:20,960 But I hear you say, "Well, it's LGBTQ." 1227 01:05:21,004 --> 01:05:23,963 Well, then you could say, "Let God Burn Them Quickly." 1228 01:05:24,007 --> 01:05:25,922 Russell Moore: In some places in American life, 1229 01:05:25,965 --> 01:05:27,706 we have a church growth movement 1230 01:05:27,749 --> 01:05:29,229 but for angry people. 1231 01:05:29,273 --> 01:05:31,405 A sense of theatrical anger 1232 01:05:31,449 --> 01:05:35,757 feels to some people like depth of conviction, 1233 01:05:35,801 --> 01:05:39,196 when of course it's theater. 1234 01:05:39,239 --> 01:05:41,981 But that can build a crowd. 1235 01:05:42,025 --> 01:05:47,160 Ken Peters: Now we're gonna fight to hopefully keep our freedom 1236 01:05:47,204 --> 01:05:50,555 because we don't wish this upon our children our upon our grandchildren. 1237 01:05:50,598 --> 01:05:52,992 Amen? But, ladies and gentlemen, 1238 01:05:53,036 --> 01:05:55,560 they are censoring us like crazy! 1239 01:05:55,603 --> 01:05:58,650 - They are trying to shut down our voice! - Man: Yeah. 1240 01:05:58,693 --> 01:06:02,436 Like Paul Revere said, "The British are coming! The British are coming!" 1241 01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:07,006 Well, the leftists are coming. In fact, they're already here. 1242 01:06:07,050 --> 01:06:10,009 - Man: Yes, sir. - So we aren't afraid. We aren't fearful. 1243 01:06:10,053 --> 01:06:12,533 But I'm telling you, the Bible is about to get really real. 1244 01:06:12,577 --> 01:06:14,013 Amen, Yeah. 1245 01:06:14,057 --> 01:06:15,014 Stan Minner: When Biden says something 1246 01:06:15,058 --> 01:06:16,668 about unifying the nation, 1247 01:06:16,711 --> 01:06:18,017 people like me are convinced 1248 01:06:18,061 --> 01:06:19,845 that we cannot unify with that 1249 01:06:19,888 --> 01:06:23,849 because good cannot unify with evil. 1250 01:06:23,892 --> 01:06:28,810 And so I don't see a way of coming together 1251 01:06:28,854 --> 01:06:30,421 in this issue at all. 1252 01:06:30,464 --> 01:06:33,076 This is more of 1253 01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:36,340 we have to take a stand against this 1254 01:06:36,383 --> 01:06:37,863 and we have to defeat it. 1255 01:06:37,906 --> 01:06:39,691 It has to be defeated. 1256 01:06:39,734 --> 01:06:43,042 Ken Peters: Most of the Bible was written under persecution. 1257 01:06:43,086 --> 01:06:44,522 Whether you like it or not, 1258 01:06:44,565 --> 01:06:47,699 we're going into the soldier realm 1259 01:06:47,742 --> 01:06:51,050 where "Onward, Christian Soldiers" as a hymn becomes real. 1260 01:06:51,094 --> 01:06:53,531 - That's right. - Ken Peters: There is an intensity right now, 1261 01:06:53,574 --> 01:06:58,840 and, yes, I am very concerned that this is going to end up in a civil war. 1262 01:06:58,884 --> 01:07:02,496 I think it's very important that every American home that can 1263 01:07:02,540 --> 01:07:04,716 own as many weapons as possible. 1264 01:07:04,759 --> 01:07:09,068 I think peaceful people that are well-armed 1265 01:07:09,112 --> 01:07:11,070 - keeps a peaceful nation. - [ news theme playing ] 1266 01:07:11,114 --> 01:07:13,681 Announcer: This is breaking news. 1267 01:07:13,725 --> 01:07:16,989 Reporter: Around 2:30 this afternoon at a Tops supermarket 1268 01:07:17,033 --> 01:07:19,731 at least ten people have been killed. 1269 01:07:19,774 --> 01:07:23,561 Reporter: In a 180 page document posted online, 1270 01:07:23,604 --> 01:07:26,085 the suspected shooter often referring to Black people 1271 01:07:26,129 --> 01:07:27,913 as "replacers," a reference 1272 01:07:27,956 --> 01:07:30,307 to the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. 1273 01:07:30,350 --> 01:07:33,527 Jews will not replace us! 1274 01:07:33,571 --> 01:07:36,487 Eboo Patel: I think the danger of white Christian nationalist rhetoric 1275 01:07:36,530 --> 01:07:40,099 to Muslims, to Jews, to Hindus, to atheists, 1276 01:07:40,143 --> 01:07:42,101 I mean, that's obvious, right? 1277 01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:45,974 Not only are we subordinate, in many cases we're the enemy. 1278 01:07:46,018 --> 01:07:49,891 We are the reason that they need to rise, 1279 01:07:49,935 --> 01:07:51,893 because not only do we need to be subordinate, 1280 01:07:51,937 --> 01:07:55,593 we need to be defeated and vanquished. 1281 01:07:55,636 --> 01:07:57,769 Miss Neumann, you are recognized for five minutes. 1282 01:07:57,812 --> 01:07:59,466 Thank you, Chairman Raskin. 1283 01:07:59,510 --> 01:08:02,339 Whether it's an attack on a school, a nightclub, 1284 01:08:02,382 --> 01:08:06,430 a synagogue, a mosque, a church, it really needs to stop. 1285 01:08:06,473 --> 01:08:09,955 Elizabeth Neumann: In 2017, when I joined government 1286 01:08:09,998 --> 01:08:12,088 as the deputy chief of staff to John Kelly, 1287 01:08:12,131 --> 01:08:15,787 I didn't notice any focus on domestic terrorism. 1288 01:08:15,830 --> 01:08:19,573 The counterterrorism community was still very focused on ISIS, 1289 01:08:19,617 --> 01:08:21,923 and then Charlottesville happened. 1290 01:08:21,967 --> 01:08:25,840 [ screaming ] 1291 01:08:25,884 --> 01:08:28,800 Donald Trump: When you say the alt-right, what about the alt-left 1292 01:08:28,843 --> 01:08:31,716 that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right? 1293 01:08:31,759 --> 01:08:33,761 You had a group on one side that was bad, 1294 01:08:33,805 --> 01:08:37,243 and you had group on the other side that was also very violent. 1295 01:08:37,287 --> 01:08:40,159 Elizabeth Neumann: Because of the way that the president reacted, 1296 01:08:40,203 --> 01:08:44,816 domestic terrorism became another one of those no-go hot topics 1297 01:08:44,859 --> 01:08:47,732 that if you raised at all to the president, 1298 01:08:47,775 --> 01:08:49,908 he immediately became defensive. 1299 01:08:49,951 --> 01:08:52,606 The Secretary of Homeland Security 1300 01:08:52,650 --> 01:08:55,522 multiple times asked for the White House 1301 01:08:55,566 --> 01:08:58,482 to include domestic terrorism in the counterterrorism strategy 1302 01:08:58,525 --> 01:09:02,703 that the administration eventually released, and we were rebuffed. 1303 01:09:02,747 --> 01:09:06,403 So by the time we have Christchurch, 1304 01:09:06,446 --> 01:09:09,623 and then sadly another attack in Poway, California, 1305 01:09:09,667 --> 01:09:13,671 and that all leads us up to El Paso at the Walmart, 1306 01:09:13,714 --> 01:09:16,587 and they're using language 1307 01:09:16,630 --> 01:09:20,591 straight out of the president's campaigns. 1308 01:09:20,634 --> 01:09:25,073 He has the opportunity to set the record straight. 1309 01:09:25,117 --> 01:09:26,292 He doesn't do that. 1310 01:09:28,555 --> 01:09:32,907 Thank you to the Council for National Policy. 1311 01:09:32,951 --> 01:09:35,997 Together we're committed to keeping America safe, 1312 01:09:36,041 --> 01:09:39,523 strong, prosperous, and free. 1313 01:09:39,566 --> 01:09:41,655 Narrator: The Council's gamble had paid off. 1314 01:09:41,699 --> 01:09:43,788 Christian nationalists were firmly embedded 1315 01:09:43,831 --> 01:09:45,703 at the highest levels of government. 1316 01:09:45,746 --> 01:09:49,359 The Supreme Court had an absolute majority of justices 1317 01:09:49,402 --> 01:09:51,448 poised to overturn landmark 1318 01:09:51,491 --> 01:09:54,581 civil and women's rights decisions. 1319 01:09:54,625 --> 01:09:59,978 Paul Weyrich's vision of a Christian nation was becoming a reality. 1320 01:10:00,021 --> 01:10:03,242 Man: The president is extremely well-positioned for reelection. 1321 01:10:03,286 --> 01:10:06,680 So we gotta get past this coronavirus speedbump. 1322 01:10:06,724 --> 01:10:09,335 It's unlikely that we're gonna have a recession. 1323 01:10:09,379 --> 01:10:11,685 If we don't, and we do our job, 1324 01:10:11,729 --> 01:10:13,731 historically, he should be reelected. 1325 01:10:13,774 --> 01:10:16,995 Black lives matter! Black lives matter! 1326 01:10:17,038 --> 01:10:20,041 Black lives matter! Black lives matter! 1327 01:10:20,085 --> 01:10:24,350 - [ chanting stops ] - [ screaming ] 1328 01:10:26,570 --> 01:10:29,834 - [ woman shouting ] - Katherine Stewart: Trump appeals to 1329 01:10:29,877 --> 01:10:33,446 the authoritarian impulses of his supporters. 1330 01:10:33,490 --> 01:10:37,668 They're often referring to him as a king, a biblical king, 1331 01:10:37,711 --> 01:10:42,238 an imperfect leader through whom God chose to enact His will. 1332 01:10:42,281 --> 01:10:44,022 Now here's the thing about kings. 1333 01:10:44,065 --> 01:10:46,242 They don't have to respect the rules. 1334 01:10:46,285 --> 01:10:48,635 They are the law unto themself. 1335 01:10:48,679 --> 01:10:50,289 And that underscores the fact 1336 01:10:50,333 --> 01:10:53,684 that is an anti-democratic movement 1337 01:10:53,727 --> 01:10:57,601 that doesn't believe in representative democracy. 1338 01:10:57,644 --> 01:11:00,734 Crowd: USA! USA! USA! 1339 01:11:00,778 --> 01:11:03,302 [ cheers and applause ] 1340 01:11:03,346 --> 01:11:06,131 Wolf Blitzer: CNN projects Joseph R. Biden Jr. 1341 01:11:06,174 --> 01:11:10,048 is elected the 46th president of the United States, 1342 01:11:10,091 --> 01:11:15,836 winning the White House and denying President Trump as second term. 1343 01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:20,145 If you count the legal votes, I easily win. 1344 01:11:20,188 --> 01:11:22,626 If you count the illegal votes, 1345 01:11:22,669 --> 01:11:26,891 they can try to steal the election from us. 1346 01:11:26,934 --> 01:11:29,502 If you count the votes that came in late-- 1347 01:11:29,546 --> 01:11:30,938 we're looking at them very strongly, 1348 01:11:30,982 --> 01:11:32,636 but a lot of votes came in late. 1349 01:11:32,679 --> 01:11:34,333 Commentator: Well, there we go. 1350 01:11:34,377 --> 01:11:37,336 The president's comprehensively demolishing 1351 01:11:37,380 --> 01:11:40,426 the American democratic process. 1352 01:11:40,470 --> 01:11:42,341 It was almost as if he was describing 1353 01:11:42,385 --> 01:11:45,605 a Zimbabwean election or something going on in Belarus. 1354 01:11:45,649 --> 01:11:49,827 Narrator: The Council went into full combat mode to support the Big Lie, 1355 01:11:49,870 --> 01:11:52,917 and the entire Christian nationalist movement quickly fell in line. 1356 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:54,875 Four more years! Four more years! 1357 01:11:54,919 --> 01:11:58,662 Bill Walton: This is a spiritual battle we are in. 1358 01:11:58,705 --> 01:12:01,142 This is good versus evil. 1359 01:12:01,186 --> 01:12:05,277 We have to do everything we can to win. 1360 01:12:05,321 --> 01:12:09,368 [ cheering ] 1361 01:12:09,412 --> 01:12:12,415 Michael Flynn: We're actually standing in the middle of Jericho 1362 01:12:12,458 --> 01:12:15,635 because we have penetrated the walls of Jericho, right? 1363 01:12:15,679 --> 01:12:17,420 There is evil and there's corruption, 1364 01:12:17,463 --> 01:12:20,031 and us inside of this barricade 1365 01:12:20,074 --> 01:12:22,860 we're gonna knock those walls down, okay? 1366 01:12:22,903 --> 01:12:27,299 Michael Flynn was part of the Council for National Policy. 1367 01:12:27,343 --> 01:12:29,649 On December 18th, 1368 01:12:29,693 --> 01:12:32,957 he shows up in a meeting at the White House 1369 01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:37,570 where there's a discussion of the imposition of martial law 1370 01:12:37,614 --> 01:12:41,444 as a possible way of addressing the electoral crisis. 1371 01:12:41,487 --> 01:12:44,055 I mean, these people out there talking about martial law 1372 01:12:44,098 --> 01:12:46,187 like it's something that we've never done. 1373 01:12:46,231 --> 01:12:49,365 We've done-- martial law has been instituted 64-- 1374 01:12:49,408 --> 01:12:54,282 - 64 times, Greg. - Martial law was about hoping 1375 01:12:54,326 --> 01:12:58,330 that the January 6th event would create a state 1376 01:12:58,374 --> 01:13:00,898 of what you could call controlled chaos. 1377 01:13:00,941 --> 01:13:03,422 And there's a level of chaos 1378 01:13:03,466 --> 01:13:07,121 that will require us to hold the election again. 1379 01:13:07,165 --> 01:13:10,037 I think this is the biggest steal that we've ever seen. 1380 01:13:10,081 --> 01:13:13,606 Donald Trump's fighter, and we're here in Washington to back up him up, 1381 01:13:13,650 --> 01:13:16,174 bringing thousands and thousands and thousands 1382 01:13:16,217 --> 01:13:18,611 of people this Saturday for our march. 1383 01:13:18,655 --> 01:13:21,614 All of sudden, you see various components 1384 01:13:21,658 --> 01:13:26,227 of the Council for National Policy coming in to participate. 1385 01:13:26,271 --> 01:13:31,450 You've got Ali Alexander, who registers "Stop the Steal." 1386 01:13:31,494 --> 01:13:37,238 Charlie Kirk states that he's sending buses to the protests on January 6th. 1387 01:13:37,282 --> 01:13:42,026 Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. 1388 01:13:43,549 --> 01:13:46,509 Once you started to have this convergence 1389 01:13:46,552 --> 01:13:48,641 between CNP organizations, 1390 01:13:48,685 --> 01:13:53,211 QAnon, and the fundamentalist sectors, 1391 01:13:53,254 --> 01:13:57,824 you had something that escaped control of the leadership, 1392 01:13:57,868 --> 01:14:00,871 but it also escaped visibility. 1393 01:14:00,914 --> 01:14:06,311 Ladies and gentlemen, we are not just up against politicians, 1394 01:14:06,354 --> 01:14:10,315 and we are not just in a culture war. 1395 01:14:10,358 --> 01:14:12,448 We are in a kingdom war. 1396 01:14:12,491 --> 01:14:15,102 This is the kingdom of darkness 1397 01:14:15,146 --> 01:14:18,018 versus the kingdom of light. 1398 01:14:18,062 --> 01:14:22,632 - Do you feel that? - [ cheering ] 1399 01:14:22,675 --> 01:14:25,591 Donald Trump: We will not let them silence your voices. 1400 01:14:25,635 --> 01:14:30,117 - We're not gonna let it happen. - [ cheering ] 1401 01:14:30,161 --> 01:14:33,120 Not gonna let it happen. 1402 01:14:33,164 --> 01:14:35,688 Crowd: Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! 1403 01:14:35,732 --> 01:14:38,299 Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! 1404 01:14:38,343 --> 01:14:40,911 Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! 1405 01:14:40,954 --> 01:14:43,740 Man: Holy shit! They just broke down the barricades! 1406 01:14:45,524 --> 01:14:48,440 - [ shouting ] - Fuck you, police! 1407 01:14:48,484 --> 01:14:52,096 - [ shouting continues ] - Fuck you! 1408 01:14:52,139 --> 01:14:54,141 [ screaming ] 1409 01:14:54,185 --> 01:14:57,144 - Come on, Americans! - [ whooping ] 1410 01:14:57,188 --> 01:14:58,885 [ roars ] 1411 01:14:58,929 --> 01:15:02,149 Kent Christmas: Every authority outside 1412 01:15:02,193 --> 01:15:07,590 of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is an illegal authority. 1413 01:15:07,633 --> 01:15:10,723 Man: We're gonna start hunting them down one-by-one! 1414 01:15:10,767 --> 01:15:13,900 Man: We're gonna go fuck with Nancy Pelosi. 1415 01:15:13,944 --> 01:15:16,337 Paul Weyrich: What is right for their immortal souls 1416 01:15:16,381 --> 01:15:19,993 is to get them out of public policy in this country. 1417 01:15:20,037 --> 01:15:21,560 [ shouting ] 1418 01:15:22,692 --> 01:15:24,868 Oh, oh! 1419 01:15:24,911 --> 01:15:25,912 [ screaming ] 1420 01:15:27,740 --> 01:15:29,133 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: It's possible to draw a line 1421 01:15:29,176 --> 01:15:31,178 from the January 6th Capitol riot 1422 01:15:31,222 --> 01:15:34,399 back to that manifesto and to plot 1423 01:15:34,442 --> 01:15:37,010 just how a culture was built 1424 01:15:37,054 --> 01:15:39,143 in which mainstream Christians 1425 01:15:39,186 --> 01:15:41,058 could feel completely legitimate 1426 01:15:41,101 --> 01:15:44,148 and they could feel righteous participating in an act 1427 01:15:44,191 --> 01:15:46,411 of trying to overthrow their government. 1428 01:15:48,456 --> 01:15:50,328 They would rather tear it down, 1429 01:15:50,371 --> 01:15:53,810 they would rather burn it down than going along with it. 1430 01:15:53,853 --> 01:15:56,639 And in that way, I think it's very much a holy war. 1431 01:15:56,682 --> 01:16:01,861 People who understood themselves to be in the army of God 1432 01:16:01,905 --> 01:16:06,126 were waging a war to try to reclaim the United States for God. 1433 01:16:08,781 --> 01:16:12,655 Officer: All individuals must leave the U.S. Capitol grounds 1434 01:16:12,698 --> 01:16:14,961 or be subject to arrest. 1435 01:16:15,005 --> 01:16:16,963 Many Americans are reeling tonight 1436 01:16:17,007 --> 01:16:21,011 saying they can't believe this is their country. 1437 01:16:21,054 --> 01:16:23,230 Legislators did go back to work tonight 1438 01:16:23,274 --> 01:16:26,059 to try to finish what they started, 1439 01:16:26,103 --> 01:16:29,193 to officially make Joe Biden president. 1440 01:16:29,236 --> 01:16:32,892 What does it say to the nearly half the country 1441 01:16:32,936 --> 01:16:34,894 that believes this election was rigged 1442 01:16:34,938 --> 01:16:40,204 if we vote not even to consider the claims? 1443 01:16:40,247 --> 01:16:42,162 Narrator: The assault on democracy continued 1444 01:16:42,206 --> 01:16:44,774 inside the chambers of Congress. 1445 01:16:44,817 --> 01:16:49,169 Senate and House Republicans rejected the slate of electors, 1446 01:16:49,213 --> 01:16:52,999 though no proof of electoral fraud was ever presented. 1447 01:16:53,043 --> 01:16:57,525 - [ sirens wailing ] - [ indistinct chatter ] 1448 01:16:57,569 --> 01:17:01,660 Steve Schmidt: What always happens when you look at autocratic movements 1449 01:17:01,704 --> 01:17:06,665 is one guy is not enough to give it lift. 1450 01:17:06,709 --> 01:17:09,537 Is there a charismatic leader with the capacity 1451 01:17:09,581 --> 01:17:12,323 to build a cult of personality? 100%. 1452 01:17:12,366 --> 01:17:14,238 Donald Trump did that. 1453 01:17:14,281 --> 01:17:16,109 But that's not enough for an autocratic movement. 1454 01:17:16,153 --> 01:17:18,982 You need to have a propaganda arm, 1455 01:17:19,025 --> 01:17:20,592 and they have theirs. 1456 01:17:20,636 --> 01:17:22,420 But that's not enough. 1457 01:17:22,463 --> 01:17:25,118 You need to have the cynicism of the elites, 1458 01:17:25,162 --> 01:17:28,731 the most highly educated people in the country-- 1459 01:17:28,774 --> 01:17:31,821 Harvard University's Ted Cruz, 1460 01:17:31,864 --> 01:17:34,562 Stanford University's Josh Hawley-- 1461 01:17:34,606 --> 01:17:36,347 who look at all of this 1462 01:17:36,390 --> 01:17:38,610 and say, "I can ride that tiger. 1463 01:17:38,654 --> 01:17:41,700 I can manipulate these rubes 1464 01:17:41,744 --> 01:17:46,183 who actually like this guy to my own advantage." 1465 01:17:46,226 --> 01:17:50,317 Because at the core of an autocratic movement is no morality. 1466 01:17:50,361 --> 01:17:53,233 In fact, it's immorality or amorality, 1467 01:17:53,277 --> 01:17:55,061 because it's about power. 1468 01:17:55,105 --> 01:17:57,150 And in the pursuit of that power, 1469 01:17:57,194 --> 01:18:01,415 history teaches us terrible, terrible things happen. 1470 01:18:01,459 --> 01:18:06,159 Reporter: Tonight as a nationwide firestorm continues, 1471 01:18:06,203 --> 01:18:08,596 following Friday's Supreme Court decision 1472 01:18:08,640 --> 01:18:11,338 that overturned Roe v. Wade... 1473 01:18:11,382 --> 01:18:14,646 Reporter: Clarence Thomas suggested the court could reexamine decisions 1474 01:18:14,690 --> 01:18:17,344 on contraception and same-sex marriage. 1475 01:18:17,388 --> 01:18:19,216 Reporter: This is another major ruling 1476 01:18:19,259 --> 01:18:22,088 from the court's emboldened conservative majority, 1477 01:18:22,132 --> 01:18:25,744 resetting that delicate balance between church and state. 1478 01:18:25,788 --> 01:18:31,184 With just 22 days until election day, democracy is very much on the ballot. 1479 01:18:31,228 --> 01:18:33,752 Reporter: The Trump show's second act 1480 01:18:33,796 --> 01:18:36,973 that will test his grip on the Republican party today... 1481 01:18:37,016 --> 01:18:38,757 Kari Lake: You can us extremists, 1482 01:18:38,801 --> 01:18:40,759 you can call us domestic terrorists. 1483 01:18:40,803 --> 01:18:43,283 You know who else was called a lot of names? 1484 01:18:43,327 --> 01:18:45,024 - Jesus. - Man: Amen. Yeah. 1485 01:18:45,068 --> 01:18:48,201 There's a movement in this country that is demonic. 1486 01:18:48,245 --> 01:18:51,030 It is the transgender movement. 1487 01:18:51,074 --> 01:18:52,466 Steve Bannon: We're taking over school boards. 1488 01:18:52,510 --> 01:18:54,599 We're taking over the Republican party. 1489 01:18:54,642 --> 01:18:57,515 We're taking over all the elections. Suck on this. 1490 01:18:57,558 --> 01:19:00,126 Reporter: The vast majority of Republicans have embraced the Big Lie. 1491 01:19:00,170 --> 01:19:03,129 They have kowtowed to whatever Trump wants 1492 01:19:03,173 --> 01:19:06,567 because Trump has a loyal base of support. 1493 01:19:06,611 --> 01:19:09,875 Reporter: The biggest thing coming out of January 6th 1494 01:19:09,919 --> 01:19:14,662 is that people are emboldened to take matters into their own hands. 1495 01:19:14,706 --> 01:19:18,623 Nick Fuentes: We need to have a white uprising. 1496 01:19:18,666 --> 01:19:20,277 I don't believe in democracy. 1497 01:19:20,320 --> 01:19:22,148 I don't support women's rights. 1498 01:19:22,192 --> 01:19:23,933 We need to take control of the government 1499 01:19:23,976 --> 01:19:25,761 and force the people to believe what we believe, 1500 01:19:25,804 --> 01:19:28,328 and you are gonna become a Christian. 1501 01:19:28,372 --> 01:19:29,982 Marjorie Taylor Greene: Most Americans, 1502 01:19:30,026 --> 01:19:31,375 no matter how they vote, 1503 01:19:31,418 --> 01:19:33,551 really care about the same things. 1504 01:19:33,594 --> 01:19:35,553 We need to be the party of nationalism. 1505 01:19:35,596 --> 01:19:37,424 And I'm a Christian and I say it proudly. 1506 01:19:37,468 --> 01:19:39,339 We should be Christian nationalists. 1507 01:19:43,256 --> 01:19:46,129 [ singing indistinctly ] 1508 01:19:46,172 --> 01:19:49,523 - Forward together! - Not one step back! 1509 01:19:49,567 --> 01:19:52,526 - Forward together! - Not one step back! 1510 01:19:52,570 --> 01:19:59,229 William Barber: This is a moral, constitutional moment. 1511 01:19:59,272 --> 01:20:02,710 - Preach, man! - We say it clear today. 1512 01:20:02,754 --> 01:20:05,844 If you allow the infrastructure of this democracy 1513 01:20:05,888 --> 01:20:08,020 to be fractured and torn asunder, 1514 01:20:08,064 --> 01:20:12,024 this nation will pay a deep price. 1515 01:20:12,068 --> 01:20:16,594 [ cheers and applause ] 1516 01:20:16,637 --> 01:20:18,074 My mom taught me at a very young age 1517 01:20:18,117 --> 01:20:19,771 that Christianity and faith 1518 01:20:19,815 --> 01:20:20,859 was about doing what we can 1519 01:20:20,903 --> 01:20:22,295 to be of service to others. 1520 01:20:22,339 --> 01:20:24,428 I want every child to feel 1521 01:20:24,471 --> 01:20:25,864 seen, heard, and supported, 1522 01:20:25,908 --> 01:20:27,866 not marginalized and targeted 1523 01:20:27,910 --> 01:20:31,914 because they are not straight, white, and Christian. 1524 01:20:31,957 --> 01:20:34,873 And I know that hate will only win 1525 01:20:34,917 --> 01:20:39,660 if people like me stand by and let it happen. 1526 01:20:39,704 --> 01:20:42,881 - Stand up! Stand up! - Fight back! Fight back! 1527 01:20:42,925 --> 01:20:45,405 - Stand up! - Fight back! 1528 01:20:47,320 --> 01:20:49,932 Medhi Hasan: They said no one cared about democracy, 1529 01:20:49,975 --> 01:20:52,543 that the only thing voters care about is the economy. 1530 01:20:52,586 --> 01:20:55,198 - They were all wrong. - Jon Favreau: Right wing justices 1531 01:20:55,241 --> 01:20:58,462 overturned Roe v. Wade, and fueled 1532 01:20:58,505 --> 01:21:01,030 one of the biggest backlashes in American politics. 1533 01:21:01,073 --> 01:21:04,294 Commentator: This would've been a red wave election 1534 01:21:04,337 --> 01:21:09,647 if not for millions and millions of young millennials and Gen Z-ers. 1535 01:21:09,690 --> 01:21:11,344 Oliver Laughland: What I think these midterms have shown us 1536 01:21:11,388 --> 01:21:13,520 is that at least in part, 1537 01:21:13,564 --> 01:21:15,740 there's been nationwide rebuke 1538 01:21:15,783 --> 01:21:19,004 to Trump-backed extremism around the country. 1539 01:21:20,527 --> 01:21:23,487 I believe we're in the moment right now 1540 01:21:23,530 --> 01:21:28,231 that's primed for a movement that leads us into a resurrection of America. 1541 01:21:28,274 --> 01:21:31,060 And I believe if we do it right, with love and justice, 1542 01:21:31,103 --> 01:21:35,978 many of the people who have put on Christian nationalism 1543 01:21:36,021 --> 01:21:40,199 will take it off, will get born again, 1544 01:21:40,243 --> 01:21:42,506 will see the Gospel in its truth. 1545 01:21:42,549 --> 01:21:44,682 And that's what gives me hope even in America. 1546 01:21:44,725 --> 01:21:46,814 I'm not an optimist. 1547 01:21:46,858 --> 01:21:48,425 No, no. 1548 01:21:48,468 --> 01:21:50,383 I'm full of Christian hope, 1549 01:21:50,427 --> 01:21:53,778 which looks at the despair and at the destruction 1550 01:21:53,821 --> 01:21:56,607 and at the denials and at the deceptions, 1551 01:21:56,650 --> 01:21:59,088 and says they are real, 1552 01:21:59,131 --> 01:22:00,959 but they don't have to have the last say. 1553 01:22:07,009 --> 01:22:09,794 Now one of the reporters that interviewed me the other day said, 1554 01:22:09,837 --> 01:22:13,232 "Well, you know, you people think 1555 01:22:13,276 --> 01:22:15,452 that everything is black and white. 1556 01:22:15,495 --> 01:22:19,543 Everything can be reduced to simplicity." 1557 01:22:19,586 --> 01:22:22,415 - And I accept that charge. - Crowd: Amen. 1558 01:22:22,459 --> 01:22:27,507 Ultimately, everything can be reduced to right and wrong. 1559 01:22:27,551 --> 01:22:30,293 Everything. 1560 01:22:30,336 --> 01:22:33,949 As a preacher, I'm always making the connection 1561 01:22:33,992 --> 01:22:37,169 between the ancient story of God's people 1562 01:22:37,213 --> 01:22:38,823 and the world that we live in. 1563 01:22:38,866 --> 01:22:41,086 And one of the most basic connections 1564 01:22:41,130 --> 01:22:46,570 is that the worst evils never present themselves as evil. 1565 01:22:46,613 --> 01:22:49,965 The worst evils always present themselves as the good. 1566 01:22:50,008 --> 01:22:52,184 Vincent James: Christian nationalism is on the rise, 1567 01:22:52,228 --> 01:22:54,839 and people are thirsty for it. 1568 01:22:54,882 --> 01:22:57,668 We are the Christian Taliban. 1569 01:22:57,711 --> 01:22:59,496 - [ cheering ] - Elizabeth Neumann: 34% of Americans think 1570 01:22:59,539 --> 01:23:02,151 violence to achieve your political end 1571 01:23:02,194 --> 01:23:04,631 could be justified in certain circumstances. 1572 01:23:04,675 --> 01:23:08,026 Folks, that's the definition of terrorism. 1573 01:23:08,070 --> 01:23:12,552 In a country where 40% to 50% of people don't vote, 1574 01:23:12,596 --> 01:23:15,077 you don't need a majority to win elections. 1575 01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:18,036 All you need is a disproportionately organized 1576 01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:21,779 and very, very committed minority of the population. 1577 01:23:21,822 --> 01:23:24,869 Gavin Wax: We must be prepared to do battle in every arena. 1578 01:23:24,912 --> 01:23:26,784 In the media, in the courtroom, 1579 01:23:26,827 --> 01:23:28,612 at the ballot box, and in the streets. 1580 01:23:28,655 --> 01:23:31,180 We want total war. 1581 01:23:31,223 --> 01:23:37,273 My attitude has always been that democracy is more fragile 1582 01:23:37,316 --> 01:23:40,537 than we think, and it has to be actively defended. 1583 01:23:40,580 --> 01:23:43,670 Paul Weyrich understood this very well. 1584 01:23:43,714 --> 01:23:49,502 He said straight out that he wants to blow it up. 1585 01:23:49,546 --> 01:23:51,983 So regardless of what happens to Donald Trump, 1586 01:23:52,027 --> 01:23:54,855 it's the machinery of the Council for National Policy 1587 01:23:54,899 --> 01:23:58,729 that has the staying power, and it's that machinery 1588 01:23:58,772 --> 01:24:03,081 that presents the lasting threat to our democracy. 1589 01:24:05,605 --> 01:24:10,480 This moment requires an ability to orient to reality. 1590 01:24:10,523 --> 01:24:15,006 And reality is the Republican party is more extreme 1591 01:24:15,050 --> 01:24:16,921 more dangerous and more committed 1592 01:24:16,964 --> 01:24:20,751 to the autocratic project of gaining power right now 1593 01:24:20,794 --> 01:24:25,016 than it was on January 6th of 2021. 1594 01:24:25,060 --> 01:24:27,366 And this has to be confronted 1595 01:24:27,410 --> 01:24:31,631 and there is no issue that supercedes it. 1596 01:24:31,675 --> 01:24:37,768 Every generation has had its challenge it has had to face, 1597 01:24:37,811 --> 01:24:41,728 - and we just have ours now. - [ cheering ] 1598 01:24:41,772 --> 01:24:44,818 We're from California to the Carolinas, 1599 01:24:44,862 --> 01:24:48,126 from Massachusetts to Mississippi, 1600 01:24:48,170 --> 01:24:50,955 from Alaska to Arkansas, 1601 01:24:50,998 --> 01:24:53,436 and we ain't going nowhere! 1602 01:24:53,479 --> 01:24:57,222 [ cheering continues ] 1603 01:24:57,266 --> 01:25:02,271 [ music playing ] 1604 01:25:23,205 --> 01:25:27,339 [ music playing ]