Everything has Changed: Surveying the Inauguration Mood and Entrenchment of Trumpism

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The fourth major shift concerns the Christian right, which in 2016 was still somewhat skeptical of Trump, but now is fully behind him. This is partly due to the revivalist rise of the ‘New Apostolic Reformation,’ a growing network of non-denominational charismatic Christians whose leaders have fostered close ties to Trump; but it also has to do with the rise of influencers like Charlie Kirk [politicalresearch.org], and other ‘TheoBros,’ who have increasingly embraced Christian Nationalism (which scholars have defined as an orientation that sees America as distinctly Christian, including in its political spheres, and works to keep it that way—to the disadvantage of other religious minorities and the separation of church and state).”

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