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2 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
White Jesus in a #MAGA hat is perhaps my new front-runner for perfect encapsulation of Christian Nationalism in #Election2020
That absurd portrait is deeply problematic without the MAGA addition. Asked about the relationship between Christianity and white supremacy, Prof. @AntheaButler said, “It’s a huge relationship. Every time you see a white Jesus you see white supremacy.”
religiondispatches.org/fundraising-fo…
Other entries for best Christian Nationalist photo of #Election2020 include

1. Idaho's absurd Lieutenant Governor:
2. I thought this would be the clear winner:
"Trump 2020: Fuck Your Feelings" flag flying over a much smaller Jesus statue/shrine. *chef's kiss*
3. And, of course, this one from June. Even though it five months seems like a lifetime ago:

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Andrew 🗳️VOTE EARLY🗳️ Seidel Profile picture
4 Nov
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is about to hear argument in a case that might weaponinze religious freedom. Not only could it make "because god" a license to discriminate, it might also give discriminating religious orgs a right to contract with the government to provide services.
This case is not about faith, but whether adhering one particular brand of conservative Christianity is right that Trump's all others, including the rights of other Americans. This is about codifying Christian privilege in the Constitution.
The goal is to rewrite or redefine the Constitution so that it creates two classes of people: Christians and everyone else. Or to be more accurate, the right kind of conservative Christian, and everyone else.
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Andrew 🗳️VOTE EARLY🗳️ Seidel Profile picture
4 Oct
I'm getting tons of questions about what happens if Trump dies before the election? Or after? Is it Pence or can GOP just pick anyone they want? 25th Amendment? And every possible variation of these Qs and more. I'm a constitutional attorney and I'll answer them all now.
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These procedural questions are fascinating and the short answer is that there is not a lot of precedent for most of what people want to ask. There are so many variables, so many unknowns, and so much could change between now and the inauguration. So there's a lot we don't know.
But we know enough. We know that if Biden wins—and especially if he wins in a landslide—none of these questions matter.

So...that is the answer to everything. Stop fretting over hypotheticals and do something. Vote early. Donate. Volunteer.

First, go to IWillVote.com
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Andrew 🗳️VOTE EARLY🗳️ Seidel Profile picture
26 Sep
Let’s talk about Amy Coney Barrett, not her religion, but her pattern of saying that when personal religion and professional responsibilities collide, her religious beliefs take precedence.

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That pattern is extensive, beginning in at least 1998 with an article on Catholic judges in which she raises the very issue the GOP is complaining about. But first...
The most important thing you need to know about Barrett is that she is accepting this nomination. RBG is not even buried yet and Barrett is down for the partisan power grab. She’s confessing to partisanship and that she lacks the integrity for the job.
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Andrew 🗳️VOTE EARLY🗳️ Seidel Profile picture
17 Sep
I am listening to the White House Conference on American History and it is batshit crazy. This is absolutely nuts.
A taste from Peter Wood on the protests: “Riots appear to be planned, staffed, scheduled for nights on end. These are not spontaneous, … but well staged … they run according to a well-rehearsed script. Who rights that script? The answer is obvious.” Then he blamed professors.
Quotes are not exact, sorry. Double check them all.

The moderator is Larry Arn, who runs Hillsdale College.
Read about it here: rightwingwatch.org/post/hillsdale…
(by @petemont)

HC gave Pence an honorary degree, and his speech was . . . inaccurate.
patheos.com/blogs/freethou…
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10 Sep
Trump's latest SCOTUS shortlist additions have a dangerous lack of judicial experience. Some of them are well known in legal circles (Clement, Landau, Francisco), but there are only two on the list with any real judicial experience, Bade and Lagoa (mostly low level state judge).
Here's their years of experience ON THE BENCH

Bade: 8.5
Cameron: 0
Clement: 0
Cotton: 0
Cruz: 0
Duncan: 2.5
Engel: 0
Francisco: 0
Hawley: 0
Ho: <3
Katsas: <3
Lagoa: 14 (12as low level FL judge)
Landau: 0
Muñiz: 1.5
Pacold: 1
Phipps: 2
Pitlyk: <1
Rushing: <2
Todd: 0
VanDyke: 0.5
Half have no experience. The average is less than 2 years EACH. If you leave off the two experienced outliers, there's only 16.5 years of experience spread across 18 possible nominees: an average of 11 MONTHS of experience each. For a lifetime appointment on the highest court.
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Andrew 🗳️VOTE EARLY🗳️ Seidel Profile picture
21 Aug
As the #DemConvention reaches out to religious voters think on this:t in 2018 nonreligious voters were 17% of the electorate, up 55% since 2006. Voters who don't go church is surging, from 18 percent in 2014 to 27 percent in 2018, another big jump of 50%.
rewire.news/article/2018/1…
The electorate’s trend away from religion is going to continue and probably accelerate. This is a growing and untapped reservoir of political power.

Nonreligious Americans are among the most excited and generous volunteers and activists:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
But tonight, I've heard one mention of nonreligious Americans. In all the amazing diversity the #DemConvention is showing, one mention.

Only one, for the biggest or one of the biggest demographics supporting the Dem party.

friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/05/15/non…
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