Thread by @ExposingALEC

1) Paul Weyrich: The Man Who Framed the Republican Party web.archive.org/web/2006101303… After Goldwater's defeat, Weyrich and his colleagues didn't waste any time. They formed the New Right and began the long, steady march to expand the base of their party

2) Weyrich focused on members of evangelical churches: a large, mostly apolitical constituency. Obviously, the New Right wasn't going to win over all evangelicals. Some were downright liberal.The New Right targeted members of fundamentalist, Pentecostal and charismatic churches

3) Goldwater lamented "the religious extremists whose interpretation is narrow, and who want to destroy everybody who doesn't agree with them. (They are) betrayers of the fundamental principles of conservatism. A lot of so-called conservatives today don't know what the word means

4) Goldwater's brand of conservatism couldn't win the White House because people counted on receiving their social security checks in their old age.

5) And without necessarily understanding the complexities of government regulation, people continued to favor protections for the environment, public health, and worker safety.

Weyrich summarized his plan in 5 steps👇

6) How do you politicize a constituency that is mostly apolitical? And how do you get members of that constituency to join the political party that least represents their economic interests?

By Christianizing America. By spreading the gospel in a political context.

7) Weyrich asked "Do you want to return to the way it was before the religious right became part of the GOP coalition? If that happens, the Republican Party will be dead. Its majorities in both the House and Senate would evaporate and (it) would be unable to elect a President."

8) As Heubeck wrote in Conquering by Stealth and Deception: How the Dominionists Are Succeeding in Their Quest for National Control and World Power:

"Weyrich's plan has actually been instituted all around us...👇