This 2/22/21 piece by @anelson is a crucial historical document. It does what @January6thCmte failed to do: detail Christian Right involvement in Stop the Steal. The Council for National policy (CNP) is the Christian Right’s umbrella group. 1/ washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/
The Council for National Policy’s status as an umbrella group means that the leaders of many (maybe most) other prominent Christian Right organizations are members. The Christofascist assault on America is coordinated. #Christofascism#CNP 2/
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a massive underreported Christian dominionist movement that was heavily involved in Stop the Steal & Jan 6 too. I haven’t yet researched whether the NAR’s top leaders (Wallnau, Garlow, Sheets, Jacobs, Barton) belong to the CNP. 3/
4/ But there are organizations to which these NAR have belonged, such as United in Purpose (UIP), whose leaders belong to the CNP. UIP was founded by CNP member Bill Dallas. NAR leader Jim Garlow has sat on the board of a UIP entity.
5/ I can’t get the link to my United in Purpose article to open. I’ll look into it. But this tweet links to it.
The “parental rights” dogma arose from the idea that children are property of parents & have no rights — if you want to beat your kids or send them to conversion therapy, the government has no right to interfere. This is at the heart of Christian fundamentalist thinking. 1/
“Michael Farris, a [Christian extremist] homeschooling advocate, founded ParentalRights.org in 2009 to oppose the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 2009.” Here’s a quote from Farris’s book, the Joshua Generation. 2/
Farris’s nonprofit has “led efforts to strip away basic legal protections 4 homeschooled children in every state. Today, it is legal in 48 states 4 a person convicted of crimes against children to homeschool their own children w/o any restrictions…”. 3/ responsiblehomeschooling.org/when-parents-h…
Know your extremists. Attorney Michael Farris is a religious zealot who tried to overthrow the 2020 election, endorsed Mark Meadows (who burned documents) for the position of chief of staff, & mentored Jenna Ellis who was recently censured 4 spreading BS about election fraud. 1/
3/ Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was “endorsed by [evangelical extremist lawyer] Michael Farris, a member of the CNP’s Board of Governors and the President & current CEO of the Alliance Defending Freedom.” By @anelsona , April 2020 #Christofascism 3/ thedailybeast.com/what-is-trump-…
“Stop the Steal” needed Council for National Policy (CNP) leaders for infrastructure, messaging, and logistics. They needed Christian megachurch & “tent revival” leaders (including NAR leaders & the likes of Pastor Locke) to fill their rallies. 1/
2/ NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) leaders Lance Wallnau & Dutch Sheets w/ pastors Kunneman & someone whose name I forgot.
“Stop the Steal” needed Council for National Policy (CNP) leaders for infrastructure, messaging, and logistics. They needed Christian “tent revival” leaders (including NAR leaders & the likes of Pastor Locke) to fill their rallies. 1/
2/ NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) leaders Lance Wallnau & Dutch Sheets w/ pastors Kunneman & someone whose name I forgot.
“When on Nov. 4, Ali Alexander floated the idea of rebooting the Stop the Steal campaign, … baselessly claiming that the election had been stolen…, he called on key CNP members including Tom Fitton, Amy Kremer, Ed Martin, and Charlie Kirk.” 1/12/21 1/ rightwingwatch.org/post/how-ginni…
The CNP = the Council for National Policy. It is an umbrella and strategy organization for Christian Right leaders & billionaires. 2/
“Alexander was sometimes known as ‘Ali Akbar,’ the name he was listed under as a member of the CNP on 2017 & 2018 rosters. He began to use the name ‘Alexander’ after pleading guilty to two counts of felony in 2007 and 2008.” By @anelsona 2/22/21 3/ washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/
Trump had Nick Fuentes & Ye over for dinner and then pretended he hadn’t expected Fuentes & didn’t know who he was. #provocateurs#plausibledeniability 1/