Fuck it, Thread time. If you don't understand how this is a culmination of the last 60 years of the American Evangelical and The Moral Majority as a socioeconomic movement let me offer some insight.
As a good primer I suggest reading @C_Stroop 's piece on the Christo-facsist McCarthyism of the Graham's dating back to the 50s as they explain the foundation for TMM better than I ever could. chrisstroop.com/2018/05/30/aut…