Heidi Przybyla: If You Believe that Your Rights Come from God, You Aren’t a Christian, You Are a Christian Nationalist

Steele So on the ░░░░░░░░ side Heidi you ve ░░░░░░░░ the new Speaker Mike ░░░░░░░░ who s not afraid ░░░░░░░░ wear his Christianity on ░░░░░░░░ sleeve his collar his ░░░░░░░░ his head wherever he ░░░░░░░░ wear it How do ░░░░░░░░ react to that How ░░░░░░░░ they responding to this ░░░░░░░░ strong infusion of Christian ░░░░░░░░ into the body politic ░░░░░░░░ the House PRZYBYLA You ░░░░░░░░ I ve talked with ░░░░░░░░ lot of experts on ░░░░░░░░ and I ve seen ░░░░░░░░ myself with my reporting ░░░░░░░░ which is that the ░░░░░░░░ of the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ shifted right Remember when ░░░░░░░░ ran in 2016 a ░░░░░░░░ of the mainline evangelicals ░░░░░░░░ nothing to do with ░░░░░░░░ divorced you know real ░░░░░░░░ mogul Steele Right PRZYBYLA ░░░░░░░░ cheated on his wife ░░░░░░░░ a porn star and ░░░░░░░░ of that right So ░░░░░░░░ happened was he was ░░░░░░░░ by this more extremist ░░░░░░░░ You re going to ░░░░░░░░ words like Christian nationalism ░░░░░░░░ the new apostolic reformation ░░░░░░░░ are groups that you ░░░░░░░░ get very very schooled ░░░░░░░░ because they have a ░░░░░░░░ of power in Trump ░░░░░░░░ circle and the one ░░░░░░░░ that unites all of ░░░░░░░░ because there s many ░░░░░░░░ groups orbiting Trump but ░░░░░░░░ thing that unites them ░░░░░░░░ Christian nationalists not Christians ░░░░░░░░ the way because Christian ░░░░░░░░ is very different is ░░░░░░░░ they believe that our ░░░░░░░░ as Americans as all ░░░░░░░░ beings don t come ░░░░░░░░ any earthly authority They ░░░░░░░░ t come from Congress ░░░░░░░░ don t come from ░░░░░░░░ Supreme Court they come ░░░░░░░░ God The problem with ░░░░░░░░ is that they are ░░░░░░░░ man men crosstalk Steele ░░░░░░░░ hmm Yeah yeah PRZYBYLA ░░░░░░░░ are determining what God ░░░░░░░░ telling them And in ░░░░░░░░ past that so called ░░░░░░░░ law is you know ░░░░░░░░ s a pillar of ░░░░░░░░ Steele Mm hmm PRZYBYLA ░░░░░░░░ instance it s been ░░░░░░░░ for good in social ░░░░░░░░ campaigns Steele Right PRZYBYLA ░░░░░░░░ Luther King evoked it ░░░░░░░░ talking about civil rights ░░░░░░░░ now you have an ░░░░░░░░ element of conservative Christians ░░░░░░░░ say that this applies ░░░░░░░░ to issues including abortion ░░░░░░░░ marriage and it s ░░░░░░░░ much further than that ░░░░░░░░ you see for instance ░░░░░░░░ a ruling in Alabama ░░░░░░░░ Right PRZYBYLA this week ░░░░░░░░ judges connected to that ░░░░░░░░ faction Steele Mm hmm ░░░░░░░░ in talking about a ░░░░░░░░ of other issues including ░░░░░░░░ IVF you know sex ░░░░░░░░ in schools there s ░░░░░░░░ lot in addition.”