The Latest

Pinocchio Syndrome

Round-up logo
Round-up
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Lance Wallnau is offering tickets to a private dinner at which he says he'll reveal details about how he has "been in Washington doing interesting things" behind the scenes.
  • Mark Meckler praises Israel for "conducting the most singular humanitarian urban warfare campaign ever conducted in history."
  • David Lane decries "The Pinocchio Syndrome" in which a person "1) Habitually lies, often compulsively or pathologically, 2) Exhibits signs of dishonesty, such as nervousness, inconsistent stories, or over-explaining, and/or 3) May believe their falsehoods, blurring the line between truth and fabrication." Lane meant it as an attack on the Biden administration, but it perfectly describes President Donald Trump.
  • Rick Green claims that his Patriot Academy campus will soon become its own town: Constitution City, Texas.
  • Finally, Jason Rapert is urging Christian conservatives to "please pray about running for office at every level of government": "God called Moses to be a political leader. God called David to be a political leader. God sent Paul to engage political leaders. Jesus himself publicly called out political and spiritual leaders. Why are you sitting on the sidelines?"
On the Watchlist

Lance Wallnau

A former oil executive turned right-wing evangelist, Wallnau is a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and a leading proponent of Seven Mountains Dominionism, which seeks to place right-wing Christians atop the seven primary “mountains” that shape society: government, education, media, arts and entertainment, family, religion, and business.
Shadowy figure

David Lane

David Lane is a Christian nationalist political operative who has spent decades organizing conservative pastors to promote right-wing politics and politicians. He preaches that the U.S. has a divine mission to advance the Christian faith. He called the separation of church and state a “lie” and a “fabricated whopper” designed to stop “Christian America—the moral majority—from imposing moral government on pagan public schools, pagan higher learning and pagan media.” He has said that the Christian church's response to the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 should have been to initiate "riots, revolution, and repentance.” Lane has close ties to Republican officials; Donald Trump attended one of Lane's events as a 2016 presidential candidate.

Rick Green

Jason Rapert

A former Arkansas state legislator, Rapert launched the National Association of Christian Lawmakers in 2019. As its name suggested, the NACL is a Christian nationalist organization that seeks to “take authority” over every level of government and spread its worldview “across the nation.”

Mark Meckler

Mark Meckler is a right-wing activist and pundit.  Meckler leaders the Convention of States project, which wants to rewrite the U.S. Constitution and, he says, reverse more than a century of progressive policies. Meckler promotes bogus Christian nationalist history and MAGA conspiracy theories.