When Christian nationalists gathered in Utah last month at "War For Normal" hosted by New Christendom Press, in addition to having access to a vendor selling Nazi and "pro-white" books, they also heard from a variety of far-right speakers. Among them was Stephen Wolfe, author of the book "The Case for Christian Nationalism," who wants to see an "acknowledgement of the lordship of Christ" incorporated into the Constitution while imposing Christian nationalism on the nation.
During a panel discussion at the conference, Wolfe declared that attendees can wield "real power at the local level" by getting involved in their local Republican Party and taking it over, which is something that far-right Christian nationalist activists have been openly advocating for a while.
Wolfe said that the first step is for Christian nationalists to begin to identify one another and gather in small groups to create a "network that would allow people to be politically active."
"I was able to meet at a cigar bar with a friend of mine, and eventually we had 40 guys show up to that," Wolfe said. "We've gone from isolation to now people are meeting in groups and they sat around and they talked and they became friends."
"But now, how do you transition from being guys who were just talking and smoking cigars and drinking to actually doing something?" he continued. "What you need to do is begin thinking about how can I apply these human resources—your friends—to actual political action, by which I mean, perhaps look at your local GOP. Your local GOP is likely [an] average age [of] 65 or 70. If you are 35 or 30 or 25 and you show up and you look like us, they will immediately put you into a leadership position. I'm not exaggerating. They love the fact that you are 25, 30, 40, 50; looking nice. You are in."
"You show up with like 5 or 10 friends, you can take over that GOP," Wolfe proclaimed. "That's not an exaggeration. I've seen it happen. I have friends across the country now doing that very thing. It is happening. We don't talk about it publicly because it's still kind of under the radar, but you can be a part of that as well."
"Let's say next week you're going to meet at this bar or that restaurant or that cigar place," Wolfe advised. "Sit down and say, 'What can we do? What are the opportunities? Is there an election coming up? Oh, you want to run for office? Oh, there's an executive committee position on the district GOP or the county GOP, or I can be a precinct chair.' Whatever it is, you can actually do that. You who don't know anything can show up and [say], 'I want to be a precinct chair.'"
"There's a ton of opportunity in local politics where you can actually do something effective," Wolfe said. "You screaming about national politics on Twitter or Facebook is not doing a whole lot. You can devote that energy to real power at the local level and have significant influence. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not giving a stump speech. It's just true and you guys can do it. Trust me."
