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Triumph Of The Unlearned And Uneducated

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Kyle Mantyla
  • In the wake of the overwhelming Democratic victories in the midterm elections, Shane Vaughn is lamenting that American citizens have the power to elect their own representatives: "Every election I understand more and more why our founding fathers at the Philadelphia convention tried every way in the world to keep the common unlearned and uneducated man out of a voting booth."
  • Todd Starnes is likewise upset about the election results: "Only 17 percent of evangelicals voted in the midterm election. It was projected that 81 percent of Muslims voted. Soon, even the Baptists will be wearing burkas."
  • Jim Garlow says that "Americans do not realize they are committing national suicide."
  • Mark Meckler is calling on Republicans in Congress to use the lame duck period to pass a wave of legislation before Democrats get in power and "trash the country we love": "Use the power.  All of it.  Every single bit.  Right now."
  • Ben Zeisloft declares that "if we understand our Bibles, we should see rule by Muslims, communists, and women as signs of divine judgment against our wicked nation."
  • James Fishback is siding with the Empire from "Star Wars."
  • Finally, Joel Webbon proclaims that the Christian nationalist plan to seize power "does not require a majority vote": "I'm not saying that we will win through democracy. I'm just saying that we'll win."
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Shane Vaughn
Joel Webbon

Joel Webbon

Joel Webbon is a hard-core Christian nationalist who believes women should not have the right to vote and Jews should not be able to hold public office. Along with Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers, former Trump administration official William Wolfe, and others, Webbon contributed to “The Statement on Christian Nationalism and the Gospel," which declared that the United States must formally “acknowledge the Lordship of Christ” in all its laws, “abolish abortion,” outlaw marriage equality, and “recapture our national sovereignty from godless, global entities who present a grave threat to civilization.”
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Todd Starnes

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. 
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Jim Garlow

Jim Garlow is an anti-LGBTQ activist who made a national name for himself by helping to mobilizing churches against marriage equality in California. He has since played a number of roles in the religious-right movement. During the MAGA era he has become an ardent Trump supporter, serving on the faith advisory board for Trump's 2016 campaign. During the turmoil after the 2020 election, Garlow started a series of prayer calls designed to help keep Trump in power. The World Prayer Network calls have continued as venues for religious-right organizing and MAGA propaganda. 
Ben Zeisloft speaking in front of a cross

Ben Zeisloft

Ben Zeisloft is a far-right writer and reporter who has worked for far-right outlets including the Daily Wire.