Liz Cheney Kept Christian Nationalism Out of the Jan. 6 Final Report

The January 6 Select Committee’s 845-page final report mentioned Christian Nationalism exactly once—in passing—even though the Capitol attack was saturated with Christian flags, public prayers, biblical imagery, Jericho Marchers, and claims that God had chosen Donald Trump to remain president. 

At the time, figures including Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, and D.C. police officer Daniel Hodges openly acknowledged the religious ideology behind the attack. Yet the final report largely erased it. 

 Now Congressman Jared Huffman has confirmed to me that Vice Chair Liz Cheney was the reason. 

Cheney refused to support a narrative she believed might unfairly associate ordinary Christians with white supremacy. But refusing to name Christian Nationalism didn’t protect Christianity. It protected a dangerous political movement from scrutiny and left the committee’s account fundamentally incomplete. 

We cannot understand January 6—or prevent the next one—if political leaders refuse to identify the ideology that helped make it possible.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw7HJKsbVwk

 

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