Stop Christian Nationalism

Pam Bondi and the Power Politics of Christian Nationalism


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When Donald Trump moved on to Pam Bondi for US Attorney General after the Matt Gaetz train wreck, many Americans overlooked the extremist Christian Nationalism of both nominees.

Pam Bondi came into political prominence by advocating for a ballot proposition that would have changed the Constitution of the state of Florida to require the state government to begin public funding of churches and other blatantly religious organizations.

Now, Pam Bondi is Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next Attorney General of the United States, giving her the power of the US Department of Justice to impose Christianity on all Americans. Pam Bondi would sacrifice equality under the law in order to transform the US federal government into a Christian theocracy.

Pam Bondi is just one of a huge retinue of Christian Nationalist extremists ready to use the levers of power in the US federal government to provide special favors to Christian church leaders who helped Donald Trump get elected. It’s political corruption of the worst kind, and under Pam Bondi, the people who are supposed to be investigation the corruption will instead be participating in it.

The theocratic maneuvers by Pam Bondi and other Christian Nationalists under Donald Trump are just the latest example of the way that Christianity operates as a tool for concentration of power. It’s been that way since Christianity partnered with the Roman Empire in order to spread itself around the world at the end of a sword.

In 2025, it appears that the United States of America is preparing to repeat that history of bloody religious repression.

You’ve enjoyed a period of rest after the election of 2024, but now, it’s January 2. The transfer of power to Republican Christian Nationalists has begun.

We can no longer avoid the news, pretending that as long as we don’t pay attention, everything will work itself out somehow.

It’s time to ask yourself: What are you going to do to stand against the rise of Christian Nationalist fascism in the USA?

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