MAGA Claims of 'Massive Religious Revival' Meticulously Debunked

MAGA claims of 'massive religious revival' meticulously debunked

Christian nationalist themes were alive and well at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 gathering at the Phoenix Convention Center, which found Vice President JD Vance declaring that the United States "always will be a Christian nation." But that claim was debunked by MS NOW's Steve Benen, who noted what the Founding Fathers had to say on the subject — for example, John Adams, in 1797, writing that "The government of the United States of Americ…

'Blunt reality': MAGA betting on 'imaginary religious awakening' that isn't happening

MAGA has bet on a Christian revival in hopes that it can drum up its base for the midterms — but so far that hasn't happened. Turning Point USA's AmericaFest had that portrait of the Republican party on full display, Salon's Amanda Marcotte described in an opinion piece published Wednesday."The blunt reality is that AmericaFest wasn’t just overtly religious — it was steeped in Christian nationalism. They equated being an American with being a Ch…