Daily Kos - Christian nationalism is in full swing after Donald Trump’s Thursday announcement of a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias,” as well as a new White House Faith Office led by right-wing televangelist and Trump spiritual adviser Paula White.
The president made the announcement at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., where he claimed without any evidence that Christians are under attack in the United States—and that he will save them.
"The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the DOJ, which was absolutely terrible, the IRS, the FBI, terrible, and other agencies," Trump said. "In addition, the task force will work to fully prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide."
Trump added, “While I’m in the White House, we will protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares. And we will bring our country back together as one nation under God.”
Far from being a persecuted minority, Christians are the largest religious group in the United States, with 68% of Americans identifying as Christian, according to Gallup data from March. And as for actual religious persecution, it's actually Jews—who make up just 2% of the population—who faced the vast majority of hate crimes in 2023, according to data from the Department of Justice.
Christians overwhelmingly backed Trump in the 2024 election, with 63% of Protestants and other Christian denominations and 59% of Catholics supporting Trump, according to exit poll data.
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