Materials the House Jan. 6 committee released during its final days show a deeper link between Christian nationalism and the attempted insurrection than the committee revealed in its final report. These documents raise questions about whether the committee adequately probed these ties and informed the public about them.
At the core of these details is the role of the Jericho March coalition, which organized a large rally on the National Mall on Dec. 12, 2020, followed by smaller events leading up to the Capitol attack on Jan. 6.
As I reported in January 2021, the Jericho March was founded by two activists, one evangelical and one Catholic, who claimed that the election had been stolen from Trump, that God wanted them to “let the church roar,” and that God would ultimately reveal the election was fraudulent. The Dec. 12 event, emceed by popular evangelical author Eric Metaxas, provided a megaphone for Trump’s evangelical and Catholic supporters (including Metaxas), who believed that God wanted spiritual warriors to fight the “deep state” on Trump’s behalf. The president even flew over the march in Marine One.
The committee’s report is shy about the religious motivation of the Jericho March and its organizers.
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