A third of Republicans “strongly embrace the idea that Christianity should be fused with American civic identity.”
They quickly became the Thursday Night Patriots and talked about rumors that the coronavirus vaccine seemed to be causing cancer, which are baseless, and their beliefs that President Biden’s election was suspect and that racism was being overblown in public schools. They began using a curriculum for studying the Constitution that emphasized self-defense, free enterprise and above all the belief that America was founded to be — and should remain — a Christian country.
“The forces of darkness are hitting us really hard right now,” Mastriano told a few hundred people last month at a church parking lot rally in Pennsburg. “We’re going to bring the state back to righteousness, this is our day, our hour to take our state back and renew the blessings of America.”are not just challenging another candidate but God. “When you’re against God’s plan, there is nothing that will stop it, and they are very worried right now that there is nothing that’s going to stop this.
“It’s not Ralph Reed like a general sitting somewhere behind the front with electoral maps and polling data and voter files,” Gorski said, referring to the veteran political consultant and first leader of the Christian Coalition. “Mastriano represents this heroic figure, standing alone in defense of freedom, breaking all the rules.”
Chris Nicholas, a longtime Republican consultant in Pennsylvania, said the GOP is attracting more blue-collar Protestants and pro-labor Catholics by being more positive about fracking and the energy industry, and more accepting of religion and those who oppose abortion than Democrats, he said.“[Mastriano’s] hardcore supporters have a fervor that is very much like a religious movement,” he said. “But a lot of these folks don’t understand the Constitution.
Mastriano’s spokespeople did not return multiple messages for comment. Security staffers with him at the Pennsburg rally refused to let the The Washington Post near the candidate, and his assistant turned down an interview request.In Pennsburg, Mastriano supporters had been rallying in a baking parking lot for four hours when Mastriano arrived. Tall, bald and broad, wearing a tight T-shirt and jeans, he strode onstage. “Our promised land is Pennsylvania,” he said with a smile.
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