In Texas, Right Wing Rage Takes a Dark Turn: War On White America

Published: June 13, 2024, 9 a.m.

An influential group called the True Texas Project is hosting a conference in July that will actively promote Christian Nationalism and the racist great replacement theory, the\xa0Texas Tribune\xa0reports. The group, which subscribes to the idea of a \u201cwar on white America,\u201d has ties to many Texas GOP officials, the report says, including Senator Ted Cruz and Attorney General Ken Paxton, a major supporter of Donald Trump. We talked to Sarah Posner, author of\xa0several books on the religious right, who sheds much-needed light on this ugly tangle far right ideologies\u2014and how they\u2019re being mainstreamed at the highest levels of Republican power.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices