Episode 5598: The Communist Left's Plan To Destroy America

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Why do the hosts argue that Christian teachings contradict current left‑wing policies?

Unknown 0:00

I think a lot of these people would do well to read the gospels and take those parts of the gospels and actually apply them literally. But they don't. They never, ever talk about Jesus' words, because if they did, they couldn't support the policies they are pushing. Yeah, the least among us, Jesus says to look out for and indeed the hypocrisy here from so many uh of these people is readily apparent. So Congressman, um the title of the book is You know, The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism. You've just diagnosed the problem. So if there is a fight, how is it won? What are a few things that can be done to Yeah, it starts by understanding what we are up against. One of the challenges is that in this country, we're not very good at talking about the intersection of religion and politics.

Unknown 0:50

We show a lot of uh deference. Uh religious liberty is obviously a core value in this country, but it leaves us potentially vulnerable. There's that apocryphal quote uh that is attributed to Sinclair Lewis. When fascism comes, comes to America, it'll be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. And that is exactly why I wanted to write this book. We need a wake-up call. We've got to understand not just the political agenda, but the the actual religious beliefs that animate this movement. And then we've got to come together, whether you're a Christian, a non-Christian, or a non-believer and defend our democracy. There's still time, we can still do it, but this This project is much further along than most people realize and I wanted folks to see what I see and to understand that.

Stephen K. Bannon 1:39

Uh it is uh Tuesday, eighteenth August, in the year of our Lord twenty twenty six. Sean Davis joins us. Natalie be up in in a few minutes. Uh Sean, I had to play that again. A cock Democratic Congressman from um California has written a new book about the rise and power of Christian nationalism. Sinclair Lewis said, When fascism comes to the United States, it'll be draped in a flag and carrying a cross.

What is the premise of the new book about fighting Christian nationalism?

Stephen K. Bannon 2:02

Your observations on that, sir.

Sean Davis 2:05

Uh well I mean that's it's obviously Looney tunes. It was fascinating to me to hear Joe Scarborough say what we really need is to just pick out bits and pieces from the gospel that we agree with and then use those to uh hit people who have different politics than we do over our head. W when Christ is talking about doing under doing unto the least of ours, he's not saying about outsourcing your obligations to the government and then forcibly taking people's money. It's about taking action in your own life with your own money, with your own time to do things. things, which is of course anathema to the left-wing movement in this country that thinks uh individualism is bad, individual charity is wrong, and government can do everything better.

Sean Davis 2:40

I don't recall anything in the Bible about forcibly taking things from people, taking their property so you can give it to people who don't work. I do recall several verses about those who don't work shouldn't eat.

Stephen K. Bannon 2:54

Sean, I want to go back to your piece. Uh, when you say the American dream, f what what are the two or three things that you believe uh in r in a rank order are the things that have destroyed the American dream or access for these younger generations to get access to it and then I'll ask you for solutions on the other side. But just give me the the two or three drivers of the crushing of the American dream.

Sean Davis 3:17

Yeah, so I think number one is mass immigration, both legal and illegal. We are importing replacement level numbers of immigrants to do jobs that Americans once did. And it's because their governments are subsidizing them to come in, work at below market wages, and box out the American workers. So that's number one. Number two is this insane DEI diversity infrastructure that's been placed throughout government and corporate America. That says uh you gotta have rainbow people. If your skin's not the right color, we don't want you. You you need to have a certain amount of diversity points to come work here, regardless of your abilities and capabilities.