Nearly all the candidates running for the GOP nomination in 2024 got a chance to speak at Ralph Reed’s “Road to Majority” conference. Some seemed to get more time than others. But if you want to get a glimpse of […]
Archives for June 2023
Nikki Haley is running as a common sense conservative in a political party that has abandoned common sense
Former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley was in Washington D.C. yesterday to speak to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference. Her walkout music was Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” Watch: Like some of the […]
Episode 113: The “Jesus Revolution”
In this episode we talk to historian Larry Eskridge about the film “Jesus Revolution.” Eskridge, the author of God’s Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America, places the film in context, discusses the legacy of the Jesus People Movement for […]
Kari Lake at the Road to Majority conference: Let’s “make sure we get that brash New Yorker back in the White House”
Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake spoke at Ralph Reed’s Road to Majority conference earlier today. Some of you may remember when Mark Driscoll anointed her with oil. Watch: Lake is all in for Trump in 2024: “I’m looking forward […]
Ron DeSantis to evangelicals: “Put on the full armor of God”
Florida governor Ron DeSantis spoke yesterday at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference. DeSantis’s speech might be titled, “Woke, Woke, Woke.” It seems like DeSantis was given more time than the other presidential candidates who spoke yesterday. […]
Conservative evangelicals boo Chris Christie after he delivers a speech on character that was rooted in biblical and Christian teaching
Chris Christie came to the Road to Majority conference to discuss–surprise!– presidential character. Earlier in the day Ralph Reed, the conference host, rejected the idea that conservative evangelicals were part of a Trump “cult.” He said that Christians do not […]
Tim Scott hopes that he can win the GOP nomination by playing his own version of the race card
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference. Watch: It looks like Scott is going to run as Black conservative at a time when most conservatives believe that Democrats are dividing the […]
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson endorses Trump in 2024
Mark Robinson is running for governor of North Carolina. Watch his speech at Ralph Reed’s Road to Majority conference: Robinson was the first non-candidate to make an endorsement: The right move [for America] is to get someone into office who […]
Asa Hutchinson: A 1980s-style conservative evangelical and a seemingly good guy with no chance at winning the GOP nomination
Yesterday former Arkansas governor and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson visited the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority 2023 conference. Watch: Like most of these candidates, Hutchinson established his evangelical credentials. Let me pause at this moment to […]
Lindsey Graham keeps pushing his 15-week abortion ban
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham came to pay his respects to the Christian Right at the rally known as “Road to Majority.” Abortion was the focus of his speech. Watch: Graham attacks a new bill introduced by House Democrats called […]
Vivek Ramaswamy’s does a nice job articulating a basic conservative message, but as a Hindu he’ll have a hard time resonating with the Christian Right
Businessman and author Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at Ralph Reed’s “Road to Majority” conference. The director of the Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition introduced him by saying that he was responsible for removing Don Lemon from CNN. Ramaswamy says that he […]
Josh Hawley’s conservative populism was on full display at Road to Majority 2023
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley made a visit on Friday to the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority 2023” conference. Watch: If you watched the speech you can see that Hawley wasted no time identifying with the crowd: I’m proud […]
Mike Pence at Road to Majority 2023
Mike Pence was the first 2024 GOP presidential candidate to speak at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference this weekend. Pence’s walkout music was Kid Rock’s “Born Free.” The applause was sparse. Watch his speech: After listening […]
Alveda King on those who say America is not a Christian nation: “What malarkey!”
Avelda King is Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, outspoken leader of the Christian Right, and Trump court evangelical. Watch her speech at Ralph Reed’s “Road to Majority 2023” conference today: A few comments: King believes she is an officer in […]
The Christian Right “Road to Majority” conference opens with a sermon: “Blacks have become the cheap prostitutes of the Democratic Party”
Ralph Reed’s Christian Right gathering this weekend began with a sermon by Black preacher John M. Amanchukwu. Amanchukwu is a former North Carolina State football player, a graduate of Liberty University, and appears on shows such as The Charlie Kirk […]
Ralph Reed opens the “Road Majority Conference”: Christians should be “at the top, and not the bottom, of our political system”
The God and country crowd is gathered at the Washington D.C. Hilton this weekend for the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Conference.” Christian Right political activist Ralph Reed founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition in 2009 to oppose […]
Umberto Eco on books and libraries
The Italian historian, cultural critic, and novelist Umberto Eco is one of the great thinkers of our time. Next week a film about his life and library opens in New York. It is titled “Umberto Eco: A Library of the […]
David Brooks makes a Kuyperian argument against the LA Dodgers
Here is the The New York Times columnist: If I walked onto the field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and stomped on a Dodger’s uniform on home plate, I hope that the Dodgers and their fans would be upset. […]
Current writers join a Politico forum on post-Roe America
Last year Politico asked twenty thinkers to respond to the end of Roe v. Wade. Today Politico asked the same twenty people to reflect on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Current editors and […]
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