AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE
Today is the day over 2,000 Americans assaulted our US Capitol Building sending members of Congress scurrying away to save their lives. It should have been a routine approval of the election results. But it was the ugliest event I’ve witnessed on US soil.
Vandalism
Vice President Pence was under direct attack as was Speaker Pelosi. The assault was so far removed from mere contemptuous speech or even the wicked besmirching of someone character so common nowadays.
Violence
We noticed Christianity on display––well, a form of it anyway. We know American evangelicals voted for Trump in droves. And I’ve seen plenty of hateful remarks toward our current Catholic president and his Baptist Vice President. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. Throughout history, Christians have tortured and killed others who have a different view of Christianity. It seems more about power than love...and all those virtues nice people told me growing up.
Murder
Capitol police were assaulted. Close to 200 people were physically injured. Several died soon after the attack. And some officers committed suicide. Officials don’t seem to count psychological injuries among the injured.
Justice
The wheels of official justice turn as slowly as a zootopian sloth’s mouth, but eventually, many were found guilty and sentenced. They await their liberation from the one many consider the divinely appointed leader of this unofficial Christian nation.
Christianity
The Holy Bible was on display on Jan 6.
Jesus Saves.
Jesus is King appears beneath the Christian flag.
A large wooden cross.
Jesus is my Savior Trump is my President
Does anyone care about decency anymore?
Does anyone care about the saftey of our nations political leaders, judges, and hard working people in government offices?
Reference Notes
Adams (2024) The unholy triad of 2024: Christian nationalism... https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4533035-the-unholy-triad-of-2024-christian-nationalism-jan-6-and-donald-trump/
Boorstein (2021) the Capitol attach ... A kind of Christian revolt https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/07/06/capitol-insurrection-trump-christian-nationalism-shaman/
Cameron (2022). regarding the dead https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-deaths.html
Dalsheim & Starrett (2021). Christian nationalism is downplayed... https://theconversation.com/christian-nationalism-is-downplayed-in-the-jan-6-report-and-collective-memory-189440
Jenkins (2022). How Christian nationalism paved the way for Jan. 6 https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/how-christian-nationalism-paved-way-jan-6
Klemko et al. (2025). The fate of 1,600 Jan 6 defendants https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2025/jan-6-trump-pardons/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f001
Schor (2021). Christianity on display at Capitol riot https://apnews.com/article/christianity-capitol-riot-6f13ef0030ad7b5a6f37a1e3b7b4c898
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