Zany Misadventures in Great Replacements

Pennsylvania Republican Doug Mastriano wrapped himself in a traditional Jewish prayer shawl and blew a shofar blast on a ram’s horn to launch his gubernatorial primary campaign on Jan. 8, 2022 (Screenshot/Rumble, Right Side Broadcasting Network)

“If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion,” proclaimed General Mike Flynn to the sanctuary of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, packed with QAnon devotees, Infowarriors, white supremacists, Christian nationalists, the economically anxious, and assorted other superpatriotic conservatives on Nov. 13, 2021 CE. “One nation under God, and one religion under God.”

The Republican Party has been waging a Crusade against modernity for the better part of a century, even before adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance on Flag Day, 1954, and is showing no signs of letting up. There is simply no point being subtle, as proven by the messianic mishegoss in Pennsylvania:

When Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano kicked-off his primary campaign on Jan. 8, he donned a tallit and blew a shofar, despite not being Jewish. The use of Jewish holy objects was not a one-off affair: The state senator attended the “Patriots Arise for God and Country” rally in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in May, when nine event leaders blew the shofar to begin the event. “We have the power of God with us,” Mastriano said at the rally, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “We have Jesus Christ that we’re serving here. He’s guiding and directing our steps.”… But to Richard Tems, a Doylestown resident and member…