Josh Hawley Quotes a White Nationalist Publication on July 4th

[wing2000]

Josh Hawley, "the GOP lawmaker — who majored in history at Stanford, before getting a law degree from Yale — honored Independence Day by publishing a tweet that quoted Patrick Henry saying the United States was “founded ... on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Henry, however, never said any such thing: Hawley was actually quoting a report from a white nationalist publication that ran in 1956 — more than a century and a half after the founding father’s death."

Josh Hawley falls in a hole, finds a shovel, and keeps digging

Josh Hawley got caught trying to deceive the public with a fake quote about the U.S. being a Christian nation. His response to the flap made matters worse.

www.msnbc.com

Complete quote:
“this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Historian Seth Cotlar noted that the quotation actually came from the April 1956 issue of a virulently antisemitic white nationalist magazine, The Virginian.

July 5, 2023

Yesterday the official account of the Republican National Committee tweeted Independence Day greetings with a graphic of the Liberian flag, which has one star, rather than that of the United States, which has fifty. Even more troubling was the tweet from Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) attributing to...

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[essentialsaltes]

It's a great demonstration that Christian Nationalism is a relatively new idea, and those seeking to smash it into the mouths of those who founded a secular republic will find themselves promoting falsehoods (if not worse, i.e. racism and fascism).

 

[Hammster]

Looks like a very desperate attempt to paint Sen. Hawley as a racists. Pretty sad.

 

[public hermit]

The Constitution and Declaration are Enlightenment/secular documents that do not mention Jesus Christ ("the year of our Lord" is about as close as it gets to a mention). They certainly don't entail anything that would support the idea that their purpose was to form a "Christian nation," whatever that's supposed to mean. The Declaration mentions God and the divine, but the signers understood "God" in various ways and were not all confessing Christians.

The kingdoms of this world depend on the use of force to secure their power, which is contrary to Christ whose kingdom operates through love. In essence, those who want a "Christian nation" via the power and force of government are rejecting the kingdom of God.

 

[DaisyDay]

Looks like a very desperate attempt to paint Sen. Hawley as a racists. Pretty sad.

He is a highly educated man, yet he chose to use that quote and misattributed it. He has a degree in history so he knows how to check a quote for validity.

 

[Hammster]

He is a highly educated man, yet he chose to use that quote and misattributed it. He has a degree in history so he knows how to check a quote for validity.

Ah. That makes him a racist. I see.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Ah. That makes him a racist. I see.

I think you're the only one in this thread (OP article included) to label him as such.

 

[Hammster]

I think you're the only one in this thread (OP article included) to label him as such.

I didn’t do that. Not sure why you’d lie about that.

 

[DaisyDay]

Ah. That makes him a racist. I see.

Does it? That's your label, as @RocksInMyHead mentioned.

 

[Belk]

I didn’t do that. Not sure why you’d lie about that.

Ah. That makes him a racist. I see.

You did so literally two posts before this. That you meant it ironically is irrelevent to your doing so.

 

[Hammster]

Does it? That's your label, as @RocksInMyHead mentioned.

I guess you aren’t understanding the subtext in the OP.

 

[Hammster]

You did so literally two posts before this. That you meant it ironically is irrelevent to your doing so.

No, it’s not. Not even close.

 

[essentialsaltes]

I'm actually colonel triggered by factual inaccuracies.

 

[Belk]

No, it’s not. Not even close.

Ah. That makes him a racist. I see.

 

[wing2000]

I guess you aren’t understanding the subtext in the OP.

Do tell Hammster. Are you mind reader?

From my perpective, a U.S. Senator, with a History degree from Standford, knows exactly what he is doing when he misattributes a quote to Patrick Henry.

Maybe you should ask the Senator what his intent was.

 

[Hammster]

Do tell Hammster. Are you mind reader?

From my perpective, a U.S. Senator, with a History degree from Standford, knows exactly what he is doing when he misattributes a quote to Patrick Henry.

Maybe you should ask the Senator what his intent was.

Did you read your thread title?

 

[wing2000]

Did you read your thread title?

Yes, I wrote it.

 

[Hammster]

Yes, I wrote it.

Then I don’t understand your confusion.

 

[wing2000]

Then I don’t understand your confusion.

I am not confused.

The op thread makes a statement of fact.

Hawley was actually quoting a report from a white nationalist publication that ran in 1956 — more than a century and a half after the founding father’s death."

 

[Hammster]

I am not confused.

The op thread makes a statement of fact.

Hawley was actually quoting a report from a white nationalist publication that ran in 1956 — more than a century and a half after the founding father’s death."

Okay. So you have the evidence that he actually got the quote from that publication, and not somewhere else. My mistake. I’ll just take a mea culpa and wait for that evidence.