Project 2025: A Quick Update on my Convo with Jamie Raskin
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Last night, I had a thirty minute Zoom call with Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and a member of his staff. I got my weird fangirling out of the way immediately (I hope), and we launched into my background. Why do I call Project 2025 a Christo-fascist manifesto?
We chatted a bit about how I grew up and how that led me to pick up Project 2025. Regular readers know that I believe a Christo-fascist theocracy is the framers’ objective, but that’s a harder sell to an academic constitutional lawyer who represents a Maryland district in Congress.
From the beginning, I’ve said Democrats have failed to understand their enemy. One of our biggest failings has been misunderstanding what words mean when Christian Nationalists say them. I ran through a couple of examples with him.
Our conversation was productive. I don’t want to recount the whole thing, because I respect his candor and generosity with his very limited time.
Bottom line: He believes there are several ways I can apply my lens to what Democrats are doing to defeat Project 2025. We discussed those. I’ll let readers know more as they happen. Anyone who knows me knows how determined I am to make things happen.
This Substack is now being read by staffers on Rep. Raskin’s and Rep. Huffman’s teams. There’s a lot here for them to digest. They know I’m available as a resource. We established that through back-and-forths last night once our Zoom meeting concluded.
How can you help?
So many of you have told me how this space has altered the way you see Christian Nationalism. It has given you better tools to process what they do and say. If you could drop a couple of lines in a comment about a specific newsletter or takeaway that stands out to you, those comments would be good breadcrumbs to help this team get started. You’re a lot further along than they are. What you didn’t know but have learned could help swiftly get them up to speed.
Thank you Andra for the update. Your recent Substack “The Most Hateful Man Who Ever Lived?” Is an excellent read and includes overviews other key tenets that embody Christian Nationalism. The most important thing I learned from reading your work is the real threat Project 2025 is to our democracy. It is frightening.
As a non-religious person, I truly didn’t know a whole lot about the evangelical religion and practices. I have learned a lot. I fully understand just how detrimental this ideology is to our American society, and that’s why I chose to financially support your work because it’s news that needs to be spread around and shared as widely as possible!
You all have done a great job in doing so. I am now informed on a much deeper level, rather than just going with my own research and perspectives on this topic. It’s a very scary thought that this insanely twisted social construct could potentially be forced upon us. Keep up the great work! You’re a gem.