A nine-hour, state-sponsored prayer service on the National Mall was framed as patriotism but presented as prejudice. The event, called “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” featured a mile-long communion table on public land and large religious imagery, including a massive white cross. The setting resembled a federal building, with stained-glass windows and white columns. The crowd included many Trump hats, reinforcing devotion to Trump rather than God. The event was portrayed as a nationalist rally sending a message that conservative, straight, devout Christians belong while others do not. It was described as a cynical, taxpayer-funded get-out-the-vote operation using private church money to energize political support ahead of midterms.
"They officially called the white-Christian-only "Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving." But it was really a nationalist rally designed to send one unmistakable message: if you aren't a conservative, straight, devout Christian, you don't belong in today's America. Watching clips of a mile-long communion table stretch across public land beneath towering stained-glass windows and white columns, the whole thing looked like it was happening inside a federal building."
"There was also a massive white cross. You don't have to be racist to understand the subtext of that image. And it goes without saying that many in the crowd wore Trump hats, which only underscored their true devotion to him, and not Him. It was a brazen visual declaration of a Christian-only nation, orchestrated by an administration and congressional leadership so desperate to survive the approaching midterms that they will rely on a divisive god because they have nothing else to say, for God help themselves."
"This nine-hour "prayer" marathon wasn't a holy gathering. It was a cynical get-out-the-vote operation underwritten by taxpayer dollars and private church money. It was a calculated attempt to energize the evang"
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