In Texas, Right-Wing Rage Takes a Dark Turn: “War On White America”

An influential group called the True Texas Project is hosting a conference in July that will actively promote Christian nationalism and the racist “great replacement theory,” the Texas Tribune reports. The group, which subscribes to the idea of a “war on white America,” has ties to many Texas GOP officials, the report says, including Senator Ted Cruz and Attorney General Ken Paxton, a major supporter of Donald Trump. We talked to Sarah Posner, author of several books on the religious right, who sheds much-needed light on this ugly tangle of far-right ideologies—and how they’re being mainstreamed at the highest levels of Republican power. Listen to this episode here.