The Miami Herald warned that theflirting with Christian nationalism was related to white supremacy.
Christian nationalist ideas have recently been promoted by conservative leaders such as Lauren Boebert.
The influential daily newspaper, one of the most widely read in the state, points to DeSantis' invocation of Christian war imagery in his recent speech. Stand firm against the liberals.
The paper says that the Republicans have found a political gold mine by pitting Christians against the so-called evils of the left.
The newspaper's editorial board warns of the dangers of Christian nationalism.
The editorial states that there is an overlap between Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
According to Robert P. Jones, the head of the Public Religion Research Institute, the more racist a person is, the more likely he or she is to be a white Christian.
Ryan Burge is a professor at Eastern Illinois University who studies the intersection of religion and politics.
Burge told the paper that nostalgia for the days when a woman was a woman and a man was a man was part of its appeal.
Florida, which he won by a "razor-thin" margin in 2018, has long been considered a purple state, and the paper suggested that his embracing of Christian nationalism hints at him eyeing the GOP presidential nomination in four years.
The paper criticizes Democrats for failing to come up with an effective counter-narrative to politicians like DeSantis that doesn't demonise religion or come across as proselytizing.
The counter-narrative should be that this rhetoric could not only encourage violence, but it also undermines Christianity.
According to the paper, the governor's Christian nationalist shtick only separates us, and that Democrats should bring back into their tent voters who feel that the party has nothing to say to them.
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