'Blunt reality': MAGA betting on 'imaginary religious awakening' that isn't happening

MAGA has bet on a Christian revival in hopes that it can drum up its base for the midterms — but so far that hasn't happened.

Turning Point USA's AmericaFest had that portrait of the Republican party on full display, Salon's Amanda Marcotte described in an opinion piece published Wednesday.

"The blunt reality is that AmericaFest wasn’t just overtly religious — it was steeped in Christian nationalism. They equated being an American with being a Christian," Marcotte wrote.

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