There’s a holy war brewing on John Eastman’s fundraising page, which has raised nearly a half-million dollars (and the hair on the back of some necks).
“Heavenly Father, I beseech you to defeat the demon enemy of John Eastman and our great country whose founding your hand is visible in creating,” wrote a donor who gave $100 for Eastman’s legal defense, but not his/her name. “I pray you support our efforts to preserve it and provide comfort to John and his family through this trial. In Jesus name, amen.”
Eastman, once dean of Chapman Law, was the alleged architect of then-President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the “serpent in the ear of the president.”
“Put on the full armor of God, for this is a battle of good versus evil!,” said another anonymous $100 donor. “Nippy” gave a modest $19 but counseled that, “God also provides armor that will help us to ‘be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might’ and be able ‘to stand against the schemes of the devil.’” Another donor, who identified himself as Amir Zeinali, appealed to the Lord of Ibrahim, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Muhammed to protect Eastman and “silence his enemy.”
Gulp.
As Trump says that he’s a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election — “This witch hunt is all about election interference and a complete and total (political) weaponization of law enforcement!” — the rhetoric is disturbingly reminiscent of Jan. 6.
End times?
“You have to understand the biblical narratives driving the rhetoric,” said Jason Whitehead, associate professor of political science at Cal State Long Beach, who is working on a book about Christian conservative legal and constitutional narratives tentatively titled “The Law of the Lord” with Cambria Press.
“It’s a huge part of the movement, more and more toward the end of the Trump administration….
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