Posted on 02/22/2026 4:00:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
CNN has been repeatedly teasing an hour-long documentary this week about so-called Christian nationalism set to air Sunday on the network, which has prompted pushback for appearing to link an alleged rise in the ideology to Charlie Kirk's assassination last fall and warning about the influence of classical Christian schools.
In multiple preview clips that have aired in recent days, CNN anchor and chief investigative correspondent Pamela Brown promoted "The Rise of Christian Nationalism," which she claimed was a "special project" that took her several months. The documentary aims to examine what she defined as "an ideology rooted in the belief that our country was founded as a Christian nation, and that our laws and institutions should reflect Christian values."
Brown claimed "experts" in Christian nationalism asserted to her that Kirk's murder last September "was a pivotal moment for the movement, and an occasion where the tragedy of his loss unified Christian nationalists and the Trump administration as they honored him."
One of the experts included Matthew Taylor, visiting scholar at the Georgetown University Center of Faith and Justice, who claimed that Kirk's memorial, which was attended by President Donald Trump and other prominent political figures, "radicalized" many American Christians into believing they increasingly face hostility in their own country.
"The memorial was one of the most potent examples of this shift in our culture that we're experiencing right now, where a large segment of American Christians are being activated by these ideas; radicalized by these ideas that say that they are the persecuted ones and that they need to stand up for Christians' rights," he said.
In another clip, Brown claimed that while Trump "has never explicitly said he believes the country should be a Christian nation," he is "aligned with Christian nationalists and wants their support, and after an assassination attempt during his campaign, Trump said he believes God saved his life so he can lead the country."
Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson at Kirk's Turning Point USA, replied to Brown's promotional earlier this week by suggesting the true radicalism is coming from the political left and was made manifest by the actions of Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson.
Robinson allegedly had ties to Antifa and was in a relationship with a transgender-identifying "furry."
"Consider this: so CNN does a piece — talking about the radicalization of people at Charlie's memorial," Kolvet said. "Charlie was assassinated by a radical, by somebody that was animated, at least in part, by his love affair with somebody that was trans. And instead of burning down the country, like the real radicals did, we held vigils and memorials, and people bought Bibles, and they got baptized."
"How is that a bad thing? What are we even talking about here?" Kolvet asked.
During another promotional for her documentary that aired Friday, Brown also went after classical Christian schools, showing a clip of her interview with David Goodwin, who wrote a book with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in 2022 and serves as the president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).
Goodwin confirmed to Brown that the goal of the ACCS is to promote "Christian civilization," and that they "are glad" when their graduates ascend to positions of political power and cultural influence. He applauded the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education and expressed hope that the public school system would go away.
The ACCS has ties to the Rev. Douglas Wilson, who pastors Christ Church (CREC) in Moscow, Idaho, and drew scorn for participating in a prayer service with Hegseth at the Pentagon earlier this week.
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So Kirk was murdered by a radicalized Leftist and CNN's take-away is that the murder is creating "Christian" terrorists. What scumbags. Just when you think they can't go any lower . . . . . .
Where is Oliver Cromwell when you need him?
Pinochete has entered the chat
The depths of HELL are not deep enough for the depths to which they will sink.
Pinochet wouldn’t of let this get this far.
The Bible is chock-full of stories about demons.
Demons did not cease to exist after the first century.
Demons are among us and especially in news propaganda like that seen on CNN the communist mouthpiece.
Kirk organization or someone else needs to sue CNN.
They put out untrue propaganda and expect no backlash.
CNN needs to be hit where it hurts.
ABC didn’t like it when they got hit byreality.
If Christian nationalism were dangerous, they wouldn’t cover it. See the CNN documentary on “The Rise of Sharia in U.S.”
Matthew Taylor, visiting scholar at the Georgetown University Center of Faith and Justice, who claimed that Kirk's memorial, which was attended by President Donald Trump and other prominent political figures, "radicalized" many American Christians into believing they increasingly face hostility in their own country.
And isn't that wild? It's not the MURDER that makes Christians believe there's hostility, it's the MEMORIAL. Bizarre.
Christian Nationalist, white nationalists. It’s just something they made up to make a buzz.
https://www.facebook.com/matt.taylor.9231/
That would be like Marc Antony at Julius Caesar’s funeral per Shakespeare, “ Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears, I come not to praise Caesar but to bury him,”
Let me know when CNN decides to do a documentary on local government in Hamtramck Michigan. I won’t hold my breath.
muslims popping up everywhere and she wants to condemn Christians.
What a projector.
They aren’t known as the Communist News Network for nothing....
Alas, opinion is not actionable as defamation
However. there is nothing wrong with citizens, or even elected politicians, believing that the values that are usually associated with particular religious beliefs best serve the country, and advocating for that. Values and policies don't become off limits just because they happen to be associated with a particular religion.
As long as the power of government isn't being used to push actual religious beliefs, there isn't a problem.
Now let’s see CNN do a story about sharia law in America, nah they wouldnt dare say a peep that would insult Islam
Sounds suspiciously like the kind of stuff a certain group led my a mustached individual did a little less than a century ago.
Pray tell, how long before the leftists are forcing Christians to go around wearing a yellow cross everywhere they go?
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