In a secular, pluralistic democracy, promoting one’s self as “A Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third, in that order,” is not a campaign pitch the founders would have celebrated. But it’s how former Vice President Mike Pence ran for the White House – and his focus hasn’t changed, even in the aftermath of the role the political religious right played in the January 6, 2021 attack on our government. Journalist Tom LoBianco, author of Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House, will sit down with Jack to examine how Pence’s pandering to the evangelical right is likely to drive his campaign for 2024.
Hear the full June 11, 2022 State of Belief Radio program here.