A Christian nationalist group’s awards fused conservative elites with hard-right extremists.

Evidence

United in Purpose also doles out awards to hard-right leaders. At the inaugural Impact Awards ceremony in 2017, which took place at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., awardees included the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo; Frank Gaffney, who has warned of a Muslim Brotherhood plot to infiltrate the conservative movement; and Hillsdale College president Larry Arnn—all of whom appear on the leaked membership list for the Council for National Policy. An outstanding impact award went to Sean Hannity, and the organization gave its lifetime achievement award to Richard Viguerie. The awards were introduced by Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, president of Liberty Consulting and the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 727

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalist power operates through elite inside channels, not just voters — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 139; Christian nationalists are a militant minority, not a moral majority — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 1072; Militant masculinity fused religious and secular conservatism into one identity. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 126

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalists are a militant minority, not a moral majority #qualifies (0.75) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 1072
• Militant masculinity fused religious and secular conservatism into one identity. #exemplifies (0.72) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 126