Trump reframed religious liberty as license to discriminate.

Evidence

The president declares that the marchers are “a truly remarkable group” and then runs through a list of his own amazing achievements in office. “On the National Day of Prayer, I signed an executive order to protect religious liberty,” he says. He is referring to a declaration that, as Rob Boston, senior advisor for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State aptly put it, amounts to “one more attempt … to redefine religious freedom to mean the freedom to discriminate against those who do not share our religious belief.” The crowd bursts into applause, and Trump nods his head, smiling. “Very proud of that.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 230

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows the contested redefinition of ‘religious liberty’ as discrimination-permission deployed to a cheering base.