The christian conservative movement got it's start with Ronald Reagan asking "what is it that we as Americans really want?" Hint: he wants to make something great again...
In this clip, @anelsona talks about Paul Weyrich, the founding of the Council for National Policy #CNP and how christian fundamentalists, financial conservatives, foundations, and financiers attached themselves to Reagan, who cut a deal with them...
In this clip, @anelsona talks about the beginnings of the Federalist Society. Starting in law schools, the Society aims to develop conservative lawyers and judges, and all the way to the Supreme Court...
Bob Jones University, the "flower of the religious right" had been denied tax exempt status because of it's racist policies. Reagan reversed this policy...
..more clips to come from the excellent documentary "A Race for America | The Big Picture"
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