Me? Insurrection?

Richard Land, the former head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission — ‘former’ because he was fired for explicitly racist commentary during a radio broadcast — says that those in opposition to Donald Trump are committing insurrection.

“What does concern me is that there is a new poll out showing that 35 percent of Americans are pure resistance; they are not going to accept Donald Trump whatever he does, they have made up their mind that he is not a legitimate president and they are going to resist him at all costs,” Land said. “Now, there is a name for that, it’s called insurrection.”

This is interesting. After all, a lot of Baptists want Russell Moore, the present head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, removed because during the recent campaign he was frankly opposed to Donald Trump. So, clearly, the Evangelical Right is at odds with itself. But, since 81% of evangelicals voted for Trump, it seems clear that Land is more in sync with evangelical thinking than Moore is.

Maybe Land can get his old job back.

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