Evangelicals Have a Plan to Flip 19 Key Counties

[Nevilledog]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/evangelicals-have-a-plan-to-flip-19-key-counties/


Last Saturday, vice presidential candidate JD Vance appeared at an event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, hosted by Lance Wallnau, a self-proclaimed “apostle,” which means he’s a leader in a rapidly growing religious movement called the New Apostolic Reformation. NAR is a loose network of evangelical Christians, who believe that they are called to take over all aspects of society, including the government. They also believe that God speaks directly to certain Christians, whom they call prophets, often in dreams.

Lance Wallnau, a former businessman who hails from Texas, has been an influential leader in NAR circles for some time. He popularized one of its most popular concepts, the idea that there are seven “mountains” that Christians must conquer: family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business, and government. That last one has become a centerpiece of his mission. He has said he believes that the political left is possessed by demons, that there is “witchcraft” controlling the presidential election, and that Vice President Kamala Harris is a Jezebel—a reference to a prostitute in the Bible. As he put it in a recent broadcast, “When you’ve got somebody operating in manipulation, intimidation, and domination—especially when it’s in a female role trying to emasculate a man who is standing up for truth—you’re dealing with the Jezebel spirit.”

But for Wallnau, politics are more than just material for fire-and-brimstone sermons, because he has an ambitious plan for the 2024 presidential election. It’s called Project 19, a reference to the 19 counties in swing states that could determine the outcome.

Fred Clarkson, a researcher with the religious extremism watchdog group Political Research Associates, has reported that Wallnau sometimes says swing states aren’t fully red because people aren’t praying hard enough. Wallnau said earlier this year, “If we don’t have apostles and prophets in the territory, then demons control the territory and the minds of people are under the influence of devils.” As my colleague David Corn wrote this week, Wallnau has been promoting Project 19 on what he has called the Courage Tour—a multi-stop traveling road show through swing states to energize evangelical voters and encourage voter registration. The Pennsylvania event last weekend that featured JD Vance took place after visits to Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia.

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[Faux pas]

1. And Jesus wept

[k55f5r]

2. They should get down on their prayer bones

And bother g*d about it. It'll probably be better for them to stay home on election day and pray continuously. Don't bother voting, just send "an appeal to heaven".
G*d will sort it out.

[Wiz Imp]

3. They are delusional

I found the full list of counties:

The Tier 1 Counties

Georgia: Cobb and Fulton Counties (Atlanta Metro Area)*

Wisconsin: Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties (Milwaukee Metro Area)

Nevada: Clark County (Las Vegas)

Arizona: Maricopa County (Phoenix)

Pennsylvania: Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties (Philadelphia Metro Area), and Allegheny County (Pittsburgh)

The Tier 2 Counties

Florida: Miami-Dade, Pinellas (Tampa Bay area), and Duval (Jacksonville) Counties

Ohio: Cuyahoga County (Cleveland)

North Carolina: Wake (Raleigh) and Guilford (Greensboro) Counties

Michigan: Macomb and Oakland Counties (Detroit Metro Area), and Kent County (Grand Rapids)

Since I live in PA, I'll just address those 4 counties. In 2020, Biden won 3 of the 4 counties decisively

Allegheny by 150,000 votes (over 20%)
Montgomery by 135,000 vote (over 25%)
Chester by 54,000 votes (17%)
and the one somewhat close county:
Bucks by 17,000 (almost 5%)

Harris will win Allegheny, Montgoemery & Chester by huge margins again, guaranteed.