At NatCon, Officials Tout Hard-Line Agenda and Readiness to Defy Oversight
Critics say the rhetoric is becoming policy through aligned officials.
Overview
- Held last week in Washington, D.C., the conference featured panels such as “Overturn Obergefell” and “The Bible and American Renewal,” reflecting aims to elevate Christian identity and curb rights, according to AP reporting.
- Attendees included DNI Tulsi Gabbard, OMB Director Russell Vought, border czar Tom Homan, and attorney John Eastman, signaling the movement’s integration with governing figures.
- Vought said the Government Accountability Office “shouldn’t exist” after it flagged his latest rescissions effort as illegal, adding that the administration would use broad authorities “aggressively.”
- Reporters described a recurring ethos of “you can just do things,” with The Bulwark’s Andrew Egger characterizing the coalition as focused on seizing and wielding federal power over procedural restraint.
- Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt’s widely shared “What is an American?” speech declared “America belongs to us,” a framing commentators linked to Great Replacement rhetoric centered on descendants of Christian pilgrims.