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# POD: The Spokane connections to the Seattle Christian nationalist event
- URL: https://www.rangemedia.co/podcasts/spokane-seattle-christian-nationalist-mayday-america-tour/
- Published: 2025-05-30T19:50:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-30T19:50:31.000Z
- Description: How the Christian nationalist movement uses slick marketing and psychological tricks to gain traction — and Spokane's role in the Seattle event that spurred 20+ arrests.
- Author: RANGE
- Tags: Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-02-19 03:03

Val and Aaron explore the networking and marketing tactics — including those of at least one church in Spokane — of the Christian nationalist movement that staged an event in the Cal Anderson Park (named for a gay legislator) in Capitol Hill, Seattle’s historically queer neighborhood, where 23 [protesters](https://www.sgn.org/story/154841/News/Seattle/Cops%20mob%20Trans%2C%20Queers%2C%20and%20allies%20over%20popped%20balloon%20at%20Mayday%20USA%20counterprotest?ref=rangemedia.co) were arrested last weekend. The incident, which took place May 24, has gained national headlines, [spawned more protests/counterprotests](https://www.sgn.org/story/154880/News/Seattle/Seattle%20police%20allow%20Christian%20extremists%20to%20provoke%20Queer%20protesters%2C%20leading%20to%20another%20day%20of%20violence%20and%20arrests%3B%20FBI%20launches%20investigation%20into%20targeted%20violence?ref=rangemedia.co) and drew [the gaze](https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/special-episode-militias-mama-bears-and-the-new-apostolic-reformation/?ref=rangemedia.co) of prominent watchers of Christian supremacy to Seattle.