When Republican vice presidential hopeful J.D. Vance appeared at a Christian conservative town hall in Monroeville, Penn., hosted by controversial right-wing preacher Lance Wallnau on September 28, PBS ran a full story two days later on the threat of “Christian Nationalism” and by implication, of Vance himself.
Never mind that Vance was not actually interviewed by Wallnau, who didn’t even speak to Vance at the gathering, according to the Washington Post (another pastor handled it). But the PBS NewsHour was doing some guilt by association, with anchor Geoff Bennett hosting scholar Matthew Taylor on September 30 for “The significance of Vance’s appearance at event hosted by far-right Christian nationalist.”
Geoff Bennett: We’re going to take a closer look now at the significance of Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s weekend…
