Conservative H.W. Crocker III is concerned that America has lost sight of its "Christian moral compass" and become "too secular." And, according to the Kansas City Star, he's helping Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) push a "socially conservative political message driven by religion — particularly Christianity."
Hired as a "communications consultant for Sen. Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign," according to the report, it's "unclear how large a role Crocker played in" in Hawley's reelection campaign, but the Missouri senator's campaign team "paid Crocker $55,000 for communications consulting between May and November, according to campaign finance records."
As the GOP leader remains in the US Senate, the report notes Hawley "has a key ally in the White House, Vice President-elect JD Vance, who can help push" his "agenda, particularly when it comes to promoting social and economic policies aimed at the working-class voters who make up the Republican Party’s base."
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Additionally, Kansas City Star reports, "Already, the ideology has started to gain more influence in Missouri," as a "state lawmaker has filed a bill to put the Ten Commandments in public schools," and a "Kansas City-area pastor who says there is no difference between church and state was elected to a state Senate seat."
Rev. Stephen Jones of Kansas City's First Baptist Church told the news outlet, "They will not help Christianity. They will hurt it. They’ll domesticate it, I guess it is the right word to use. They’ll domesticate the message of Christianity and take away the elegance of its truth. And I don’t want that to happen."
The senator is currently writing "a book that calls for a religious revival in America, tentatively titled 'The Awakenings: The Religious Revivals that Made America — and Why We Need Another,' Kansas City Star reports.
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Kansas City Star's full report is available at this link (subscription required).