One theory for why “non-churchgoers now rule the GOP”

A recently Washington Post column suggests non-churchgoers have sway over the Republican Party. That misses a bigger point.

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“Non-churchgoers now rule the GOP,” says the headline on a recent Washington Post opinion piece by data columnist David Byler. The idea is that the Republican Party is no longer dominated by the most devout Baptists, Catholics, and white evangelicals. Rather, it’s the people who rarely or never attend church who make up the largest slice of the GOP.

Why go to church to get you latest brainwashing when Fox News and the rest of the 24/7 Republican Bullshit Machine brings it into your home?