“If You’re Not a Conservative, Don’t Come”: The American People Who Build Missiles and Support Trump with Almost Religious Fervor

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“There’s a church on every street,” says a local resident of Kingsport, a community in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee. Christianity reigns supreme in this working-class region. Above the historic Lamplight Theater in the center of town, a sign reads: “Jesus above all.” And while the region’s more than 300 churches provide spiritual sustenance to this community of 58,000, there’s another institution that provides economic support: the Hol…