See what happens when Trump supporter talks to CNN reporter about the Constitution

Alright. In this week's new episode of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan discusses how conspiracy theories and online misinformation are affecting this year's presidential campaign, including the rise of Christian nationalism in politics. Here's a preview. The journalist's job is to ask questions, allow the person to speak, and simply report the facts. What was talked about? Would you like me to show you the definition of journalists? Well. But thanks, Judy. Well. God has given me the right to speak my own truth. But there are facts. The facts have shown that the elections were stolen.

If you're willing to look at that and accept it and really show

what

's going on, that's your problem, not ours. We want God-given freedom, for our Constitution and our Bill of Rights to be based on God-given

constitution

al rights. Yes, there are two different things right now. So they are not read, they are in the Constitution. Read it aloud so you hear

what

the words of the Constitution say. God is not mentioned in the Constitution, sir. Well. Join us right now to talk more about this. Joining O'Sullivan, he is about to pull the copy of the Constitution from him.

She was about to take the phone out of her, as was I. Like I said, we both look for the Constitution and Bella writes. God is not mentioned. She says at one point, she says she in the year of our Lord, only to have specified the date. But, you know, what it really entails is this idea and we've talked to a lot of Christian pastors around the country who are really concerned about this. Good. There is an idea among some Trump

supporter

s, something that is being called Christian nationalism, not necessarily to tell that lady who would identify herself as such, but this idea that Christianity in the United States has supremacy over other religions, which of course is not the case.

There is freedom of religion in this country. Good. But what we're seeing is this trend within the MAGA type of movement that Christianity should take on this supreme role in the United States and that Trump is very much the right person to do it. And that's one part of this that we're seeing

when

we talk to two pastors who are very concerned about this. And then

when

it comes to the misinformation part that she heard that lady falsely say that she believes the 2020 election was stolen. You know, what we've really seen is that by convincing so many millions of Americans, I think something like a third of all Americans don't believe that Biden was legitimately elected.

It really opens the floodgates to this kind of alternate reality where everything else is possible. Many other things that seem crazy seem plausible. So we also dove deep into that super Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy theory you might remember. We looked a little into the genesis of this and how it became so popular. So in your conversations with people, did you get the impression that they're really not willing to budge if they stick to these, you know, alternative facts and misinformation and conspiracy theories? I mean, it seems like nothing and no one can penetrate that. Yeah.

And look, I mean, I think a lot of what we try to do in our morning nights is talk to people and listen to them. You know, I don't think you're going to make it. You're not going to change anyone's mind without talking to them first. Good. And you're not going to change anyone's mind by telling them they're stupid. And we're really trying to understand why people are buying all this stuff. Because many of the people we miss are very productive members of society. They have families, they have jobs. They are active in their community. But, you know, it's about IQ and our election denialism or whatever, they just go off on tangents and, you know, I really think it's going to be the story of the 2024 election campaign and beyond.

It's, it's, it's the United States. Americans for the most part live in two very different realities right now. Very good, Donny O'Sullivan, we look forward to it. Thank you so much. And be sure to tune in to an all-new episode of The Complete Story with Anderson Cooper. A whole hour, an old story that will air tomorrow at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific only on CNN.