On Saturday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development hosted a Christian worship session on the National Mall featuring a proselytizing extremist and failed politician who’s called for right-wing Christians to control the government.
The event on Saturday was intended to showcase the department’s policy of prioritizing faith groups in its disaster recovery plans. It’s the latest example of the Trump administration using public spaces to host religious events that feature Christian nationalists who believe in destroying the constitutional separation of church and state — a priority the president has openly promoted.
After posting that the Trump administration was “bringing faith back” to Washington, D.C., HUD Secretary Scott Turner posted images of Saturday’s event featuring himself and failed California congressional candidate Sean Feucht. “Faith is back in our Nation’s Capital,” Turner posted.
Faith is back in our Nation's Capital. pic.twitter.com/UZoD1KjrOr
— Scott Turner (@SecretaryTurner) September 7, 2025
I wrote about Feucht, a self-described Christian nationalist, in March, when he was invited by HUD to survey wildfire damage in Los Angeles County and claimed he was being tapped by the government to advise on rebuilding.








