Traditionalism, Religious Fundamentalism, and Politics with Joe Szimhart

Our last blog post focused on the possible connections between Ginni Thomas’s experience in the Lifespring cult, her religious fundamentalism and her texts to Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows supporting the QAnon conspiracy theories regarding the 2020 election being stolen. I had released a video of Ginni Lamp (Thomas) at a 1986 former member’s meeting. I led this support meeting in which she talked about her experience in Lifespring and her wishing to figure out her beliefs and how to find a balance between cult awareness activism and her personal life. A tweet thread with a short video excerpt went viral with over 6 million impressions. On April 6th, 2022, I appeared on MSNBC’s Ari Melber’s show, The Beat, to discuss this.