On the March 31 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, America was treated to the Walmart-brand fusion of Calvinism, MAGA cosplay, and ethnonationalist cosplay known as Andrew Isker. He sat opposite Carlson—who has been hawking white replacement fearmongering like it was Swanson TV dinners in the '80s—to play the perpetual victim. Poor Isker, you see, just can’t understand why people keep calling him a white Christian nationalist.

So let’s help him out.

If Jason Kelce were a dollar store knockoff sold on Temu, he’d be Andrew Isker: facially similar in the way a potato vaguely resembles a rock, but lacking all the warmth, athleticism, and cultural relevance. No Super Bowl rings here. Just a collection of reactionary podcast rants, a relocation to rural Tennessee to LARP dominionist fantasies, and the vibe of a seminary dropout who thinks the Left Behind series is non-fiction.

And yet, Carlson served him up to his audience like a lost prophet from the Book of Leviticus. It was the PR glow-up every third-rate preacher dreams of: national airtime to polish the image while pretending your entire ideology isn’t a pile of vintage hate mail from 1950s Alabama.

Let’s go ahead and unpack the Greatest Hits of Andrew Isker’s theocratic delusions, because the man isn’t just some preacher with strong opinions. He’s a deeply connected white Christian nationalist who has openly supported anti-democratic, anti-immigrant, and antisemitic ideologies. And he’s trying to build a live-action version of that worldview in Jackson County, Tennessee.

Isker started as a Reformed pastor in Minnesota and spent years brewing a low-budget mix of Calvinism, political paranoia, and Ron Paul-era libertarianism. He first gained traction among the alt-right Christian fringe when he teamed up with Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab (aka 4chan for people who wear polo shirts to church).

Their joint 2022 book, Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide For Taking Dominion And Discipling Nations, called for a theocratic America ruled by God’s law. In it, they reject the idea of a "Judeo-Christian" tradition, declare Judaism a false religion, and assert that only Christians are the true inheritors of God’s promises. According to the ADL, this is textbook Christian supremacy source.

Isker followed it up with The Boniface Option, his 2023 screed against modernity (or as he calls it, "Trashworld"). This one doubled down on building parallel Christian communities in deep-red regions, where the vibe is less “Salt of the Earth” and more “Survivalist HOA for people who think birth control is witchcraft."

Then he moved to Jackson County, Tennessee, where he helped start Whitleyville Reformation Church—an invite-only congregation nestled inside a planned community that aims to function as a white Christian nationalist settlement. It’s the Benedict Option if Benedict thought interracial marriage was a globalist psy-op.

Let’s take the man at his word. No, seriously.

Here are just a few things he’s said publicly:

So yes, Andrew. You are, in fact, a white Christian nationalist.

The cherry on top? His frequent promotion of the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. You know, the same racist myth that inspired the mass shooters in Buffalo, Christchurch, and El Paso SPLC.

Isker doesn’t even try to hide it. In a now-deleted tweet preserved in screenshots, he says the problem isn’t just demographic change. It’s the intentional replacement of culture, history, and faith. His phrasing mimics Renaud Camus (the French fascist who coined the term) almost verbatim.

Isker didn’t come to Tennessee just for the sweet tea and affordable land. He’s trying to create a Christian nationalist community from scratch—complete with its own church, media arm (the Contra Mundum podcast), and coordinated local influence campaigns.

With backing from RidgeRunner Development and Christian nationalist developer Josh Abbotoy, they’re building out lots in Jackson County to serve as a refuge for what they call “Heritage Americans.” That’s not code. That’s a direct lift from segregationist talking points.

Isker’s podcast co-host, C. Jay Engel, has called civil rights laws a mistake, praised Franco and Pinochet, and openly said “we hate democracy.” Engel also once posted about a Trail of Tears-style relocation of journalists. Really charming folks.

Together, they hosted a nine-hour election night podcast in Gainesboro, featuring open theocrats like Stephen Wolfe (who argues interracial marriage is sinful) and William Wolfe (who wants a "Red Caesar" to install Christian rule).

This isn’t just church planting. It’s political radicalization disguised as small-town revivalism.

Let’s talk about the guest list:

When you share platforms with Holocaust deniers and racial supremacists, you're not just "asking questions." You're endorsing.

During the March 31 interview, Isker and Carlson tag-teamed their way through a greatest hits set of white grievance talking points. Carlson lamented that cities like Minneapolis had become too secular and too brown. Isker reminisced about when his wife’s old Polish neighborhood was, you know, whiter.

Carlson said, without irony, that Christian nationalists "have no race theology whatsoever," then proceeded to mock media outlets for tracking diversity metrics—you know, like Nazis.

Isker whined that he just wanted to defend "normal evangelical people who like Donald Trump and are skeptical of vaccines" from being smeared. Meanwhile, his past statements are a smorgasbord of exactly why he should be smeared.

This interview wasn’t journalism. It was reputation laundering.

Andrew Isker wants the public to believe he’s just a misunderstood pastor with a vision for faith, family, and community. In reality, he’s a Christian supremacist who believes in a white ethno-theocracy, hangs out with Holocaust deniers, and calls for mass deportations.

And now he has a platform.

But we also have a responsibility. The more figures like Isker are allowed to disguise bigotry as "faithfulness," the more they normalize white Christian nationalism as a legitimate political philosophy. It’s not. It’s a recycled hate movement wearing a WWJD bracelet.

Let’s not be fooled by the Temu Jason Kelce routine. He’s not folksy. He’s not harmless. And he’s not new.

He’s the same old serpent, just speaking King James this time.

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