More than 4 in 10 Americans think the U.S. should be a Christian nation. And one third say it already is. That’s according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. But views on what that means vary. And on the campaign trail, overt Christian nationalist language is showing up more and more from right-wing candidates.

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Guest: Council on Foreign Relations' Zoe Liu, and Calvin University's Kristin Kobez Du Mez .

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