ReAwaken America Tour
{{Short description|American religious and political protest movement}}
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The ReAwaken America Tour is an American far-right{{Cite web |last=Dinki |first=Tom |date=August 12, 2022 |title=ReAwaken America Tour to mix far-right politics, religion in Batavia this weekend |url=https://www.wbfo.org/local/2022-08-12/reawaken-america-tour-to-mix-far-right-politics-religion-in-batavia-today |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=WBFO}} and Christian nationalist{{Cite web |last1=Lardner |first1=Richard |last2=Smith |first2=Michelle R. |date=October 7, 2022 |title=Michael Flynn's ReAwaken Roadshow Recruits 'Army of God' |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/michael-flynn-reawaken-america-tour/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=PBS |language=en-US}} movement launched in 2021 by Oklahoma entrepreneur Clay Clark and former Donald Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn. Its rallies have promoted a variety of right-wing and far-right conspiracy theories, including COVID-19 misinformation, election denialism, QAnon and doomsday prophecies.{{cite news |last1=Wire |first1=Sarah D. |date=October 12, 2023 |title=At far-right roadshow, Trump is God's 'anointed one,' QAnon is king, and 'everything you believe is right' |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-12/reawaken-america-trump-maga-qanon-christian-nationalism |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite news |last=Hagen |first=Lisa |date=November 3, 2022 |title=The ReAwaken America Tour unites conservative Christians and conspiracy theorists |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1133477897/reawaken-america-brings-together-some-of-the-u-s-most-prolific-conspiracy-theori |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=NPR}}{{Cite web |last=Jedeed |first=Laura |date=May 18, 2022 |title=The ReAwaken America Tour Is the Start of QAnon 2.0 |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/05/the-reawaken-america-tour-is-the-start-of-qanon-2-0.html |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Intelligencer}}
Founder
The ReAwaken America tour was founded by Clay Clark, a business coach and entrepreneur and former mayoral candidate in Tulsa, Oklahoma.{{Cite web |last=Durkee |first=John |date=June 4, 2009 |title=Former Tulsa DJ Wants to be Mayor |url=https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2009-06-04/former-tulsa-dj-wants-to-be-mayor |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=Public Radio Tulsa}}{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2009 |title=29-year-old businessman Clay Clark says he's running for Tulsa mayor |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3373300/29-year-old-businessman-clay-clark-says-hes-running-for-tulsa-mayor/ |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=The Oklahoman}}{{dead link|date=April 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Bates |first=Michael |date=July 10, 2009 |title=Clay Clark withdraws, joins Medlock campaign |url=http://www.batesline.com/archives/2009/07/clay-clark-withdraws-joins-medlo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715152816/http://www.batesline.com:80/archives/2009/07/clay-clark-withdraws-joins-medlo.html |archive-date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=BatesLine}} In August 2020, Clark initiated a lawsuit against the city of Tulsa for its mask mandate to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The lawsuit alleged that wearing masks caused oxygen deprivation, leading to "migraine headaches, shortness of breath and dizziness."{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Anti-mask group sues city of Tulsa, alleges masks cause oxygen deprivation |url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/anti-mask-group-sues-city-of-tulsa-alleges-masks-cause-oxygen-deprivation/article_0d4c47d4-dcac-5cf8-b788-b80271a9cfa5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819141410/https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/anti-mask-group-sues-city-of-tulsa-alleges-masks-cause-oxygen-deprivation/article_0d4c47d4-dcac-5cf8-b788-b80271a9cfa5.html |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |website=Tulsa World}} The lawsuit was dropped in March 2021.{{Cite web |last=Killman |first=Curtis |date=January 23, 2021 |title=Group drops lawsuit challenging Tulsa mask mandate |url=https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/group-drops-lawsuit-challenging-tulsa-mask-mandate/article_da672e70-5cc6-11eb-8423-8b775d273510.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123064707/https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/group-drops-lawsuit-challenging-tulsa-mask-mandate/article_da672e70-5cc6-11eb-8423-8b775d273510.html |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |website=Tulsa World}}
Clark has publicly espoused his belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. When he spoke at the January 5, 2021, rally held at Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. in support of Donald Trump's protest of the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Clark told attendees that the coronavirus pandemic was a hoax and instructed them to "turn to the person next to you and give them a hug, someone you don't know. Go hug somebody. Go ahead and spread it out, mass spreader. It's a mass-spreader event!"{{Cite web |last=Moye |first=David |date=January 5, 2021 |title=Pro-Trump Speaker Wants To Turn D.C. Rally Into 'Mass-Spreader Event' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clay-clark-trump-dc-rally-mass-spreader-event_n_5ff4e12cc5b6ec8ae0b69f57 |access-date=December 14, 2021 |website=HuffPost}}{{Cite web |last=Khalil |first=Ashraf |last2=Balsamo |first2=Michael |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to DC ahead of vote |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-elections-electoral-college-47cd4321645c92f0781005143601c607 |access-date=December 14, 2021 |website=AP NEWS}}
On a June 2021 episode of the Stew Peters Show, he argued that the COVID-19 vaccine contained luciferase, which he believed was a cryptocurrency technology associated with the Mark of the Beast prophesied in Revelation 13:16–18.{{Cite web |title=Clay Clark Exposes COVID, PCR Tests, Treatments and ULTIMATE PLAN Behind HOAX Threatening Mankind |url=https://rumble.com/vj6e3d-clay-clark-exposes-covid-pcr-tests-treatments-and-ultimate-plan-behind-hoax.html |access-date=December 14, 2021 |website=Rumble |publisher=Stew Peters Network}} This conspiracy theory, according to Clark, included Bill Gates (under the influence of performance artist and alleged Satanist Marina Abramović), and Jeffrey Epstein. Clark accused Gates and Epstein of attempting to create a new race of humans by combining luciferase and Epstein's DNA into the COVID-19 vaccine.{{Cite web |last=Mantyla |first=Kyle |date=June 30, 2021 |title=Clay Clark: The Man Behind the Massive Conspiracy Theory Rallies Happening Around the Country |url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/clay-clark-the-man-behind-the-massive-conspiracy-theory-rallies-happening-around-the-country/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=Right Wing Watch}}
At an October 2021 rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, Clark made the unproven claim that "COVID-19 is 100 percent treatable using budesonide, hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin." He also accused George Soros of funding remdesivir, a drug used to treat severe cases of COVID-19 but which Clark said was "killing COVID-19 patients in the hospital because it causes renal failure".{{Cite web |last=Schott |first=Bryan |date=October 23, 2021 |title=COVID denial, communism and QAnon. Conspiracy theory-fueled conference hits Salt Lake City |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/10/22/covid-denial-communism/ |access-date=December 15, 2021 |website=The Salt Lake Tribune}}
Background and itinerary
= Origins =
According to Clark, as the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, he asked God, "What can I do to stop the quarantines, the curfews, the mandates, the lockdowns?" The answer he received, Clark said, with "100% of God-ordained clarity . . . was to begin reawakening America."{{Cite web |last=Strang |first=Stephen |date=December 6, 2021 |title=Clay Clark Explains How Prophecies by Kenneth E. Hagin and Kim Clement Inspired ReAwaken America Tour and Documentary |url=https://www.charismanews.com/us/87678-clay-clark-explains-how-prophecies-by-kenneth-e-hagin-and-kim-clement-inspired-reawaken-america-tour-and-documentary |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=Charisma News}} Despite the religious origins of the tour, it has been criticized by major Christian leaders.{{Cite web |last=Fuzy |first=Jeremy |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Christian Leaders Denounce ReAwaken America Tour |url=https://wordandway.org/2022/04/08/christian-leaders-denounce-reawaken-america-tour/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=Word&Way}}
In the spring of 2021, Clark inaugurated the "Health and Freedom" events to protest COVID-19 mitigation measures such as masking and vaccinations.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jonathan |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Conservative Conference Held In Broken Arrow To Address COVID-19 Response |url=https://www.news9.com/story/607a1ad68827f60bca778844/conservative-conference-held-in-broken-arrow-to-address-covid19-response- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210601071739/https://www.news9.com/story/607a1ad68827f60bca778844/conservative-conference-held-in-broken-arrow-to-address-covid19-response- |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=News9.com}} According to Clark, he was inspired to undertake the tour by a 1963 prophecy by Charismatic minister Kenneth E. Hagin, who predicted that "there would be an atheistic, communist, Marxist and racially divisive spirit that would descend upon America" and that "the spark of the revival would start from Tulsa, Oklahoma." Clark also stated that he received confirmation of his importance from a 2013 prophecy by the South-African Charismatic evangelist Kim Clement, who identified a "Mr. Clark" about whom he believed God said: "You have been determined through your prayers to influence this nation. You're watching me; you're an influential person. The Spirit of God says, 'Hear the word of the prophet to you as a king, I will open that door that you prayed about.'"{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anugrah |date=November 24, 2016 |title='Prophet' Kim Clement Dies at 60 |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/prophet-kim-clement-dies-at-60.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723112830/https://www.christianpost.com/news/prophet-kim-clement-dies-at-60.html |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=The Christian Post |language=en-US}}
= Themes =
Religion scholars Anthea Butler and Mark Clatterbuck note the events' Charismatic Christian prophecies and preaching are linked to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), a loosely organized, networked Independent Charismatic Christian and dominionist movement. NAR leaders played a significant role in shaping the tour's spiritual warfare tone; NAR prophet Lance Wallnau was one such speaker.{{Cite web |last=Clatterbuck |first=Mark |date=November 14, 2022 |title=From Shofars to Hammers: The Spiritual Warriors of MAGA are 'ReAwakening' to Political Violence |url=https://religiondispatches.org/from-shofars-to-hammers-the-spiritual-warriors-of-maga-are-reawakening-to-political-violence/ |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=Religion Dispatches}}{{Cite web |last=Clarkson |first=Frederick |author-link=Frederick Clarkson |date=2022-07-07 |title=When Religious Freedom Means Freedom for Religious Violence |url=https://religiondispatches.org/when-religious-freedom-means-freedom-for-religious-violence/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Religion Dispatches}} It has been described as a "political rally in the form of an apostolic revival" and has included baptisms.{{Cite web |last=Empsall |first=Nathan |date=August 25, 2023 |title=ReAwaken America is back. So is the right wing roadshow's antisemitic rant. |url=https://religionnews.com/2023/08/25/reawaken-america-is-back-so-is-the-right-wing-roadshows-antisemitic-rant/ |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=Religion News Service}} As of January 2023, the majority of the ReAwaken America events have been held at churches.{{Cite news |last1=Dias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Graham |first2=Ruth |date=April 6, 2022 |title=The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right: 'This Is a Jesus Movement' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html |access-date=April 15, 2022 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Homans |first=Charles |date=April 24, 2022 |title=A Crusade to Challenge the 2020 Election, Blessed by Church Leaders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/us/politics/evangelical-churches-trump-election.html |access-date=April 25, 2022 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
Events have featured themes such as Trumpism, the Great Reset, anti-semitism, a globalist conspiracy, and the use of the COVID-19 pandemic to control the population (Plandemic). Booths promote information on purported biblical prophecies, John Birch Society material, as well as the anti-semitic work The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Noah |date=May 12, 2023 |title=ReAwaken America Tour Fuses Trumpism and Christian Nationalism |url=https://momentmag.com/deep-dive-clay-clark-reawaken-america/ |access-date=September 15, 2024 |website=Moment Magazine}}
= 2021 =
In the summer of 2021, the "Health and Freedom" events were rebranded the ReAwaken America Tour, sponsored by Charismatic Christian magazine Charisma News.{{cite news |last1=Wehner |first1=Peter |date=October 25, 2022 |title=The Desecrations of Michael Flynn |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/michael-flynn-maga-christian-trump/671852/ |work=The Atlantic |quote=Since then, the 'ReAwaken America' Tour has averaged more than a gathering a month. Charisma News, which is aimed at Pentecostals and charismatics, is a sponsor.}}{{Cite web |title=ReAwaken America Tour |url=https://www.thrivetimeshow.com/reawaken-america-tour/ |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=The ThriveTime Show}} In an interview with Rolling Stone, Clark cited a meeting with Michael Flynn—a frequent guest on the tour—as the impetus for turning the Health and Freedom events into a tour, with Clark telling Flynn that "God wants us to do a tour" and Flynn agreeing.{{Cite magazine |last=Kestenbaum |first=Sam |date=September 17, 2022 |title='I Think All the Christians Get Slaughtered': Inside the MAGA Road Show Barnstorming America |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/clay-clark-reawaken-america-maga-tour-trump-1234594574/ |access-date=July 5, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} While the events (under both names) initially received attention for their opposition to COVID-19 mitigation measures, from the beginning, they also focused significant attention on supporting conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election, including those espoused by QAnon followers.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 17, 2021 |title=Controversial conference to end with mask burning event in Broken Arrow |url=https://ktul.com/news/local/conservative-conference-to-end-with-mask-burning-event-in-broken-arrow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417185312/https://ktul.com/news/local/conservative-conference-to-end-with-mask-burning-event-in-broken-arrow |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=KTUL}}{{Cite web |title=April 16th & 17th - Conference Itinerary |url=https://www.thrivetimeshow.com/april-conference-itinerary/ |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=The ThriveTime Show}}
During the November event held at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, Clark reportedly led attendees in the "Let's Go Brandon!" chant, a euphemism used in place of the more explicit "Fuck Joe Biden!"{{Cite web |last=Tooley |first=Mark |date=November 18, 2021 |title=Vulgarly reawakening America |url=https://www.christianpost.com/voices/vulgarly-reawakening-america.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118133229/https://www.christianpost.com/voices/vulgarly-reawakening-america.html |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=December 13, 2021 |website=The Christian Post}}{{Cite web |last=Casey |first=Rick |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Why the 'Let's go, Brandon' crowd was at home at Cornerstone Church |url=http://sanantonioreport.org/lets-go-brandon-crowd-cornerstone-church-rick-casey-column/ |access-date=December 13, 2021 |website=San Antonio Report}}{{Cite web |last=Nowlin |first=Sanford |date=November 17, 2021 |title=Cornerstone Church said it 'does not endorse' far-right rally it hosted, yet its pastor spoke from the stage |url=https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/cornerstone-church-said-it-does-not-endorse-far-right-rally-it-hosted-yet-its-pastor-spoke-from-the-stage/Content?oid=27588693 |access-date=December 13, 2021 |website=San Antonio Current}} At the same event, Flynn stated, "If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion. One nation under God, and one religion under God."{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Morgan |date=November 14, 2021 |title=Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn calls for one religion in America |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-national-security-adviser-michael-flynn-one-national-religion-christianity-2021-11 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=Business Insider}}
At the December event held at Elevate Life Church in Dallas, Texas, several speakers, including Joe Oltmann and Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, became ill. Oltmann claimed that he was "99%" sure that his symptoms were from contact with anthrax. Clark denied the accusation, saying that what some people believed was an anthrax attack was actually just a fog machine. He also denied being part of the Illuminati.{{Cite web |last=Goforth |first=Claire |date=December 22, 2021 |title=A bunch of QAnon promoters got sick after a conference—they blame anthrax instead of COVID |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/rumor-reawaken-america-tour-anthrax-attack/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |website=The Daily Dot}}{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=David |date=December 22, 2021 |title=People Got Sick at a Conference. They're Sure It's Anthrax. |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/people-got-sick-at-a-conspiracy-conference-theyre-sure-its-anthrax/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |website=VIce}}{{Cite web |last=Dellinger |first=AJ |date=December 22, 2021 |title=A bunch of conspiracy theorists got sick after a conference and think it's anthrax |url=https://www.mic.com/impact/conspiracy-theorists-convinced-a-covid-outbreak-was-anthrax-attack |access-date=December 23, 2021 |website=Mic}}
In December 2021, Eric Coomer, a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems, filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Clark, his ThriveTime Show, and his ReAwaken America Tour for having "monetized a false election fraud narrative" that produced "a constant drumbeat of outright falsehoods intended to place [Eric] Coomer at the center of a conspiracy theory to defraud the American people." The suit alleges that Clark began his attacks in December 2020 during a podcast interview when he told Joe Oltmann that Coomer "could/should be put to death" for treason.{{Cite web |last=Prentzel |first=Olivia |date=December 23, 2021 |title=Dominion Voting's Eric Coomer files new federal defamation lawsuit against conservative talk show host, tour |url=https://coloradosun.com/2021/12/23/eric-coomer-files-defamation-suit-against-conservative-talk-show-host/ |access-date=December 24, 2021 |website=The Colorado Sun}}
= 2022 =
In early 2022, Clay Clark began incorporating conspiracy theories about the "Great Reset" into the tour.{{Cite web |last=Stone |first=Ken |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Eric Trump, Gen. Flynn, Roger Stone Set to Speak at San Marcos Church on Weekend |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2022/03/10/eric-trump-gen-flynn-roger-stone-set-to-speak-at-san-marcos-church-on-weekend/ |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=Times of San Diego}}{{Cite web |last=Tabrizian-Salem |first=Ardeshir |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Far-right 'Reawaken America Tour' will bring former Trump officials to Salem |url=https://www.keizertimes.com/posts/3639/far-right-reawaken-america-tour-will-bring-former-trump-officials-to-salem |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Keizertimes}}
At the March event in San Diego, Michael Flynn said, "We need you to charge the machine gun nest…. Maybe I'm just asking you to dig a little bit deeper there or hold this side of the line, or form up cause we're gonna counterattack over here, and that counterattack is, we're gonna go after school boards." This language led some commentators to charge Flynn with inciting violence against educators for allegedly teaching critical race theory.{{Cite web |last=DeVega |first=Chauncey |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Donald Trump, Michael Flynn call for violence — they're not kidding, but the media doesn't care |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/03/17/donald-trump-michael-flynn-call-for-violence--theyre-not-kidding-but-the-media-doesnt-care/ |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=Salon}}
One of the themes speakers focused on in 2022 events was the alleged connection between supernatural activity and U.S. politics. At the March event in San Diego, for example, one speaker warned, "Do not be surprised if the Angel of Death shows up in Washington."{{Cite web |last=Sullivan Brennan |first=Deborah |last2=Warth |first2=Gary |date=March 13, 2022 |title=Eric Trump, Flynn and other right-wing figures headline conference at San Marcos church |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2022-03-12/reawaken-tour-san-marcos-church |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}{{Cite web |last=McWhinney |first=Jakob |date=May 16, 2022 |title=How a San Diego Church Became a Nexus of Anti-Vaccine, Anti-COVID Lockdown and Right-wing Political Organizing |url=http://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/05/16/how-a-san-diego-church-became-a-nexus-of-anti-vaccine-anti-covid-lockdown-and-right-wing-political-organizing/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Voice of San Diego}} At the May event in Myrtle Beach, Mark Burns told the audience, "You wanna get rid of Lindsey Graham? Then get rid of the demonic territory that's over the land." Roger Stone stated that "there is a Satanic portal above the White House" that first appeared after Joe Biden became president. Stone claimed that the portal "must be closed. And it will be closed by prayer."{{Cite web |last=Lemon |first=Jason |date=May 14, 2022 |title=Trump allies warn of 'demonic territory,' 'Satanic portal' over Biden WH |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-allies-warn-demonic-territory-satanic-portal-over-biden-wh-1706705 |access-date=May 17, 2022 |website=Newsweek}}
In July 2022, the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York, cancelled the ReAwaken America event scheduled there for dates in August, citing “the outpour[ing] of concern from our community.” Prior to its cancellation, the bands Japanese Breakfast and Joywave had cancelled events at the Main Street Armory, citing the scheduled ReAwaken America events.{{cite web |last=Greenwood |first=Marcia |date=July 18, 2022 |title=ReAwaken America tour in Rochester canceled over 'concern from our community,' Armory owner says |url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/07/18/reawaken-america-tour-rochester-ny-canceled-main-street-armory-concern-community/65376530007/ |website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle}}
=2023=
In 2023, two regular ReAwaken speakers, Scott McKay and Charlie Ward, became the subject of controversy for their antisemitic views and public praise of Adolf Hitler. Both men were dropped from the scheduled ReAwaken event at Trump National Doral. The Trump family refused to allow either one onto their property. McKay and Ward remain affiliated with ReAwaken in a broader capacity.{{cite web |last=Hananoki |first=Eric |date=May 11, 2023 |title=Eric Trump will finally stop appearing with Hitler-promoting antisemites (for at least this week) |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/eric-trump-will-finally-stop-appearing-hitler-promoting-antisemites-least-week |website=Media Matters for America}}
At the second conference at Trump National Doral, Malik Obama was dropped from the schedule for his pro-Hamas views. The Trump family refused to allow Malik onto their property.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who had spoken at ReAwaken events in the past, said he was no longer affiliated with the group and asked to have his photo taken off their website.{{cite web |last=Seitz-Wald |first=Alex |date=May 12, 2023 |title=RFK Jr. not participating in far-right event after being listed as a speaker, aide says |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/rfk-jr-not-participating-far-right-event-listed-speaker-aide-says-rcna84156 |website=NBC News}}
Media Matters reported in October that the tour was scheduled for a two-day appearance at the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort that month. Scheduled speakers included Trump family members, former administration officials, Trump attorneys and several others associated with conspiracy theories.{{cite news |last=Hananoki |first=Eric |date=October 12, 2023 |title=Trump Doral event with Eric Trump will feature a Hitler-promoting antisemite who killed someone |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/trump-doral-event-eric-trump-will-feature-ian-smith-hitler-promoting-antisemite-who |work=Media Matters for America |publisher=}}
Event dates and locations
= 2021 =
= 2022 =
= 2023 =
class="wikitable"
|+ !Date !Location !City !Type of event |
January 20–21
|Mt. Juliet, Tennessee |Regular |
February 2–3
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Business |
March 23
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Regular |
April 13–14
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Business |
May 12–13
|Miami, Florida |Regular |
June 15–16
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Business |
August 25–26
|Las Vegas, Nevada |Regular |
September 7–8
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Business |
October 13–14
|Miami, Florida |Regular |
December 7–8
|ThriveTime Show Office |Tulsa, Oklahoma |Business |
December 15–16
|Tulare, California |Regular |
= 2024 =
List of speakers
The lineup of speakers at each tour event varies. The following is a partial list of 2021–2023 speakers:
- Roseanne Barr, comedian and actress{{cite web |last=Fea |first=John |date=August 12, 2023 |title=Former Trump NSA Michael Flynn to pastors: 'Put the Bible aside and read the Constitution during some of your sermons' |url=https://currentpub.com/2023/08/12/former-trump-nsa-michael-flynn-to-pastors-put-the-bible-aside-and-read-the-constitution-during-some-of-your-sermons/ |website=Current}}
- Richard Bartlett, American physician{{Cite web |last=Brandenburg |first=Jakob |date=June 19, 2020 |title=West Texas doctor claims to have 'silver bullet' for COVID-19 |url=https://www.cbs7.com/2020/06/19/west-texas-doctor-claims-to-have-silver-bullet-for-covid-19/ |access-date=January 18, 2024 |website=CBS7}}
- Leon Benjamin, Chief Apostle and Presiding Prelate of New Life Harvest Churches{{Cite web |title=Biographies |url=https://newlifeharvestchurch.org/biographies/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=New Life Harvest Church}}
- Steve Cioccolanti, Australian pastor, author and YouTuber
- Ty Bollinger, American alternative medicine advocate
- Jim Breuer, comedian and former SNL cast member
- Mark Burns, American pastor and perennial South Carolina congressional candidate
- Patrick M. Byrne, former CEO of Overstock.com
- Mark Cabrera and Martha Cabrera, pastors at Revival Ministries International{{Cite web |title=Pastoral Team |url=http://www.revival.com/pastoralteam |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=www.revival.com |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Jim Caviezel, American actor
- William Cook, American pastor and founder of America's Black Robe Regiment{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2020 |title=Reverend William Cook {{!}} Unpacking the History of the Black Robe Regiment & Why Now is the Time to Resist the Unconstitutional Tyrannical Mandates |url=https://www.thrivetimeshow.com/business-podcasts/reverend-william-cook-unpacking-the-history-of-the-black-robe-regiment-why-now-is-the-time-to-resist-the-unconstitutional-tyrannical-mandates/ |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=The ThriveTime Show}}
- Liz Crokin, American journalist
- Sean Feucht, American activist and Christian singer-songwriter
- Michael Flynn, former U.S. Army general and former National Security Advisor
- Shannon Gilbert, Pastor, Revival Ministries International
- Simone Gold, U.S. doctor and anti-vaccine activist
- Paul Gosar, U.S. Representative (AZ){{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Jacob |date=January 21, 2023 |title=Trump resort in Miami set to host conference bolstering conspiracy theories |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-resort-in-miami-set-to-host-qanon-conference/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=CBS News}}
- Bob Hall, Texas state senator
- Mark Victor Hansen, American motivational speaker and author
- Gene Ho, Donald Trump's former photographer and unsuccessful 2021 candidate for mayor of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2020 |title=Campaign photographer for President Trump running for Myrtle Beach mayor |url=https://www.live5news.com/2020/11/15/campaign-photographer-president-trump-running-myrtle-beach-mayor/ |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=WCSC Live 5 News}}
- Seth Holehouse, YouTube influencer{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2023 |title=Salem Podcast Network Welcomes 'Man in America with Seth Holehouse' to Its Line-Up |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salem-podcast-network-welcomes-man-181900353.html |access-date=January 18, 2024 |website=Yahoo Finance}}
- Phil Hotsenpiller, co-founder and senior pastor, Influence Church (Anaheim, California){{Cite web |title=I'm New - Who are We? |url=https://influencechurch.org/im-new-who-are-we/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=Influence Church}}
- Stella Immanuel, Cameroonian-American physician and pastor
- Jonathan Isaac, Orlando Magic basketball player
- Alex Jones, American radio host and conspiracy theorist
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., American environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist (later distanced himself from the group)
- Alan Keyes, American politician and former U.S. presidential candidate
- Anna Khait, professional poker player and former Survivor contestant{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2021 |title='I Heard Angels Singing': Survivor Contestant Found New Life in Jesus After Supernatural Moment in Jerusalem |url=https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2021/august/the-most-incredible-profound-experience-of-my-life-survivor-contestant-tells-she-heard-angels-singing-burdens-lifted |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=CBN News}}
- Charlie Kirk, American political activist and radio talk show host
- Jackson Lahmeyer, Tulsa pastor and former candidate for the U.S. Senate{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.jacksonlahmeyer.com/about |access-date=September 18, 2022 |website=Lahmeyer 4 US Senate}}
- Jimmy Levy, former American Idol contestant{{Cite web |last=Parks |first=Kristine |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Gospel singer Jimmy Levy's journey from the occult to faith: 'I realized that Satan was real' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/gospel-singer-jimmy-levys-journey-occult-faith-realized-satan-real |access-date=January 18, 2024 |website=Fox News}}
- Aaron Lewis, Connecticut pastor and author{{Cite web |title=Our Pastor – familyofgodct.org |url=https://familyofgodct.org/our-pastor/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=Family Church}}
- Mike Lindell, American businessman and conservative political activist
- Greg Locke, Tennessee pastor{{Cite news |last=Gowen |first=Annie |date=March 31, 2022 |title=A Jan. 6 pastor divides his Tennessee community with increasingly extremist views |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/31/tennessee-pastor-extremist-politics/ |access-date=April 14, 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post}}
- Lara Logan, South African journalist and war correspondent
- Richard Mack, leader in Oath Keepers and founder of Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
- Jurgen Matthesius, lead pastor of Awaken Church in San Diego, California
- Peter A. McCullough, American cardiologist and anti-vaccine activist
- Scott McKay aka "Patriot Streetfighter", antisemitic Rumble personality{{cite web |last=Hanonoki |first=Eric |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Hitler-promoting antisemites will speak at Trump's Miami hotel alongside Eric Trump, Lara Trump, and other Trump personalities |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/hitler-promoting-antisemites-will-speak-trumps-miami-hotel-alongside-eric-trump-lara |website=Media Matters for America}}
- Judy Mikovits, former American research scientist and anti-vaccine activist
- Peter Navarro, American economist and author
- Devin Nunes, chief executive officer of the Trump Media & Technology Group and former U.S. representative from California
- Kash Patel, lawyer and former Trump administration stafferReference List
Sommer W. Trump Resort to Host Pro-QAnon Speaking Tour: The ReAwaken America tour is a conspiracy-laden road show hosted by Michael Flynn and Clay Clark. And it’s coming to the Trump Doral. Daily Beast (New York). January 20, 2023. Accessed February 13, 2025.
- Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general (2015–present)
- Sidney Powell, American attorney
- Chad Prather, American Internet personality
- Wendy Rogers, Arizona state senator and conspiracy theorist
- Dave Scarlett, Pastor and founder, His Glory Ministries{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2022 |title=About - His Glory.Me |url=https://hisglory.me/about/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=hisglory.me}}
- Owen Shroyer, InfoWars show host and conspiracy theorist{{Cite web |last=Stith |first=Deborah Sengupta |title=Conspiracy site Infowars host Owen Shroyer accused of role in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/23/austin-based-infowars-host-owen-shroyer-charged-jan-6-capitol-riot/8251412002/ |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=USA TODAY}}
- Ian Smith, New Jersey fitness influencer and Holocaust denier{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |date=October 12, 2023 |title=Prominent Far-Right Event Features Antisemitic Speaker Alongside Eric Trump |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/12/prominent-far-right-event-features-antisemitic-speaker-alongside-eric-trump/ |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=Forbes}}
- Sam Sorbo, American actress and radio host
- Angela Stanton-King, reality TV show star, Congressional candidate in 2020, and QAnon conspiracy theorist
- Roger Stone, American political consultant and lobbyist
- Steve Strang, founder and CEO of Charisma News{{Cite news |last=Kestenbaum |first=Sam |date=September 19, 2021 |title=Life After Proclaiming a Trump Re-election as Divinely Ordained |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/trump-election-prophecy-charisma-media.html |access-date=September 18, 2022 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
- Melissa Tate, conservative author{{Cite web |title=Melissa Tate -Christian Conservative Author |url=https://realmelissatate.com/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=Melissa Tate}}
- Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump{{Cite web |last=Ossenfort |first=Karen M. |date=March 24, 2022 |title='Time to Free America Tour' blazes into San Marcos Awaken Church |url=https://www.villagenews.com/story/2022/03/24/regional/time-to-free-america-tour-blazes-into-san-marcos-awaken-church/69386.html |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=Village News}}
- Carlo Maria Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States (2011–2016){{Cite web |last=Empsall |first=Nathan |date=April 15, 2022 |title=Why Good Friday is a warning against far-right Christian nationalism |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/donald-trump-good-friday-warning-far-right-christian-nationalism-rcna24491 |access-date=April 15, 2022 |website=NBC News}}
- Andy Wakefield, former British physician
- James "Phil" Waldron, retired U.S. Army colonel and bar owner{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Emma |last2=Swaine |first2=Jon |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |last4=Dawsey |first4=Josh |last5=Hamburger |first5=Tom |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Election denier who circulated Jan. 6 PowerPoint says he met with Meadows at White House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/phil-waldron-mark-meadows-powerpoint/2021/12/11/4ea67938-59df-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html |access-date=September 18, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286}}
- Charlie Ward, antisemitic Rumble personality
- Mikki Willis, American producer of Plandemic films{{Cite web |last1=Rottenberg |first1=Josh |last2=Perman |first2=Stacy |date=May 13, 2020 |title=Meet the Ojai dad who made the most notorious piece of coronavirus disinformation yet |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-05-13/plandemic-coronavirus-documentary-director-mikki-willis-mikovits |access-date=January 18, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
- Lin Wood, American attorney and conspiracy theorist
- Vladimir Zelenko, Ukrainian-American family physician