evidence: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is fielding allegations of Christian nationalism this week after he tweeted a quote falsely attributed to a Founding Father claiming the United States was founded "on the Gospel of Jesus Christ" and later tweeted a thread of other quotes along similar lines. Not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ," the tweet quoted. "For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." [...] Hawley also cited Daniel Webster as saying, "I have heretofore argued to show the Christian religion, its general principles, must ever be regarded among us as the foundation of civil society." The quotes, which unlike the original tweet appear to be correctly attributed, promote a historical argument popular among purveyors of Christian nationalism that the United States was founded as a Christian country.