BATAVIA, N.Y. \u2014 The crowd swayed on its feet, arms pumping, the beat of Twisted Sister\u2019s \u201cWe\u2019re Not Gonna Take It\u201d thumping in their chests. The people under the revival tent hooted as Michael Flynn strode across the stage, bopping and laughing, singing the refrain into his microphone and encouraging the audience to sing along to the transgressive rock anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll fight the powers that be just\/Don\u2019t pick our destiny \u2018cause\/You don\u2019t know us, you don\u2019t belong!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emcee introduced him as \u201cAmerica\u2019s General,\u201d but to those in the audience, Flynn is far more than that: martyr, hero, leader, patriot, warrior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The retired lieutenant general, former national security adviser, onetime anti-terrorism fighter, is now focused on his next task: building a movement centered on Christian nationalist ideas, where Christianity is at the center of American life and institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t