Clay Clark’s ReAwaken America Tour
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.”[15]
In the spring of 2021, Clark inaugurated the “Health and Freedom” events to protest COVID-19 mitigation measures such as masking and vaccinations.[16] According to Clark, he was inspired to undertake the tour by a 1963 prophecy by Charismatic movement|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.”[15] 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.'”[17][15]
In the summer of 2021, these “Health and Freedom” events were rebranded the ReAwaken America Tour, sponsored by Charisma (magazine)|Charisma News.[18] 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 theory|conspiracy theories related to the 2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election, including those espoused by QAnon|Qanon followers.[19][20] The number and identities of the speakers at each 2021 event varied. Michael Flynn and Mike Lindell were frequent speakers; a partial list of other speakers included Jim Caviezel|Jim Cavaziel, Sean Feucht, Alex Jones, Alan Keyes, Greg Locke, Lara Logan, Sidney Powell, Roger Stone, and L. Lin Wood|Lin Wood.[21][22] At one notable ReAwaken America Tour event held in November 2021 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!”[23][24][25] At the same event, Michael 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