What is an American?  Are they Christian? Are they white?

What is an American?  Are they Christian? Are they white?

Eric Schmitt speaks to a crowd of Republican supporters on Oct. 14, 2022 in Raymore (Kyle Rivas/Getty Images).Missouri’s junior U.S. senator, Eric Schmitt, posed a thought-provoking question during his speech last month at the National Conservatism Conference, whose audience was apparently mostly white Christians. “What is an American?” Before describing briefly some of the specifics of his speech, let’s acknowledge that the senator raises a sig…