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Her greatest moment may be the spoken, but her accusatory horror at gun violence is something that takes a powerful opera singer to turn into a sermon from which it is impossible to turn away.

In the days after his death, AI-generated audio clips of Kirk styled as “sermons” began circulating online, while supporters shared Bible verses that they claimed matched the exact timing of his passing.

When White wins a game while suffering a nasty injury, Cameron’s father seizes the moment to deliver a sermon: “That’s what real men do,” he insists.

And yet, the sport is treated by its fans as if it were biblically potent; each game a sermon, every play a piece of scripture.

It’s populism in the language of a Sunday sermon, something that could appeal in a place like Texas.