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You're correct.
Check out "The Separation of Church and Hate" by John Fugelsang. It's an almost comprehensive teardown of Christofascist ideology using the words of Jesus directly. No extras and no oulled punches. It's excellent. The author is a comedian and while the content is serious and presented well it's dressed up as an easier read than I expected.
I grew up Christian in the American South. I left religion in college and faith generally a few years later. I was initially compelled to leave organized Christianity exactly because it demanded exercising cruelties which Jesus clearly opposed.
Fugelsang's book gathers all of the major contradictions between Jesus and modern right-wing Christianity then dismantles any justification for each one just by quoting Jesus. I'm recommending this book to every reasonable person I know as required reading for the present moment. Not just in the US but the world over.
Fascism respects nothing and if it takes root in a land with the means to export then no shore is necessarily safe harbor.