Thread by @adamscochran

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Want to know how they quickly got 400 makes extremists in DC?

It's because many of them are Republican staffers.

It's the most overlooked scandal in the US right now:

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How are they getting into these roles?

It's part of a far-right extremist lobbying pipeline that's been going on for at least 15+ years, and is now seeing the 'fruits' of its labor.

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Major far-right lobbying groups will spend a large sums of money on what they call 'community outreach and advocacy programs'

This has meant things like running ads & paying people to post 'opinion pieces' on sites like 4chan to 'seed ideology'

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It's also meant providing funding to conservative clubs at high schools and colleges across the country.

The lobbyists then these networks to identify smart, right-leaning, but vulnerable individuals they can push extremist ideology on.

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They give them scholarships, internships, references and all kinds of support to help up their pedigree while exposing them to their specific school of thought.

Then through donor networks, they call in favors to get these individuals placed as staffers on the hill.

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Young Republican staffers have a higher concentration of extremist views tied to lobbying groups and thinktanks than ever before.

You can see it in office decorations and comms accounts, countless subtle callouts to white nationalist movements.

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And many times, this is all entirely unknown to the Congressional representative.

These staffers don't really report in to the Congress person. They answer to a now indoctrinated ideology from their lobbying group - often with their own handler.

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The reason the Patriot Front wears masks isn't because they fear losing their jobs.

It's because lobbying groups know if you knew what percentage of them were staffers, you'd realize just how deeply compromised the government is.

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These are the people shaping policy, and advising your members of Congress, and managing internal ops at the White House

These are often the people being groomed for the next run at an open Congressional seat.

Often all while pretending to be a moderate in front of their boss.

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They 'disappeared' after the last election, because many of them had new jobs in Congress or at the White House and they had achieved their objective.

But the reason you can assemble 400 of them at the drop of a hat in DC, is because they are already there, and it's a short ride on the train lines they already commute, to get to the hill.

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