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Tucker Carlson mainstreamed a white nationalist fearmongering campaign that originated in South African white supremacist circles, was amplified by alt-righters, and the president just directed the SecState to “follow up” on these racist lies: mm4a.org/Z7u
Carlson has hosted South African white supremacists before - here’s him hosting an apartheid apologist: mediamatters.org/video/2018/05/…
This is a great backgrounder on Afriforum, the South African white supremacist group Carlson hosted, & their cooperation with the int’l far right, by @mbueckert - africasacountry.com/2018/05/flight…
Basically, there is a straight line from:
South African white supremacist groups to —> the international far right (Katie Hopkins, Lauren Southern, InfoWars et al) —> to Tucker Carlson —> to Donald Trump and potentially US foreign policy. If that freaks you out, it should.
If you think I’m exaggerating, here’s David Duke and racist group Identity Evropa cheering this shit on. Tucker Carlson is a white supremacist and so is the president.
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