This thread discusses the role of white nationalist John C Hall Jr. (Dublin, Georgia) informally helping Brian Kemp's campaign for governor.

Specifically, it discusses Hall's role in circulating and amplifying the Stacey Abrams "flag burning" story of late October.

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In an earlier thread, we discussed John C Hall Jr's harassment of a Stacey Abrams Oct 14 campaign stop in Dublin, Georgia.

We linked Hall to the white nationalist/southern secessionist League of the South, as well as to other white power organizers.

In late October, a 1992 photograph of Abrams burning the state flag surfaced on social media. This became a story in GA & national media.
nytimes.com/2018/10/22/us/…

State flag which Abrams burned in protest incorporated the Confederate battle flag & was a symbol of white supremacy.
Late on Sunday, Oct 21, right-winger Edward C Tracey posted this newspaper photograph of Abrams at a 1992 protest against Confederate symbols to his Facebook profile.
On Mon. morning, John C Hall Jr. began spreading the story, initially sharing Tracey's Facebook post.

Soon after, Hall sent materials to Jim Galloway of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Galloway was working on AJC article when New York Times broke story.
ajc.com/blog/politics/…
Later Mon., Hall posted more press clippings about Abrams to his FB page. That evening he published a blog post to further amplify story.

By Tuesday, Hall was gleeful about story's media coverage: "the torpedo hit her ship perfectly!" Hall also bragged about traffic to blog post
The Kemp campaign did not officially comment on the Abrams confederate flag story.

However, Hall suggested that his role in spreading that story is why Hall received "VIP status" when Mike Pence & Kemp held a Nov 1 rally in Savannah, GA. Symbolic reward for Hall's efforts?
While Kemp condemned blatantly racist/neo-Nazi robocalls made against Abrams, this incident suggests that the GOP has no problem with white nationalist assistance behind the scenes.

cnn.com/2018/11/03/pol…
Here is white nationalist leader Bradley Dean Griffin (League of the South / Occidental Dissent website) congratulating Hall for his efforts against Abrams.

(Brad Griffin is also linked to the GOP precinct chairman for East Ellijay, GA, see article here: atlantaantifa.org/2018/10/25/rac…)
Earlier picture of John C. Hall Jr & Kemp.

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