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The GOP has a white nationalism problem. What are the party's leaders going to do about it? talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/whit… via @TPM
@TPM I mean, I suppose the things this kid said about wanting to harm journalists and BLM protestors and using the n-word were just him "being naughty," like Tucker. Nothing to see here, the best people...truly, the best people.
@TPM Here's another example of how emboldened young white nationalists are finding it quite easy to infiltrate the GOP at the state and local level. This is their future generation of leaders. mynorthwest.com/1011333/james-…?
@TPM h/t to @Hammbear for drawing my attention to this 2017 article which makes the case at greater length, noting how many college Republicans were involved with the Charlottesville rally. splinternews.com/charlottesvill…
@TPM @Hammbear And now might be a good time to recall that Trump's campaign manager, Steve Bannon, saw Trump as a vehicle for advancing Bannon's dream of building a global politics around conservative, populist nationalism (a polite term for "fascism"). washingtonpost.com/politics/a-nat…
Update to the Portland variant of the GOP white nationalism story.
