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[MATT SHEA THREAD] So as it turns out, Sheriff Kzenovich wasn't exaggerating yesterday when he told @KHQkev that more evidence would emerge pointing to Rep. Matt Shea's deeply hateful and violent ideology. #RepMattShea
In the latest development, we learn tonight that Rep. Matt Shea's group chat, where he infamously assisted in a plot to violently intimidate his own constituents, was named "White Movement." khq.com/news/exclusive…
For a far-right politician who just this week shared a link to a white nationalist website, the title of the group chat isn't exactly subtle. spokesman.com/stories/2019/a…
This latest development also indicate that Rep. Shea's ideology is not simply a belief in #WhiteSupremacy, but an adherence to #WhiteNationalism, a revolutionary social movement committed to building a Whites-only nation, which holds #Antisemitism as its theoretical core. 
The title of the group chat in which Rep. Shea participated was a reference to the White movement, a 20th century confederation of anti-communist forces who fought against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1923). #RepMattShea en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_mov…
In its heyday, the White movement which the title of Rep. Shea's group chat references promoted deeply anti-Semitic theories claiming that communism is a Jewish conspiracy. #RepMattShea #Antisemitism #WhiteNationalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Bo…
This "Judeo-Bolshevism" anti-Semitic myth, which holds that communism is a Jewish plot for world domination, inspired pogroms and genocidal campaigns aimed at Jews in places like Hungary, Romania, & Poland. Hitler himself used it to justify the Holocaust. tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-an…
But back to Rep. Shea: As the original reporting on the chat logs makes clear, the participants were well aware of the violent historical nature of the reference to the White movement. theguardian.com/world/2019/apr…
Rep. Shea has got to go. Here's how you can help fight back against his violent extremism: Call Washington House Minority Leader J.T. Wilcox at 360 786 7912 to demand he censure and expel Rep. Shea from his caucus! Click the link below for a sample script: westernstatescenter.org/mattshea
Tomorrow night, Rep. Shea is speaking at the John Birch Society Executive Committee Dinner in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Call 208 765 3200 now to demand Best Western cancel the event. #RepMattShea
If you're interested in learning more about the rise of white nationalism, its difference from white supremacy, and how it feeds on antisemitism, we encourage you to read @BulldogShadow's "Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism." politicalresearch.org/2017/06/29/ski…
