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I have vivid memories of an appearance Dec. 12, 2017, on a panel at the Re-Wire Policy Conference in Seattle titled "Identity Politics, White Supremacy and the Alt-Right." I was more or less shut down by the other panelists for calling out Matt Shea as a problem for Republicans.
The video at this panel was never posted, but you can get an idea what kind of conference it was from this.

washingtonstatewire.com/missed-2017-re…
I explained that white supremacists already had a policy presence in the form of Shea -- at the time No.2 in the House GOP caucus -- and was attacked by other panelists (primarily libertarian Robin Koerner) for allegedly smearing him. Shea is a nice man, the audience was assured.
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An excellent choice. Solomon has been polluting the information stream with straight-up disinformation for many years, all under the guise of being an ordinary news reporter. He's not. He's a right-wing propagandist.

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