Joshua Noah Mote, the new Lumpkin County Coordinator of American Patriots USA, claims that his organization removed Klansman Cody Cantrell from org and that they now "kick people out of our group for having racist ties".
Let's take a look at these claims.
Let's take a look at these claims.
At the end of December and early January, Josh Mote was listed as the "campaign manager" for KKK affiliate Cody Cantrell, who wished to run for Sheriff in White County on an APUSA ticket.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1234610807310299136
Cody Cantrell is part of a Klan group, SCK-KKK, which we discussed here.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1176742050210996224
Cantrell and other members of SCK-KKK were a bloc of attendees at Chester Doles' far-Right rally in Dahlonega on September 14.
We wrote about that rally here.
We wrote about that rally here.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1200849163145138209
Members of SCK-KKK were some of the first to arrive in with Chester Doles that day and were among his core supporters.
Appearing on The Right Voice racist podcast on Oct 2, Chester Doles noted that antifascists had identified "other affiliations" of Sept 14 rally participants.
Our article exposing SCK Klan group at 9/14 rally was published one week before appearance.
Doles is 2nd voice in clip
Our article exposing SCK Klan group at 9/14 rally was published one week before appearance.
Doles is 2nd voice in clip
Cody Cantrell was featured in a group photo taken after the first American Patriots USA meeting, held on Dec 14, 2019.
Doles is 3rd from R, Cantrell is 5th from R. Everyone else in pic is also a Klansman or Nazi sympathizer.
Note left-armed Klan salute of Justin Maddox on far R
Doles is 3rd from R, Cantrell is 5th from R. Everyone else in pic is also a Klansman or Nazi sympathizer.
Note left-armed Klan salute of Justin Maddox on far R
Since Chester Doles is a self-described "fourth-generation Klansman" and led a Klan group while in Maryland, there is zero chance that Doles did not know what the salute meant before he shared the December group picture to his social media.
The idea that Cody Cantrell was hiding his Klan affiliations from American Patriots USA before he was selected as a candidate is therefore ludicrous.
A much more plausible explanation: Cantrell was selected as an APUSA candidate *because* of his Ku Klux Klan affiliation.
A much more plausible explanation: Cantrell was selected as an APUSA candidate *because* of his Ku Klux Klan affiliation.
In January, Cantrell's campaign collapsed before it truly got off the ground, when word of Cantrell's Klan affiliations circulated in White County.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1230881611954044928
At the time, "Campaign Manager" Joshua Mote stated that Cantrell "is not a Klansman" and was not affiliated with an organized white supremacist group.
Joshua Mote now admits this was untrue.
Joshua Mote now admits this was untrue.
After the news of Cantrell's KKK affiliations spread widely, American Patriots USA still involved Cantrell.
Cantrell talked at APUSA's 2nd meeting on Jan 18, 2020.
APUSA then circulated stories about "fake photos" and antifa hackers in attempt to cover for their Klan candidate.
Cantrell talked at APUSA's 2nd meeting on Jan 18, 2020.
APUSA then circulated stories about "fake photos" and antifa hackers in attempt to cover for their Klan candidate.
If Cantrell was asked to take a step back from or even leave American Patriots USA, this was likely an optics issue and a response to organization's earlier stance becoming unsustainable as we repeatedly exposed them.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1230881584720441345
On his Oct 2 appearance on The Right Voice podcast, APUSA founder & leader Chester Doles was clear about reasons for building ostensibly pro-Trump organization.
Doles claims Trump has promoted white "tribal thinking" (i.e. racism) & cites deceased neo-Nazi "Dr. [William] Pierce"
Doles claims Trump has promoted white "tribal thinking" (i.e. racism) & cites deceased neo-Nazi "Dr. [William] Pierce"
Pierce led the National Alliance, once the largest neo-Nazi organization in North America. He also wrote the notorious race-war fantasy The Turner Diaries.
Chester Doles was the GA state leader of National Alliance until his 2003 arrest & still embraces Pierce's ideology.
Chester Doles was the GA state leader of National Alliance until his 2003 arrest & still embraces Pierce's ideology.
If American Patriots USA truly kicked out the racists from its organization, it would collapse.
Here are APUSA representatives at the Dahlonega Walmart parking lot last month. Doles is in the checkered shirt in middle.
Here are APUSA representatives at the Dahlonega Walmart parking lot last month. Doles is in the checkered shirt in middle.
"Santa Klan" on the left (with a placard, wearing vest) appeared dressed in an International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sweatshirt when American Patriots USA had a float in Dahlonega's Gold Rush Days Festival parade in October.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1185716726052392967
On the right of the Walmart photo from last month (w/ white baseball cap) is Sean Keena, another core APUSA member.
On social media, Keena is "Sean Cooley", where he mocks the Holocaust, celebrates Hitler, praises white supremacist David Duke & refers to Jewish people as "rats".
On social media, Keena is "Sean Cooley", where he mocks the Holocaust, celebrates Hitler, praises white supremacist David Duke & refers to Jewish people as "rats".
Since American Patriots USA remains guided by the neo-Nazi ideology of its leader Chester Doles & involves unmistakable white supremacists at its core, the organization's current pose should be rejected.
Please continue calling Lumpkin County Parks & Rec.
Please continue calling Lumpkin County Parks & Rec.
https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1234516591729094656
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