Thread by @jennycohn1

“Christian Right Council for National Policy [CNP] Tied to Violent Insurrection at U.S. Capitol” - By @duboo, 1/8/21
cc: ⁦@EXPOSEDbyCMD⁩ 1/ exposedbycmd.org/2021/01/08/chr…

2/ “At least five members and leaders of the Council for National Policy (CNP) worked to turn out MAGA extremists and were scheduled to speak at the rally after Trump exhorted the crowd to march on the Capitol.”

“CNP convened a meeting on Nov. 12-14, 2020 to strategize on how to challenge the election results.” 3/

Cleta Mitchell, “a CNP Board of Governors member, lost her job at Foley & Lardner after the Washington Post published a recording of a Jan. 2 phone call in which she joined Trump in pressuring Georgia’s Secty of State to ‘find’ enough votes to declare Trump the winner in GA.” 4/

“In November, CMD exposed that former CNP member .. Ali Alexander (aka Ali Akbar), was the driving force behind #StoptheSteal. Alexander organized turnout and spoke at the rally in D.C. alongside many of the same individuals who helped lead the earlier protests.” 5/

“Alexander told reporters in advance of the Jan. 6 rally that he had more than 100 buses and 30,000 cars brining protesters from across the country.” 6/

“Turning Point USA‘s founder and president @CharlieKirk11, a CNP member who…was listed as an organizer of the November #StoptheSteal rally in November, … touted on Twitter that he was sending ‘80+ buses full of patriots to DC to fight for this president.’” 7/

“The right-wing Veterans in Defense of Liberty (VIDOL), led by CNP member Scott Magill, also sent troops to the insurrectionist #StoptheSteal event Wednesday.” 8/

“A January 3 email to “fellow Warriors and Friends,” stated that in response to Trump’s “clarion call,” VIDOL would attend the January 6 protest, and “our battle cry shall be, ‘We will not concede!'” 9/

“In a 2017 CNP member report leaked to CMD by Allpress, Magill claimed to have a ‘cavalry of Veteran motorcycle riders” for ‘deployment to anti-American protests, flag burning ceremonies, snowflakes rallies, etc., etc.,’ and argued that ‘we are in an undeclared civil war.’” 10/

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12/ Although not mentioned in this article, guess who was listed in the CNP’s leaked 2014 directory. (Hint: his name rhymes with “cannon”.)

13/ There’s a link to the CNP’s 2014 directory in this piece I wrote in 2017. link.medium.com/88kLz9Brijb

.@SenWhitehouse