Why have we been roiled with school controversies nonstop in Florida? Maybe because there’s a mess of Florida-related January 6 activism to cover up & distract from. Here’s a thread regrouping Southwest & Central Florida January 6 activism. /1
#CarolineWren raised money for Republican Attorneys General Association, Tea Party Express & #LongboatKey resident Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA in support of the Jan. 6 Big Lie rally. /5 propublica.org/article/top-tr…
Florida AG #AshleyMoody was on board of directors of Rule of Law Defense Association, nonprofit arm of Republican Attorneys General Association. They urged protesters to participate in Big Lie march on US Capitol /9 tampabay.com/news/florida-p…
Florida GOP Vice Chair & Sarasota County Commissioner #ChristianZiegler attended the Big Lie Stop the Steal rally in Washington DC on January 6. Ziegler is a #DustinStockon associate & has openly admired #SteveBannon. /12
#LongboatKey resident & Council for National Policy member #CharlieKirk, head of anti-higher education group Turning Points USA, urged Mike Pence to overturn the election as VP. /13
#Sarasota resident #CarolineWetherington, leader of Women for Trump Florida (previously Women for Trump Sarasota-Manatee), a CNP member, supported Trump invoking the insurrection act /15
A #Sarasota Oath Keeper, among other area locals, was arrested in connection with January 6 US Capitol attack. He has been released for now & his wife has raised money on #SteveBannon’s podcast /18 heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/…
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Halloween conspiracy event w/ disgraced #MikeFlynn is Oct. 31 for $50. Speakers include Joe Flynn, Alfie Oakes, Ann Vandersteel, Doug Billings, Martin Hyde, Anthony Sabatini, Drew-Montez Clark, Kimberly Fletcher & Iowa Mama Bears. Kids do not belong here. eventbrite.com/e/halloween-wi…
Read this story today from @ChrisA0213 in the #Sarasota@HeraldTribune about former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who helps fund Big Lie audit done by Sarasota-based Cyber Ninjas in Maricopa County, AZ. 1/
Remember Patrick Byrne? As the @NewYorker's @sheelahk reported, the former Overstock CEO dove deep into the world of conspiracy theories after his affair with Russian spy Maria Butina. /2
Patrick Byrne was part of the group at the White House with #SarasotaSeditionSquad member Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, etc urging Trump to have US military seize Dominion voting machines, as @axios's @jonathanvswan & @zacharybasu reported /3
Want to know some of the deeper political forces behind the disturbances at so many #Florida school board meetings about masks & COVID? Read my thread & this @JRMcKinnon story 👇 /1
In December 2020, @sarasotaschools member Bridget Ziegler & two former school board members elsewhere created "Moms for Liberty" group for "parental rights" using new FL Parents' Bill of Rights, as @JRMcKinnon explains. It spurred anti-mask protests. /2
.@sarasotaschools board member Bridget Ziegler's husband is @SRQCountyGov Commissioner & #Florida@GOP Vice Chair who was in DC for Big Lie Stop the Steal rallies on January 6. /3
Great article by @JaneMayerNYer that pulls together threads based on reporting from @anelsona & others on CNP, ALEC, etc. One thing national reporters still need is #Florida angle, particularly #SarasotaSeditionSquad. How to tell story of Trumpworld w/o Florida? You can't! /1
#Sarasota@HeraldTribune's @ChrisA0213 shows many local connections in his reporting. Cyber Ninjas based in Sarasota, plus Mike Flynn, not to mention Charlie Kirk, Steve Bannon & Florida GOP Chair Joe Gruters, head of RNC's "election integrity" unit /2
See several Twitter threads I've put together below for more information about the #SarasotaSeditionSquad & local connections to the Jan. 6 #CapitolAttack
Now that #SteveBannon’s recent involvement with Trump is coming to light after the #USCapitol riots, it’s worth reviewing Bannon's local Sarasota connections & his background, along with some other Trump associates. THREAD /1 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#SteveBannon, former Trump campaign CEO & former Breitbart CEO, has been plotting for radical right for years, exploiting a canny media strategy to co-opt mainstream media while pursuing his own alt-right media projects, as @JoshuaGreen found. /2 bloomberg.com/politics/graph…
#SteveBannon has long been at heart of radical right politics, including in leadership at the secretive Council for National Policy, along with Kellyanne Conway & Mercer family members /3 thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/08…
The Manatee-Sarasota area has many connections to the horrific scene of insurrection in Washington DC yesterday. Want to see? Buckle up for this thread: /1
The Manatee GOP expressed support for Josh Hawley’s objections to certification of the electoral college vote. /2
Josh Hawley’s home-state newspaper says Hawley has blood on his hands for a “Capitol coup attempt.” This is who the Manatee GOP cheered on. /3