The Claremont Institute, employer of John Eastman, is trying to claim it's not a radical organization.
At the same time, one of its Lincoln Fellows recently appeared on a white supremacist podcast where he said he hoped to learn from "terror groups." angrywhitemen.org/2021/10/04/cla…
At the same time, one of its Lincoln Fellows recently appeared on a white supremacist podcast where he said he hoped to learn from "terror groups." angrywhitemen.org/2021/10/04/cla…
The show, as @EyesOnTheRight reported, is hosted by one of the organizers of the "Unite the Right" fascist rally of 2017.
Claremont also has hosted a full-length podcast interview on replacing American democracy with monarchism, as @DamonLinker revealed theweek.com/politics/10030…
Claremont also has hosted a full-length podcast interview on replacing American democracy with monarchism, as @DamonLinker revealed theweek.com/politics/10030…
Initially, Claremont was a relatively mild-mannered right wing group. It was always big on the "God made muh constitution" myth though, which led to much worse things.
The spiral downward began with nonsense about "multiculturalism" as @jaredlholt noted rightwingwatch.org/post/pizzagate…
The spiral downward began with nonsense about "multiculturalism" as @jaredlholt noted rightwingwatch.org/post/pizzagate…
Because the US political and media systems are so biased toward NYC and DC, Claremont has always been an also-ran think-tank.
It thus jumped onto the Trump train eagerly and absorbed all the racist money and intellectualism that was gathering behind the early "alt right."
It thus jumped onto the Trump train eagerly and absorbed all the racist money and intellectualism that was gathering behind the early "alt right."
Eastman was the perfect guide for this because of his own long-standing record of religious and anti-LGBT extremism which I noted in an earlier thread:
https://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1444451203073470470?s=20
Claremont has become far more reactionary than any other GOP "intellectual" institution.
John Eastman's work to throw out the votes of 81 million people is very much representative of Claremont.
Lots more on its fascistic views here from @lkatfield /end thebulwark.com/what-the-hell-…
John Eastman's work to throw out the votes of 81 million people is very much representative of Claremont.
Lots more on its fascistic views here from @lkatfield /end thebulwark.com/what-the-hell-…
PS: If you are interested in the basic pablum that Claremont previously was known for, this is a good Twitter thread review by @SethCotlar of "Vindicating the Founders," a book Claremont passed around for decades
https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1161279428464263168?s=20
Another good article for the thread
https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1453014463993499658?s=19
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