1/ Breaching The Mainstream - A National Survey of Far Right Membership in State Legislators irehr.org/reports/breach… 875 state legislators in the 2021-2022 term, in all 50 states, have joined at least one of 789 far-right FB groups - 11.85% of all state legislators in the U.S.⚠️
2/ The far-right themes documented in this report include: election denial, COVID denial, anti-vaccine “health freedom,” Islamophobia, antisemitic conspiracies, attacks on Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, anti-abortion, “groomer” anti-LGBTQIA bigotry, white nationalism. 
3/ Of 875 legislators found in the far-right FB groups, 199 were ALEC members - 22.74%. #KochNetwork
Of the 10 active legislators who were members of the #OathKeepers, 6 are members of other far-right FB groups
Of the 10 active legislators who were members of the #OathKeepers, 6 are members of other far-right FB groups
8 MA Lawmakers Have Joined 'Far Right' Facebook Groups: Report patch.com/massachusetts/…
1/ 1 in 5 state GOP lawmakers in far-right Facebook groups, study says phys.org/news/2022-05-s… "The numbers are staggering. The findings show how deeply the far-right has penetrated state politics."
2/ "State legislators who flocked to Facebook's far-right groups have collectively sponsored 963 bills in their 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions.
"Of those, the report said, 100 have become law."
"Of those, the report said, 100 have become law."
3/ "Americans for Prosperity is engaged in far-right conspiracies like kids getting a good education and lowering the tax burden on families. The Convention of States is engaged in the far-right conspiracy of term limits and balanced budget amendments."
4/ the actual number of state legislators who have joined far-right Facebook groups is MUCH higher than the report determined. "Because we didn't want to run into criticism about this just being about conservative politics" the study didn't include NRA groups or MAGA groups
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