Wondering what to expect from Tuesday’s #J6hearing? Investigators will focus on extremist groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers and how they plotted to storm the U.S. Capitol. Here’s what you need to know: (1)
The Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and III Percenters acted as the foot soldiers in Trump’s effort to stay in power. (2) rightwingwatch.org/post/from-civi…
11 Oath Keepers and 5 Proud Boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy. 3 members of the Oath Keepers have pleaded guilty. (3)
Christian nationalist Jarrin Jackson, who pretended a printer was a Dominion voting machine and shot it up and who openly talks about shooting "godless commies" in the face, advanced to a run off for a seat in the Oklahoma state Senate in last night's GOP primary.
Today’s Jan 6 committee hearing will focus on efforts by Trump and his team to intimidate state and local election officials. A brief reminder thread from RWW reporting. #Jan6Justice
Georgia election officials were an early target of the so-called “Stop the Steal” campaign. See the recent Right Wing Watch video about Stop the Steal and organizer Ali Alexander
On Dec. 2, 2020, Alexander joined election conspiracy-promoting attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood and Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones pressuring state legislators to deliver the state’s Electoral College votes to Trump. rightwingwatch.org/post/stop-the-…
What were the Proud Boys doing before Jan. 6? They made their presence known at so-called "Stop the Steal" rallies in Washington, DC. They looked for fights, and in most cases, started them. rightwingwatch.org/post/violence-…
In one instance on December 2020, members of the hate group shoved a counterprotester to the ground and began kicking him. When a woman tried to escort him away from danger, Proud Boys members sucker-punched him while another yanked her hair, throwing her to the ground.
Right Wing Watch will be watching tonight’s first public hearing by the House Select Committee investigating the effort by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election and keep Trump in power. 1/
We’ll also be keeping an eye on the propaganda campaign being waged by Trump Republicans, far-right activists, and right-wing media outlets to distract Americans from the committee’s truth-telling about the criminal conspiracy against our country. 2/
While you’re waiting for the hearing to start, catch our explainer video on the role played by the “Stop the Steal” campaign and its organizer Ali Alexander – more videos to come as committee hearings continue. rightwinginsurrection.org/key-figures-to… 3/
“There’s no such thing as the separation of church and state,” says Christian nationalist David Lane in @washingtonpost video on recruiting North Carolina pastors to run for office. A #ChristianNationalism thread on Lane’s history, extremism and agenda: washingtonpost.com/video/politics…
Political operative David Lane has organized pastors to turn churches into GOTV operations for right-wing candidates since mid 1990s. His focus on getting pastors themselves to run for office is more recent, inspired by his pastor-politician Rob McCoy rightwingwatch.org/post/did-pence…
In December, David Lane talked about his work with NC Lt Gov Mark Robinson to recruit pastors and church leaders to run for office, calling it the “only shot to save America” because “we’ve given ourselves to the devil.”