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steven monacelli

Sep 20 • 10 tweets • 5 min read

SCOOP: multiple sources tell me that a member of the FBI designed extremist militia This is Texas Freedom Force, Kyle Sims, worked for Don Huffines as a body man. Below are two photos. One of Sims standing next to Don Huffines, another of Sims standing next to a Proud Boy.

Kyle Sims is a busy man. I've seen him posting in John Birch Society groups on Facebook. Recently, he spread disinformation about a gun safety resolution at a north Texas school district with the help of Texas Scorecard.

https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1569513737060777985?t=51kWR-vZyQqwKWIfzw8DEw&s=19

Sims appears to be a well connected activist. He's shown up to several school board meetings in the area and multiple events organized by the leader of the anti-LGBTQ group led by Kelly Neidert, Protect Texas Kids.

https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1569200861339078656?t=51kWR-vZyQqwKWIfzw8DEw&s=19

TYPO: I meant FBI *designated* not *designed*, which would be VERY different

tpr.org/texas/2021-01-…

According to TEC filings, it looks like Kyle Sims was paid over $40k by Don Huffines and over $13k by Shelly Luther.

Kyle Sims claims he is not a member of TITFF. Interesting.

https://twitter.com/patriottxs/status/1572430900725678081?t=OClD88Ju5ueNUjvJm8aF8Q&s=19

CORRECTION: a previous now deleted Tweet incorrectly associated Kyle "KD" Sims with a Confederate Veterans organization that has collaborated with This Is Texas Freedom Force. That Confederate Veterans group in north Texas features another man named Kyle Sims. I regret the error.

Despite my typo and a case of mistaken identity, it's clear that Kyle "KD" Sims works with Huffines. He posted photos on Facebook from an event with Huffines this past Saturday.

For transparency's sake, I'll share how I made the mistake. Here is a photo from a Sons of Confederate Vets organization site from 2020. It lists Kyle Sims, head of a chapter in nearby Grapevine, in the caption. It features a lookalike. But he isn't Sims. The man on the left is.

My mistake led me to learn that there is a fairly active Sons of Confederate Veterans group that meets regularly in the town next to my hometown, has rallied with TITFF in Dallas outside of the building modeled after Robert E Lee's home, and is headed by a different Kyle Sims.

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