Know your extremists. Attorney Michael Farris is a religious zealot who tried to overthrow the 2020 election, endorsed Mark Meadows (who burned documents) for the position of chief of staff, & mentored Jenna Ellis who was recently censured 4 spreading BS about election fraud. 1/
3/ Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows was “endorsed by [evangelical extremist lawyer] Michael Farris, a member of the CNP’s Board of Governors and the President & current CEO of the Alliance Defending Freedom.” By @anelsona , April 2020 #Christofascism 3/ thedailybeast.com/what-is-trump-…
Michael Farris founded the Christian extremist nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which led the successful effort to overturn Roe v Wade. Erin Hawley (Josh Hawley’s wife) works 4 them as a lawyer. She was part of the team that did the deed. 4/ realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/…
Michael Farris is a Christian homeschooling (& private Christian school) proponent who also founded the Parental Rights Foundation to successfully oppose the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. His group works w/ Moms 4 Liberty, which uses “parental rights” as a slogan. 5/
7/ The Parental Rights Foundation (founded by religious zealot Michael Farris) collaborates w/ Moms4Liberty.
8/ Extremist Michael Farris w/ extremist Jenna Ellis.
9/ More of Farris w/ Ellis
10/ This describes extremist Jenna Ellis and extremist Michael Farris as co-authors of a book. scribd.com/book/524036244
11/ Michael Farris also has a Christian College, Patrick Henry, which has hosted the militant Black Robe Regiment of Virginia. @TheJusticeDeptarchive.ph/2023.03.22-155…
13/ From my article. The head of the Black Robe Regiment of Virginia (the group hosted by Farris) wore an Oath Keepers shirt when he spoke on stage during the Jericho March on Dec 12, 2020 in DC.
14/ Also from my article: The Black Robe Regiment of Virginia (“America’s Black Robe Regiment”) wrote in April 2021 that, “We are all Oath Keepers now.” (There are multiple “black robe regiment” groups, but William Cook’s VA-based group is the one tied to Farris’s college.)
17/ Farris, Farris, Farris. He’s all over this mess.
18/ And I didn’t even mention that Farris’s college (Patrick Henry) has hosted Alexey Komov, the right hand man of indicted Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. Komov and thus Malofeev have infiltrated the Christian Right via the Christian homeschooling movement.
19/ The World Congress of Families is the top group linking the Kremlin to the Christian Right. Komov is the WCF’s official Russian emissary. Multiple Christian Right operatives involved w/ WCF were also involved w/ efforts to overturn the 2020 election. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019…
20/ Examples include John Eastman, Jim Garlow, Steve Turley, Charles Bausman, Ed Martin, Stephen Brown, and (of course) Michael Farris & his associates at the Home School Legal Defense Association (another group founded by Farris). homeschoolersanonymous.net/tag/world-cong…
25/ Whoa. I had known (but forgot) about Farris’s involvement with the 1776 commission. I had not known that “patriotic education” was the goal. (In MAGA talk, “patriot” often equates w/ extreme Christianity. See “Patriot Mobil.”) via @capitolhunters
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
You can read the Trump-backed “Save America Act” for yourself here. This bill expands upon the original so-called “SAVE Act”. 2/ congress.gov/119/bills/hr72…
3/ Here’s a link to the Brennan Center’s July 2025 report warning about the problems with both the SAVE System and the Social Security Number database when used to purge voters from the voter rolls, as would occur under the “Save America Act”. Everyone should read it. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
The SAVE America Act’s list of approved citizenship documentation is at the top. Marriage certificates are *not* included, effectively disenfranchising many of the 69M women whose last names don’t match their birth certificates (not an issue for those who buy expensive passports or have “Enhanced Drivers Licenses” that do match) 1/
The GOP’s “SAVE America Act” has a list of approved citizenship documentation for voters. It includes Real IDs that “indicate citizenship,” which misleads bc most Real IDs *don’t* indicate citizenship & thus won’t suffice.
The list also does *not* include marriage certificates, effectively disenfranchising many of the 69M women whose last names don’t match their birth certificates (not an issue for those w/ passports or Enhanced Drivers Licenses that do match). #NoOnSAVE #ProtectOurVotes 1/
Rs are using public confusion over Real ID to advance their deceptive Save America Act. In reality, for most voters, a Real ID will *not* suffice to prove citizenship under the Act—even if they presented a birth certificate to get it. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE. 202-224-3121 1/
The GOP’s “SAVE Act” has a list of approved citizenship documentation for voters. It includes Real IDs that “indicate citizenship,” which is highly misleading bc most REAL IDs *don’t* indicate citizenship, per the DHS.
The list also does *not* include marriage certificates, effectively disenfranchising many of the 69M women whose last names don’t match their birth certificates (not an issue for those w/ passports or Enhanced Drivers Licenses that do match). #NoOnSAVE #ProtectOurVotes 1/
Most Real IDs do *not* prove citizenship. (EDLs, which are available in only 5 states are an exception) The GOP’s “SAVE” Act thus misleads when it says voters can prove citizenship w/ “ID issued consistent w/ the reqmts of…REAL ID…that indicates the applicant is a citizen…” 1/