Thread by @stevanzetti

NEW: The True Texas Project, an @splcenter designated extremist group, will be hosting a panel with Dallas Young Republicans chair Chad Cohen, Christian fascist/white nationalist John Doyle, and Jake Colglazier, the head of Keep Dallas Safe who spoke at a Groyper convention.

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The panel featuring the Dallas YR chairman, a white nationalist influencer, and a Groyper will be held at the @CityofUPTX library. It's emceed by a member of Republicans for National Renewal, which has a grassroots director that ran a neo-Nazi podcast.

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https://t.co/8ez2LTK8V7therealnews.com/cpac-and-the-f…

John Doyle, a Dallas area Christian fascist/white nationalist influencer, and Jake Colglazier, the current head of a local astroturf group Keep Dallas Safe and a known affiliate of the "Groyper Army," have teamed up before this panel. They recently filmed a video together.

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The video that Doyle and Colglazier filmed together was boosted by Dallas Justice Now, a group that initially framed itself as BLM adjacent but happened to have been caught working with the same Republican PR group as Keep Dallas Safe.

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https://t.co/9v6A6jMMDNindependent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Doyle has been seen at several anti-LGBTQ and anti-drag protests across north Texas. At one outside a bar called Mr. Misster, Doyle openly fantasized about taking away LGBTQ rights and cops murdering queer people.

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https://t.co/2WKe63suWstherealnews.com/texan-parents-…

Meanwhile, Colglazier has used Keep Dallas Safe to mock drag shows and the LGBTQ community. Dallas Justice Now has also made anti-trans posts and boosted posts by Protect Texas Kids, an anti-LGBTQ group led by a self described Christian Fascist.

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https://t.co/hh90gBoHVztexasobserver.org/dallas-has-a-p…

Previously, Colglazier and the leader of Protect Texas Kids, Kelly Neidert, both spoke at a True Texas Project event. Colglazier was a Huffines staffer at the time. The protest where Doyle wishes police would kill LGBTQ people was organized by Neidert.

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https://t.co/KkkslFytpXlmtonline.com/news/houston-t…

This isn't the first time influencers with ties to extreme groups were embraced by the Dallas Young Republicans. Last year they welcomed Alex Stein, who has filmed content with Proud Boys founder Gavin McGinnes.

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The Dallas Young Republicans choice to embrace extremists and trolls with ties to extremists is more than just concerning: it signals a creeping radicalization among young people, as recently discussed by @michelleinbklyn, even in mainstream groups.

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nytimes.com/2023/07/31/opi…

EDIT: I attached the wrong screenshot to post number 6 in this thread. This is the one I meant to include.

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