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Apr 4 6 tweets 1 min read
In less than one minute, Benny Johnson manages to make multiple false claims about Benjamin Franklin and the Constitutional Convention. bit.ly/3xoWatK
1. Benjamin Franklin did not preside over the Constitutional Convention, George Washington did.
Jan 30 6 tweets 2 min read
Far-right anti-LGBTQ pastor Jack Hibbs delivered an opening prayer in the House of Representatives today. Image This is Jack Hibbs:
Apr 13, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
While GOP officials and right-wing activists relentlessly attack Democrats and LGBTQ people as pedophiles and “groomers,” Milo Yiannopoulos has been alleging that "Stop The Steal" organizer Ali Alexander has a long history of propositioning underage males. Last night, Milo posted allegations from a groyper who claims that Ali solicited sexually explicit images from him when he was 15. That person has since identified himself as America First activist "Smiley." ImageImageImage
Feb 1, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
More than a dozen members of Congress joined hundreds of Christian nationalists and religious-right activists at the Museum of the Bible this morning for a "National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance." Among the speakers was right-wing pastor Andrew Brunson, who blasted the United States as "the primary corrupter of the world" because "our government and corporations increasingly march under the rainbow flag."
Jan 24, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Fuentes wasn’t the only one who had his Twitter account reinstated today. Antisemite Patrick Howley is back on Twitter. Here he was in January of last year: Antisemitic troll Sam Hyde is back on: hopenothate.org.uk/2022/09/12/sam…
Jan 24, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Nick Fuentes—the white nationalist, Christian fascist, misogynist who met with Trump this fall—has been reinstated on Twitter. A thread: Fuentes was banned from Twitter in July 2021 for “repeated violations” of its rules. He’s been banned from almost every mainstream social media platform.
Jan 6, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Fanatical QAnon conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin has had her Twitter account restored.
Jan 6, 2023 17 tweets 5 min read
This Jan. 6, a reminder: The violent attack on the Capitol was part of a larger conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election and keep Donald Trump in power—and Trumpists’ efforts to undermine democracy did not begin or end on that date. A thread: rightwingwatch.org/post/fallout-h… Right Wing Watch noted a year ago that the violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power should have been no surprise; threats of violence began before the election and exploded when Trump falsely claimed that he won. rightwingwatch.org/post/the-jan-6…
Jan 5, 2023 15 tweets 8 min read
Nick Fuentes—the white nationalist who dined with Trump this fall—is recruiting misogynist incels to his ranks. RWW’s @k2doe reports for @MotherJones. A thread: motherjones.com/politics/2022/… @k2doe @MotherJones Last winter, Nick Fuentes said he was a "proud incel."
Jan 3, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Just before the holidays, @RepBobGood appeared on the program hosted by extreme right-wing conspiracy theorist Stew Peters. rumble.com/v21nan0-kevin-… The week before Good appeared on his show, Peters declared that "luckily for us, Monkeypox was a disease that was hard to spread and basically only affected degenerate f*ggots.”
Nov 25, 2022 11 tweets 3 min read
Kanye West claims that Trump was "really impressed" with misogynistic homophobic antisemitic white nationalist Christian fascist incel Nick Fuentes. For those who might not be familiar with Fuentes and his views, here is a quick thread of him explaining them in his own words.
Jul 12, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Here's some of the Right Wing Watch reporting on the pro-Trump rally on the eve of the insurrection that we now know Trump was giddily listening to from the Oval Office: #Jan6thCommitteeHearings rightwingwatch.org/post/christian…
Jul 11, 2022 14 tweets 7 min read
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…
Jun 29, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
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.
Jun 21, 2022 8 tweets 3 min read
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
Jun 10, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Who are the Proud Boys? The extremist group that Trump told to stay "stand back and stand by." 1/ rightwingwatch.org/post/what-you-… 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-…
Jun 9, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
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/
May 23, 2022 22 tweets 8 min read
“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…
May 17, 2022 14 tweets 4 min read
On Saturday, an 18-year-old white man shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket. Of the 13 people shot, 11 were Black. A thread: The shooter posted a screed citing the white supremacist Great Replacement theory—an old racist ideology that has gained new life in recent years.
May 6, 2022 16 tweets 5 min read
Justice Alito’s leaked draft ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade makes it clear just how far the anti-choice movement has come -- and signals more to come from a SCOTUS captured by the right-wing legal movement 1/ rightwingwatch.org/post/overturni… Anti-choice groups talk about a “50-state battle” after Roe is gone, but they have already won many of those battles, passing increasingly severe restrictions and “trigger laws” that mean abortion bans will go into effect immediately in many states 2/ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Apr 26, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
The far-right John Birch Society has joined the Family Research Council promoting smears against civil rights lawyer and circuit court nominee Nancy Abudu. Neither the attacks nor the attackers are credible. 1/5 The John Birch Society was once drubbed out of the conservative movement for promoting extremism and conspiracy theories 2/5 washingtonpost.com/history/2021/0…