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Indivisible Bradenton
Sep 30, 2021 29 tweets 20 min read
This thread is about the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida, its organization & membership, extremist ideology, promotion of "election fraud" claims & anti-public health stances, etc. /1 Republican Liberty Caucus, w/ HQ in Washington DC, was founded at the national level in 1991 as a 527 voluntary grassroots membership organization. They pledge to shrink government, abolish programs, etc. Ron Paul was chair once & Rand endorsed for prez in 2016. /2
Sep 28, 2021 18 tweets 12 min read
This thread explores Turning Point Faith, #CharlieKirk of Turning Point USA’s new “church-based field program” to recruit pastors & congregations into politics, as first reported by the @nytimes’s @publicroad in March 2021 /1
nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/… Previously, #SarasotaSeditionSquad & #ShadowNetwork Council for National Policy member Charlie Kirk had founded Turning Point USA as a form of anti-higher education activism cc: @adamgabbatt /2
theguardian.com/education/2021…