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August 3, 2023 5:03 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: Slitting Throats
Ian Millhiser @ Vox: There is no First Amendment right to overturn an election. John Knefel and Jacina Hollins-Borges @ Media Matters: Right-wing media call for “revenge tour” in response to Trump’s indictment for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Vivek Ramaswamy Hedges on Whether 9/11 Was an Inside Job: ‘I […]
August 3, 2023 5:01 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: No Age of Consent
It is 2023 and Joseph Farah is still writing about former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Sen. Josh Hawley was pilloried when he posted a fake Christian nationalist quote from Patrick Henry last month, but that did not stop Christian nationalist worship leader Sean Feucht from posting the exact same fake quote himself. Shane Vaughn […]
August 3, 2023 2:50 pm
‘Why Else Would We Have a Second Amendment?’ Anna Perez Suggests Trump’s Indictment Calls for Armed Revolution
Right-wing commentator Anna Perez reacted to the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump—this time for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election—by suggesting that an armed uprising and revolution is the only proper response. Perez is a far-right commentator with a penchant for spreading QAnon and other conspiracy theories who hosts […]
August 2, 2023 5:14 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: 561 Years
Nicole Narea @ Vox: Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election. Paul Blumenthal @ HuffPost: Who Are The Co-Conspirators In Trump’s Jan. 6 Indictment? Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: Jeff Clark’s Insurrection Act Remark Was Even Worse Than It Sounds. Colby Hall @ Mediaite: ‘561 YEARS in Prison’: Trump Fundraising […]
August 2, 2023 5:13 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: The Hebrew Republic
Shortly before former President Donald Trump was indicted (for the third time) Tuesday, self-proclaimed “prophet” Nathan French declared that God told him that President Joe Biden is going to get “yanked out” of the White House and “Trump, the rightful president, is about to get reinserted.” Lauren Witzke says that the judge overseeing Trump’s latest […]
August 2, 2023 2:34 pm
God Will Not Be Mocked: Abby Johnson Warns Christians Not to Support Vivek Ramaswamy
Last month, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy appeared on the Christian nationalist program “FlashPoint,” where he assured the audience that even though he is Hindu, he shares their “Judeo-Christian values.” Ramaswamy’s appearance apparently did not sit well with “FlashPoint’s” audience, prompting host Gene Bailey to reassure viewers that “neither I nor anyone else on this […]
August 1, 2023 5:01 pm
Right Wing Round-Up: The Devil’s Music
Michelle Goldberg @ The New York Times: The Radicalization of the Young Right. Ali Breland @ Mother Jones: White Nationalists Are Big Fans of Elon’s “White Genocide” Tweets. Heather Greene @ Religion News Service: How Sean Feucht helped bring the devil’s music to Indiana’s state capitol. David Weigel and Shelby Talcott @ Semafor: ‘This belongs […]
August 1, 2023 5:00 pm
Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Take Over the Country
Mark Burns claims that former President Donald Trump is “literally the modern-day Julius Caesar.” Lauren Witzke declares that “we need leaders who will speak up for and on behalf of White issues.” Speaking of Witzke, Elijah Schaffer says that she is “a very good friend” and has “been one of the most helpful people in […]
August 1, 2023 4:05 pm
Anti-LGBTQ Pastor John Amanchukwu Is Launching ‘A National School Board Tour’
Last week, Right Wing Watch reported that right-wing pastor John Amanchukwu, who has built a reputation for himself and generated lots of media coverage by making appearances before North Carolina school boards to rant about the supposedly “perverted” books that are available in school libraries, was looking to take his show on the road. After […]
August 1, 2023 3:35 pm
One Reason For Extremism of Right-Wing Youth: Nick Fuentes Feeds Viewers Violent Racism and Antisemitism
Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign fired a young staffer named Nate Hochman after Hochman created a pro-DeSantis video that featured Nazi imagery. In the wake of Hochman’s firing, commentators like the New York Times’ Michelle Goldberg have noted that Hochman’s views and presence on the DeSantis campaign “tell us quite a bit […]