Originally published at: Elon Musk And GOP House Members Weigh In On Deep White Nationalist Conspiracy Beef - TPM – Talking Points Memo
As America observed its 250th birthday this past weekend, billionaire Elon Musk and Republican members of Congress aired out a conspiracy theory that has emerged amid internecine white supremacist feuding. Their comments suggested the group Patriot Front, which marched through DC during the Independence Day festivities, is not made up of far-right activists but is…
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Holy shit, the belief contortions these creeps go through is truly amazing. Don’t they know that the Patriot Front is actually made up of space aliens?
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eyeroll That’s just what the mole men want you to believe.
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So Musk, supergenius that he is, thinks a group that supports his agenda of a white nationalist state must be a left wing setup? Come on Elon, stand up for your beliefs!
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It is hard to understand how these people get through a day without forgetting to breath.
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Rumor has it Patriot Front is underwritten by Prestige Consumer Healthcare.
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“What I find odd about Patriot Front is how under Biden they were never investigated,” Luna wrote in a post on X. “Well funded. Never investigated.”
So she is unhappy that Biden didn’t conduct any witch hunts? Her complaint seems odd.
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I can imagine the organization will take GREAT offense at being slandered/smeared with ANTIFA accusations.
Please, someone from the group, set these nincompoops at the top straight.
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Biden expanded efforts to confront domestic terrorism and white supremacist groups. That’s a stark contrast from Trump. During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department suppressed data on the role of white supremacist groups in terrorism. Trump’s current administration has also shifted federal law enforcement focus away from hate crimes while continually minimizing the threat of far-right extremism.
Never confuse Fox News or Representative Luna with the facts.
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"Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted footage of Patriot Front in DC on July 4 on X and suggested “leftists” were responsible since “patriots don’t wear masks.”
Even in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. Or when they are ICE or Border Control agents. These people don’t even try to be consistent.
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It’s hard to be a Republican and not be both deeply mad and deeply evil.
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Patriot Front, a white supremacist group which emerged in the wake of the 2017 Charlottesville rally, is ostensibly dedicated to the idea “America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.”
“That’s right! Americans discovered and settled in Europe!”
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There used to be a video up of a then top Republican Michigan legislator who had got crosswise with the far right sitting down with some of his constituents w who .had participated in J6. Trying to make common cause with them he suggested that J6 had been a false flag conducted by the government (The same excuse that was being deployed nationally even back then.) Boy were they offended. ‘No,’ they said, ‘That was us!’
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He called for an “open” and “democratic” process to replace him
Why the scary quote marks around open and democratic? A lot of us think open and democratic process should be the norm.
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Maybe if Patriot Front included a few misspellings in their signage they could gather some right wing cred.
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