The social conservative and right-wing historian David Barton has reportedly filed a libel and defamation lawsuit against two Texas Democrats, because he alleges they falsely portrayed him as a sympathizer with white supremacists.Earlier this month, Barton filed suit in Texas against two former candidates for the State Board of Education (SBOE), Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Judy Jennings, as well as an internet blogger who posted on Examiner.com under the name W.S. Smith. Both Jennings and Bell-Metereau lost their elections.
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