President Trump has opened the White House doors to extremism, not only consulting with hate groups on policies that erode our country’s civil rights protections but enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration’s rhetoric and agenda.
The radical right — long relegated to the fringes — now has a toehold in the White House.
Here are the incidents we tracked in 2018 that illustrate the hate and extremism permeating the Trump administration.
January 2018
15 incidents of hate and extremism
One incident involving the administration and a hate group
February 2018
17 incidents of hate and extremism
One incident involving the administration and a hate group
March 2019
15 incidents of hate and extremism
Two incidents involving the administration and a hate group
April 2018
17 incidents of hate and extremism
Three incidents involving the administration and a hate group
May 2018
17 incidents of hate and extremism
Three incidents involving the administration and a hate group
June 2018
28 incidents of hate and extremism
One incident involving the administration and a hate group
July 2018
24 incidents of hate and extremism
No incidents involving the administration and a hate group
August 2018
19 incidents of hate and extremism
Five incidents involving the administration and a hate group
September 2018
24 incidents of hate and extremism
Six incidents involving the administration and a hate group
October 2018
32 incidents of hate and extremism
Three incidents involving the administration and a hate group
November 2018
21 incidents of hate and extremism
Three incidents involving the administration and a hate group
December 2018
12 incidents of hate and extremism
No incidents involving the administration and a hate group
