Hatewatch Headlines 7/20/2018
GOP doesn’t care that King is a white supremacist; Stewart runs from ties to alt-right; Proud Boys headed for the heart of antifa territory; and more.
Huffington Post: Rep. Steve King is a white supremacist, and the GOP doesn’t seem to care.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA): Corey Stewart’s campaign attacks media, refuses to address staffer ties to Jason Kessler.
Right Wing Watch: Neo-Nazi Patrick Little is welcome to speak at ‘Unite the Right 2,’ despite Kessler’s assertions.
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, VA): Prosecutors ask for Christopher Cantwell’s bond to be revoked.
Raw Story: DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen refuses to condemn white-supremacist violence at Charlottesville.
Think Progress: These two psychologists are dismantling the myth of white superiority.
Daily Beast: Proud Boys, the infamous right-wing brawlers, head to the heart of Antifa territory.
Chicago Sun-Times: Neo-Nazi Art Jones walks through his precincts handing out antisemitic literature.
CNN: Zuckerberg’s comments on Holocaust denial give extremist antisemites an opening.
L.A. Taco: There’s soul searching in the Los Angeles bar industry after Proud Boys create a scene on the Eastside.
The Baffler: Violence fueled by Proud Boys in Portland demonstrates the limits of ‘civility.’
Media Matters: A GOP Twitter account is spreading the baseless ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory.
Oregonian: Nativist group’s initiative to repeal state ‘sanctuary’ status makes it to the November ballot.
Fox6Now (Milwaukee, WI): Extremist ex-sheriff David Clarke’s 2015 trip expenses paid by alleged Russian agent’s group.
USA Today: BBQ Becky and Permit Patty: Why the Internet is shaming white people who call police on black people.
Right Wing Watch: Star Parker says the ‘B’ in LGBT stands for ‘bestiality.’
Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN): Rural Minnesota man planned a ‘second American Revolution,’ prosecutors say.
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC): Bartender claimed Uber driver kicked him out of car for being gay.
Inlander (Spokane, WA): Idaho man charged with hate crime for assaulting, hurling racial slurs at teens at McDonalds.