Hatewatch Headlines 10/24/2018
Is caravan panic a ‘Saints’ reenactment? Far right cheers Trump’s ‘nationalism’; Border Patrol union backs white-nationalist video; and more.
Intelligencer: Is the right’s panic over the refugee caravan a reenactment of its favorite racist novel?
New York Times: Trump and GOP candidates escalate race and fear as election ploys.
Think Progress: This is what Trump’s really talking about when he proclaims that he’s a ‘nationalist.’
Right Wing Watch: When Trump announces he’s a ‘nationalist,’ the radical right erupts in cheers.
The Intercept: Border Patrol union endorses extremist video featuring white nationalists.
Rolling Stone: In leaked audio, Brian Kemp expresses concerns over Georgians exercising their right to vote.
Media Matters: White nationalist writer says he’s a canvasser for Brian Kemp.
Talking Points Memo: NYPD opens criminal probe of far-right Proud Boys after Manhattan brawl.
Washington Post: Some Northerners see a Confederate flag rooted in racism as a symbol of patriotism.
Guardian: ‘This is evil at work’: How one small town reacted to the presence of neo-Nazis is a cautionary tale.
Huffington Post: GOP state lawmakers pal around with white supremacists; party funding group backs them anyway.
BuzzFeed: White nationalist Richard Spencer’s wife alleges physical, emotional abuse in her divorce filing.
Raw Story: Neo-Nazis hit Dem Florida governor candidate with new racist robocall: ‘I is the Negro Andrew Gillum’.
The Forward: Florida’s Ron DeSantis’s head of Jewish outreach attended anti-Pelosi protest with Proud Boys.
AlterNet: Megyn Kelly can’t understand what’s so offensive about blackface: ‘What is racism?’
North Jersey Record (Woodland Park, NJ): White-supremacist bands play at Clifton’s Dingbatz despite cancellation announcement.
Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY): Man charged in setting gas station afire has ties to a neo-Nazi group.