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Wave of extremist Republicans run for office, many with Trump's blessing
From The Guardian:Rightwing Republicans who promote QAnon and conspiracy theories about Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter are increasingly entering politics
When Donald Trump congratulated Laura Loomer, an Islamophobe and conspiracy theorist, on her Republican congressional primary victory this week, it seemed to bring the president’s version of the Republican party full-circle to the start of his rise.
Trump opened his 2016 presidential campaign by claiming Mexico was sending drug dealers and rapists to the US. He followed that up in office by implementing a travel ban on majority Muslim countries, and later refused to condemn white supremacists.
In that context, Loomer’s triumph in Trump’s own Florida voting district is indicative of a broader pattern of prejudice and misinformation running through the modern day Republican party – which is now undeniably shaped in Trump’s image.
Loomer has been banned from all the most prominent social media networks for promoting hate speech, has said she wants more migrants to die, and last year said “nobody cares about Christchurch” after a shooting at a mosque in New Zealand killed 51 people.
She is just one of a slew of extreme Republicans who are running for office this year. Many have been endorsed by Trump.
“Great going Laura,” Donald Trump tweeted after Loomer won the primary on Wednesday.
Trump opened his 2016 presidential campaign by claiming Mexico was sending drug dealers and rapists to the US. He followed that up in office by implementing a travel ban on majority Muslim countries, and later refused to condemn white supremacists.
In that context, Loomer’s triumph in Trump’s own Florida voting district is indicative of a broader pattern of prejudice and misinformation running through the modern day Republican party – which is now undeniably shaped in Trump’s image.
Loomer has been banned from all the most prominent social media networks for promoting hate speech, has said she wants more migrants to die, and last year said “nobody cares about Christchurch” after a shooting at a mosque in New Zealand killed 51 people.
She is just one of a slew of extreme Republicans who are running for office this year. Many have been endorsed by Trump.
“Great going Laura,” Donald Trump tweeted after Loomer won the primary on Wednesday.
Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/24/wave-rightwing-republicans-run-office-trump-blessing-extremist
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