GOP lawmaker outed as a leader of a white supremacist hate group

[workinclasszero]

Racists and xenophobes are welcome in the Trump GOP.
JOSH ISRAEL SEP 11, 2018, 9:42 AM

An Oregon-based alt-weekly has exposed that state Rep. Mike Nearman (R) is the vice president of Oregonians for Immigration Reform — an SPLC-designated anti-immigrant hate group with ties to a prominent white-nationalist eugenics advocate.

Nearman denied to the paper that he holds the vice president position, but concedes he is an officer of the organization, which lists him as VP on its website.

Nearman is currently pushing to repeal Oregon’s protections for undocumented immigrants.

In the aftermath of President Trump embracing racism and xenophobia and welcoming the “very fine people” on both sides into his party, the revelation about Nearman is the latest in a string linking white-nationalist and anti-immigrant groups to Republican officeholders around the country.

Since winning the Republican nomination for Florida governor, former Rep. Ron DeSantis has drawn attention for his racist dogwhistle attacks on his Democratic opponent (who is black) and New York state Congressional nominee Alexandria Ociasio-Cortez (who is of Puerto Rican decent), for his history of giving speeches at racist events, and for having served as a moderator of a far-right Facebook group used for posting racist memes (a spokesperson has claimed DeSantis was not aware he was a moderator).

https://thinkprogress.org/oregon-legislator-anti-immigrant-white-supremacist-hate-group-2d86b50c4129/

[Iliyah]

1. Gosh, they are the current Republican party . . .

What say you, Republican POC?

[GemDigger]

2. The whole party is toxic.

[The Genealogist]

3. The inevitable result of 50 + years of disgusting Republican tactics and philosophy

I hope the whole disgusting party falls completely apart.

[Hortensis]

4. Yup. Membership is down to @24-25%.

But what will replace it? That hard-core 24% of mostly authoritarian social conservatives isn't going anywhere and will continue to be a force.

Btw, scientists say that, generally speaking, voters first choose their group identity, then accept the group's choice of leader, and then adopt the leader's ideology. Shocking. That must be a far stronger pattern among authoritarians, but it basically applies to electorates in general. And people who want to take over and/or destroy nations know it.