This Week in Extremism: Far Right Extremism and Republican Candidates
A conversation with Molly Jong-Fast about the influence of far right extremists on Republican political candidates ahead of the midterm elections.
This Week in Extremism: A conversation with Molly Jong-Fast about the influence of far right extremists on Republican political candidates ahead of the midterm elections. Join the discussion today at 12:00pm EDT (11:00am CDT / 9:00am PDT).
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How much influence do far right extremists have on GOP political candidates?
From election deniers to Capitol Riot participants to QAnon adherents — Listen to my conversation with @MollyJongFast in #TwitterSpaces on Friday, November 4th at 12:00pm EDT: https://t.co/IDfYjdnElz
This Week in Extremism Recommended Reading:
‘The Trump playbook’: Republicans hint they will deny election results [The Guardian]
A majority of GOP nominees deny or question the 2020 election results [The Washington Post]
Concerns of violence grow as Election Day nears [NPR]
The attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband is the culmination of longtime GOP hate-mongering [Vox]
Far-Right Republicans Face Tough Races in Swing Districts, Testing McCarthy [The New York Times]
Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President? [The Marshall Project]
Living With The Far-Right Insurgency In Idaho [Huffington Post]
A right-wing extremist active in a racist online chat room has interviewed multiple AZ GOP candidates [Arizona Mirror]