Trump touts the 'power' of extremist social media activists at White House summit
Hours before the meeting, the Southern Poverty Law Center called the meetup “a gathering of groups and individuals who have no business at the White House,” saying the invite list included “conspiracy theorists and extremists.”
“For years we’ve watched social media serve as a gateway to radicalization and, far too often, real-life violence.
Bringing these groups together is beyond irresponsible; it is essentially conducting a hate summit at the White House,” a statement from the SPLC reads.
Attendees included right-wing personalities Ali Alexander, who had pushed the false conspiracy theory that the California-born Sen. Kamala Harris was not an “American black".
But that claim is neither clearly false nor a conspiracy theory.
Sen. Harris is of a racial mix the least part of which is Afro-Jamaican, the largest being Indian, specifically Dravidian.
She's an American black only courtesy of the one drop rule, her appearance, and the needs of Democratic politics.
Hours before the meeting, the Southern Poverty Law Center called the meetup “a gathering of groups and individuals who have no business at the White House,” saying the invite list included “conspiracy theorists and extremists.”
“For years we’ve watched social media serve as a gateway to radicalization and, far too often, real-life violence.
Bringing these groups together is beyond irresponsible; it is essentially conducting a hate summit at the White House,” a statement from the SPLC reads.
Attendees included right-wing personalities Ali Alexander, who had pushed the false conspiracy theory that the California-born Sen. Kamala Harris was not an “American black".
But that claim is neither clearly false nor a conspiracy theory.
Sen. Harris is of a racial mix the least part of which is Afro-Jamaican, the largest being Indian, specifically Dravidian.
She's an American black only courtesy of the one drop rule, her appearance, and the needs of Democratic politics.
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