Extremism in the Mainstream
鈥淵OU NOW HAVE A 鈥楳USLIM鈥 on the City Council!!! What A SHAME!!!!!鈥
听 鈥擪eller, Texas, school board trustee JO LYNN HAUSSMANN, in Facebook comments about a newly elected Southlake City Council member that resulted in her June 2 apology for what her own board described as an 鈥渦nacceptable鈥 statement
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鈥淚 believe I did use the 鈥楴鈥 word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse. For this, I do not apologize 鈥 he meets and exceeds my criteria for such.鈥
鈥擶olfeboro, N.H., Police Commissioner ROBERT COPELAND, in a letter to a constituent that led to his resignation on June 6 after a public outcry
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鈥淟ying c---. I hope she gets shot in her ass f--- face.鈥
鈥ANTHONY CUMIA, co-host of the popular radio show 鈥淥pie and Anthony,鈥 in a racist July 2 Twitter tirade about a black woman who supposedly attacked him that resulted in his being fired by SiriusXM
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鈥淸B]eing hung, drawn and quartered is probably too good for him.鈥
鈥擟enter for Immigration Studies Senior Policy Analyst STEPHEN STEINLIGHT, an anti-immigrant activist, referring to President Obama on July 17
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鈥淚 think we would be totally in the right to do it.鈥
鈥SCOTT ESK, Tea Party candidate for Oklahoma鈥檚 State House District 91, in July 29 Facebook comments endorsing the execution of gay people because they are 鈥渨orthy of death鈥
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鈥淭his is part of the war on whites that鈥檚 being launched by the Democratic Party.鈥
鈥擴.S. Rep. MO BROOKS (R-Ala.), in an Aug. 4 comment about the Democratic Party鈥檚 immigration policy
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鈥淓bola could solve America鈥檚 problems with atheism, homosexuality, sexual promiscuity, pornography and abortion.鈥
鈥RICK WILES, suggesting on his Aug. 5 Trunews online radio program that mass deaths would give a needed 鈥渁ttitude adjustment鈥 to people he doesn鈥檛 approve of
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鈥淸T]hat person should be shot, he should be hanged, he should be wrapped in a carpet and thrown in the Potomac River.鈥
鈥RICH LOWRY, National Review editor, in an Aug. 21 comment about what should be done with any Republican who says there are jobs 鈥淎mericans won鈥檛 do鈥
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鈥淭his entire federal government is geared up to fight a war against white people.鈥
鈥MICHAEL SAVAGE, speaking on his radio show, 鈥淭he Savage Nation,鈥 on Aug. 21 about the lack of a federal crackdown on black protesters in Ferguson, Mo.
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鈥淚slam is a cancer on the nation that needs to be cut out.鈥
鈥擮klahoma State Rep. JOHN BENNETT (R-Sallisaw), in a Sept. 15 talk that was criticized by rights activists but backed by state GOP Chairman DAVE WESTON