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The rallies were planned to support President Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration, refugee and border policies. ACT for America says the abrupt change in plans is due to 鈥渞ecent violence in America and in Europe.鈥�

The decision comes on the heels of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three people died and 35 were injured.聽 Many have expressed concerns in having similar rallies in their communities, fearing violence. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, in response to ACT for America鈥檚 planned rally in Milwaukee, :听

My message to them is 鈥榃e don't want you here.鈥� We don't want any Nazi groups here, any white supremacist or 鈥榓lt-right鈥� groups who are coming because this is a city of inclusion. It's not a city of exclusion, and it鈥檚 not a city of white supremacy so go somewhere else and bother the people there.

In June, the organization planned 鈥楳arch Against Sharia鈥� rallies in 28 cities across the country. As 澳彩开奖 previously documented, many of the rallies were widely attended by racist 鈥榓lt-right鈥� groups including the 鈥渂lood and soil鈥� fascist group Vanguard America and the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, as well as armed right-wing militias. A rally scheduled for Batesville, Arkansas, was to have been organized by longtime neo-Nazi Billy Roper.

ACT for America typically attempts to distance itself from members who are revealed to be extremists. Only after the 澳彩开奖 revealed Roper鈥檚 racist past and current beliefs did ACT for America drop sponsorship of the event. Roper still hosted his own march, however, which included a 鈥淒raw Mohammad鈥� contest and attendees in 鈥淲hite Pride World Wide鈥� shirts.

Brigitte Gabriel, founder of ACT for America, released a statement that read in part:

In recent weeks, extremist and radical organizations in the United States and abroad have overrun peaceful events in order to advance their own agendas, and in many cases, violence has been the result. Given the security issues of organizing public events, the responsible decision is to deny this opportunity to Neo-Nazis, Antifa, the KKK, and ISIS inspired individuals and groups. ACT for America鈥檚 membership is patriotic citizens whose only goal is to celebrate America鈥檚 values and peacefully express their views regarding national security.

The statement conveniently ignores the participation of neo-Nazis and white nationalist alt-right groups in ACT for America鈥檚 June rallies, and comes after tens of thousands of Bostonians rallied against a 鈥渇ree speech鈥� rally that originally featured prominent figures of the alt-right.

ACT provided the announcement as an 鈥渆xclusive鈥� to Breitbart News, which Stephen K. Bannon, who recently returned to the publication after serving in the White House, once called 鈥渢he platform for the alt-right.鈥� The publication has a long history of publishing anti-Muslim extremists and is known聽for its fearmongering coverage of the refugee crisis.聽