Third-term Idaho state Sen. Tammy Nichols has associated publicly with several extremists in recent weeks, first posting a photo of herself at a GOP fundraising event with a white nationalist YouTuber she praised as 鈥渁mazing,鈥� and last week appearing on the show of a far-right livestreamer to promote a state House bill that would criminalize the administration of COVID-19 vaccines.
A convicted sex offender manned a booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference聽(CPAC) as featured speakers told the crowd it was conservatives鈥� duty to protect children from the threat of 鈥渢ransgenderism鈥� and 鈥渟exualization.鈥�
Republican former Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia has joined the Family Research Council聽(FRC) as a senior adviser to the anti-LGBTQ hate group鈥檚 longest-serving president, Tony Perkins. FRC helped launch the religious right as an overt political movement in the 1980s and remains one of the largest anti-LGBTQ organizations in the U.S. Hice described working for the anti-LGBTQ hate group as a 鈥減ersonal mission.鈥�
At the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., last month, summit co-chairs Sam Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett addressed a joint session. Noting the summit鈥檚 theme, 鈥淩eligious Freedom for Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time,鈥� Brownback characterized his idea of religious freedom as societies allowing 鈥渇reedom for the soul and respect for each other.鈥� But the rhetoric of individuals and groups present at the summit shows how extremists wield the language of religious freedom in a very different way: to oppress others.
Mainstream U.S. politicians including Samantha Power, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will mix with anti-LGBTQ extremists at this year鈥檚 International Religious Freedom Summit (IRFS) in Washington, D.C., set to begin on Jan. 31.
Far-right propagandist Vincent James Foxx echoed 鈥淕reat Replacement鈥� conspiracy theories in a speech to a gathering of North Idaho Republicans just over a week ago, alleging that unspecified conspirators had 鈥渋ntentionally and deliberately and consistently changed the demographics of this country ... because they know that certain groups vote a certain way, and they know they can use that, that鈥檚 a benefit to them.鈥�
The Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. affirmed Hungary鈥檚 position as a beacon of the international hard-right movement at a controversial Republican gathering that white nationalists, European far-right politicians and controversial Republican politicians including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia attended.
An official in Illinois鈥� DuPage County GOP who frequently appears in local and national media associates with extremist groups and shares racist posts on social media, Hatewatch has found.
Dozens of extremists on Twitter now sport the 鈥渂lue check鈥� once reserved for verified accounts, after signing up for the paid Twitter Blue service under policies instituted by the platform鈥檚 new proprietor, Elon Musk.
Three Nebraska State Board of Education candidates who enjoyed the support of a political action committee (PAC) tied to the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Watch International聽(FWI) won their races Tuesday.
