Alleged New Zealand mosque gunman linked to far-right group backed by Steve King
Alleged New Zealand mosque gunman linked to far-right group backed by Steve King
King, Tucker Carlson, and YouTuber Lauren Southern have all backed the Austrian Identitarian Movement.
LUKE BARNES at Think Progress
https://thinkprogress.org/alleged-new-zealand-shooter-donated-far-right-group-steve-king-tucker-carlson-8fe73243ea88/
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Austrian authorities announced Wednesday that they had discovered a financial link between the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter and a white nationalist group frequently championed by members of the U.S. far right, including Rep. Steve King (R-IA).
Prosecutors in the south of the country said the Identitarian Movement, a white nationalist group that first originated in France, received roughly $1,700 from the alleged gunman in early 2018. A spokesman added that there is now an investigation underway to probe any criminally relevant links between the group and the suspected attacker.
Martin Sellner, leader of the Identitarian Movement of Austria, said he had “passively received a donation” from alleged gunman but had nothing else to do with him. This is not the first time Sellner has been in trouble with the law: In May 2018, he and 16 other members of the movement were arrested and charged with hate speech in connection with several anti-immigrant and racist demonstrations they had staged over several years, although they were eventually acquitted.
There is no evidence yet to suggest that anyone involved in the Identitarian Movement had anything to do with the New Zealand attack. But the connection reveals how the group acts as a node, connecting the ideologies of violent white supremacists with the views of more mainstream far-right figures.
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is sitting in the United States Senate in 2019.
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