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riversedge

(79,537 posts)
Thu Aug 3, 2023, 01:20 AM Aug 2023

MTG Had a White Supremacist With Ties to Nick Fuentes on Payroll: Report

Source: daily beast




Published Aug. 02, 2023 1:04PM EDT

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) smiles after taking a selfie with a visitor on the Capitol steps after a vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters

Marjorie Taylor Greene has tried to condemn right-wing troll Nick Fuentes, calling him “racist” and “immature” last year. But despite her best efforts, she just can’t seem to distance herself from his white supremacist “America First” movement. According to a new investigation from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Greene had one of Fuentes’ cronies on payroll throughout 2022 and into 2023. Lance W. Smith, 23, was deeply embedded into Fuentes’ “Groyper” movement of far-right provocateurs while receiving payment from Greene’s campaign for creative direction and podcast production. FEC filings show that Smith received about $55,000 from Greene between June 2022 and May 2023 while also running numerous websites, livestreams and servers associated with Fuentes.


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MTG Had a White Supremacist With Ties to Nick Fuentes on Payroll: Report (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2023 OP
I'll pretend to be shocked. Solly Mack Aug 2023 #1
+1 2naSalit Aug 2023 #4
. ItsjustMe Aug 2023 #2
Ummmm... BaronChocula Aug 2023 #3
Many people are saying, Hooves knows the 1/6 pipe bomber. sarcasmo Aug 2023 #5
Only one? Ray Bruns Aug 2023 #6
Just more things that don't surprise me about Repukes sakabatou Aug 2023 #7
Having even one on staff makes you a white supremacist by association. Initech Aug 2023 #8
Wait until they find out Johnny2X2X Aug 2023 #9
Her re-election chances at -10 yet? Brainfodder Aug 2023 #10
Given the district, I'd be amazed if it managed ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #11

Initech

(107,509 posts)
8. Having even one on staff makes you a white supremacist by association.
Thu Aug 3, 2023, 04:55 PM
Aug 2023

Fuck Marjorie Shit For Brains.

Johnny2X2X

(23,695 posts)
9. Wait until they find out
Thu Aug 3, 2023, 05:14 PM
Aug 2023

Wait until they find out MTG herself is a White Supremacist with ties to Nick Fuentes.

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