You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
11) Mainstream GOP candidates say that they're not affiliated with the far-right, but there's a whole class of connectors who serve to bridge the gap mainstream conservatives with white supremacist groups like the American Guard. Michael Moura is one of those people.
12) @beccalew wrote about this phenomenon in the alt-right media sphere in an incredible report for @datasociety report.
This is a map she made of those connections.
If you haven't, go read the whole thing now: https://datasociety.net/output/alternative-influence/ …pic.twitter.com/2KYQBqbfev
13) People like Michael Moura are the connection between mainstream GOP politicians like @MassGovernor Charlie Baker, further-right candidates like @DiehlForSenate, and documented white supremacist groups like the American Guard.
14) Once you start noticing these connections, they're impossible to ignore.
Journalist @_grendan just documented the rise of the Proud Boys as "the militant wing of the Republican party":https://thebaffler.com/latest/boys-to-men-oconnor …
15) The Miami Proud Boys, alongside the Chairman of the Miami GOP, just led what the media called a "mob-style protest" of Nancy Pelosi:https://splinternews.com/miami-gop-chairman-and-proud-boys-led-mob-style-protest-1829886046 …
16) This isn't because fascists and conservatives are the same thing. Historically, this has been because conservatives have sought to use fascists, but then been overwhelmed by Brownshirt gangs. But the end result of conservative hubris has always been the same-- fascism.
17) Don't fall for that shit. You hang with fascists, you're a fascist. You hang with white supremacists, you're a white supremacist. It's as easy as that. </thread>
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
