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1/ Meet Jason Muscara, a Killingly, CT Republican Town Committee for school board.
He's also Vice President of the CT American Guard, a hate group that the @ADL calls "hardcore white supremacists."
Jason works at @Walgreens in Dayville, CT.
Call them at 1-800-925-4733.pic.twitter.com/mClDVYPJI9
2/ First a bit of background on the American Guard. They were founded by Brien James, former KKK, Outlaw Hammerskins, and co-founder of the Vinlanders Social Club, one of the most violent skinhead groups in the country.https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremacists …
3/ In 2000, Brien James faced an attempted murder charge for beating a man nearly to death, after the man refused to Sieg Heil.https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/brien-james …
4/ The Southern Poverty Law Center specifically lists the Connecticut Chapter of the American Guard-- the one Jason Muscara is Vice President of-- as a hate group. LINK: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/general-hate …pic.twitter.com/5mgEl3ay9B
5/ Jason has also spent the past year-and-a-half attending Boston rallies hosted by Resist Marxism. In May 2018, leaked chats exposed Resist Marxism as a conservative front for antisemitic, neo-fascist organizing. Jason still goes to their rallies.https://thinkprogress.org/resist-marxism-front-for-far-right-organizing-9bd959325ae1/ …
6/ Here's Jason Muscara at a 6/2/18 Resist Marxism rally, where the featured speaker was Rickey Entwistle, who helped plan Unite the Right 2. Note Jason's "76" shield shirt. It's an American Guard shirt.pic.twitter.com/E7caoLzyRX
7/ Muscara was also at the 10/6/18 Resist Marxism rally in Providence, RI, where Proud Boys crossed a police line to attack protesters. In this photo, he's praying with Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson, who is currently facing felony riot charges in Portland.pic.twitter.com/FbNyM3OOxS
8/ And here's Muscara at a fall 2018 rally for Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Scott Lively. Lively is an anti-LGBTQIA activist who was instrumental in bringing the death penalty as a punishment for homosexuality to Uganda.pic.twitter.com/rEMY7MLPXC
9/ So what's the pet issue of Jason Muscara, an anti-gay member of a violent hate group, as he runs for office? The existing Killingly Board of Education has suggested changing the school's mascot. They're currently the Killingly Redmen. He opposes the change.pic.twitter.com/me0Jghci38
10/ Muscara even wrote a letter to the local paper, the @NorwichBulletin, about it.https://www.norwichbulletin.com/opinion/20190623/letter-attend-meeting-speak-on-redmen …
11/ And boy, is Muscara *mad* about even suggesting that we replace a racial slur with, uhhh, something that isn't a racial slur.pic.twitter.com/BP3OPz0YrS
12/ So we've got a racist, anti-gay member of a violent hate group who attends violent rallies hosted by another violent far-group while wearing body armor running for the Board of Education in Killingly, CT. So what can we do about it? Two things.pic.twitter.com/pW8OFjFLCX
13/ First, contact his employer, @Walgreens in Dayville, Connecticut.
Call their corporate office at 1-800-925-4733 and ask why they're employing a "hardcore white supremacist" like Jason Muscara.pic.twitter.com/9sKu7lFB5B
14/ Second, demand accountability from the local Republican Party.
Why are they endorsing a member of an @splcenter-designated hate group?
You can find their contact information here, but block your number before calling. http://ct.gop/rtc/killingly/
15/ The system won't protect us here. In fact, the Killingly Republican Town Committee is actively endorsing a hate group member for the Board of Education of all things. The system has failed us completely.
16/ Who protects us?
We protect us.
Make some calls.
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