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‘Great Replacement’ Theory Goes Mainstream
May 17, 2022 at 1:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 132 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/17/great-replacement-theory-goes-mainstream-in-gop-campaigns/
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“A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory once confined to the far-right fringes of U.S. politics to court voters this campaign season, promoting the baseless notion that there is a plot to diminish the influence of white people in America,” the AP AP reports.
“In some cases, the comments have gone largely overlooked given the hard-line immigration rhetoric that has become commonplace among conservatives during the Trump era. But a weekend mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that may have been inspired by the racist theory is drawing new attention to the GOP’s growing embrace of white nationalist creed.”
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Fox News Urged to Stop Amplifying ‘Replacement’ Theory
May 17, 2022 at 11:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 66 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/17/schumer-urges-fox-to-stop-amplifying-replacement-theory/
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and the network’s top executives in a letter to “immediately cease the reckless amplification of the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ theory on your network’s broadcasts” in the wake of a deadly racist rampage in Buffalo, the New York Times reports.
The Hill: White House says it won’t criticize by name those spreading “replacement theory.”
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