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Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Who Put the Drag Queens in Charge?

Bonus Tracks
Round-up
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Rep. Mary Miller hopes(link is external) that the recent “National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance(link is external)" will become an annual event.
  • Josh Bernstein declares(link is external) that all Democrats should be declared to be communists and then arrested under the Communist Control Act of 1954.(link is external)
  • Ali Alexander has had his Twitter account(link is external) restored, again(link is external).
  • Jason Rapert declares(link is external) that right-wing Christians "must take authority" over government: "Do you think that America is gonna be free with a bunch of drag queens running this place?"
  • Finally, Vincent James and Lauren Witzke agree(link is external) that Jews "are not the chosen people" and should therefore be prohibited from serving in government: "We shouldn't allow anyone that doesn't believe in Christ in positions of power in this country."
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Josh Bernstein

Jason Rapert

A former Arkansas state legislator, Rapert launched the National Association of Christian Lawmakers in 2019. As its name suggested, the NACL is a Christian nationalist organization that seeks to “take authority” over every level of government and spread its worldview “across the nation.”
Shadowy figure

Vincent James

Lauren Witzke

Lauren Witzke is a far-right political activist known for her anti-LGBT views and promotion of QAnon.

Ali Alexander

Ali Alexander is a far-right activist, social media personality, and conspiracy theorist. Alexander is an organizer of Stop the Steal, a campaign to promote the conspiracy theory that widespread voter fraud led to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump. He also helped to organize one of several rallies that preceded the January 6 attack.
Shadowy figure

Mary Miller