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Right Wing Round-Up: The Praetorian Guard of Donald Trump

RWW Round Up
Briefing
by
Kyle Mantyla
  • Tim Dickinson @ Rolling Stone: Christian Nationalists Team Up on Illicit Push to Get Churches to Campaign for Trump.

    • Far-right “apostle” Lance Wallnau and Turning Point USA are partnering on a campaign to turn swing-state churches into Trump turnout machines.

  • Peter Stone @ The Guardian: Election-denying MyPillow chief plots TV expansion in bid to help Trump.

    • The MyPillow chief, Mike Lindell, a close ally and cheerleader for Donald Trump and his bogus stolen election claims, is expanding his own conspiratorial TV network, while aggressively stumping for Trump again and fighting defamation lawsuits from two electronic voting firms, one of which wants over $1bn in damages.

  • Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: A natural disaster destroyed hate-preacher Greg Locke's tent church (again).

    • On Monday, Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke announced that the nasty weather—more than 7 inches of snow—had destroyed the circus tent he calls Global Vision Bible Church.

  • Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Wisconsin Republicans whine about gerrymandering, despite their record.

    • The GOP leader whose conference embraced brazen gerrymandering now feels justified in complaining about others’ willingness to engage in gerrymandering.

  • Warren Throckmorton: Telling Jefferson Lies.

    • In April 2012, Thomas Nelson published The Jefferson Lies, a book about Thomas Jefferson written by David Barton. By August of the same year, the publisher had removed the book from publication. What happened? This series tells that story and so much more.

  • Media Matters: After previously dining with Trump, Nick Fuentes gives Nazi salute and discusses his willingness to commit violence for Trump.

    • On the evening that Trump won the Iowa GOP caucus, Fuentes spoke out about his loyalty to Trump — while giving a Nazi salute and discussing his willingness to commit extrajudicial violence for “Supreme Leader Trump.”

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On the Watchlist
David Barton

David Barton

Despite having obtained only a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s, David Barton now routinely bills himself as “America’s premier historian” and has established a reputation as the Religious Right’s go-to “expert” for making the case that the Founding Fathers intended to establish America to be a Christian nation that operates according to the laws of God as set out in the Bible.

Lance Wallnau

A former oil executive turned right-wing evangelist, Wallnau is a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and a leading proponent of Seven Mountains Dominionism, which seeks to place right-wing Christians atop the seven primary “mountains” that shape society: government, education, media, arts and entertainment, family, religion, and business.
Nick Fuentes with bullhorn at a Stop The Steal rally

Nick Fuentes

Dropping out of college after one year following his participation in the deadly white nationalist “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA, in 2017, Fuentes launched a career as a racist, antisemitic, misogynistic far-right activist and livestreamer.

Charlie Kirk

Charles Kirk is a far-right political activist, radio/podcast talk show host, author, and YouTuber. He co-founded Turning Point USA, a far-right non-profit pushing radical conservative views.
Shadowy figure

Mike Lindell
Shadowy figure

Greg Locke