| The dog-whistles have been obvious all along, but now the Tea Party is coming out of the closet, racially speaking. Eliana Benador, the neoconservative PR agent who lost her outlet in the Washington Times after she speculated that former congressman Anthony Weiner may have converted to Islam, now has a new outlet: the Tea Party Nation. In her column for the tea party group that once lamented that America is facing white “extinction,” Benador blames immigrants from “non-European nations” for much of the country’s social ills.
White supremacist David Duke ... .. "prepares to embark on a tour of 26 states to feel out his chances of putting the "white" back in the White House."
Naturally, Duke plans to run as a Republican. The Daily Beast reports a veritable stampede of white supremacists running for office. Former (and current) Neo Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members, neo-Confederates, and other representatives of the many wings of the “white nationalist” movement are starting to file paperwork and print campaign literature for offices large and small, pointing to rising unemployment, four years with an African-American president, and rampant illegal immigration as part of a growing mound of evidence that white people need to take a stand.
This new racist crop is not lining up for the Democratic ticket, either. They're leaning hard right. In fact, some of them even find the Tea Party too timid on racism: Stormfront founder and radio host Don Black tells The Daily Beast the strategy is to start from the ground up, “where we have a chance of winning. It’s impossible to get into the Senate or Congress but state legislatures or smaller offices can work.” ... “Many of our people are involved in the Tea Party,” says Black. “But much of their leadership is skittish when it comes to talking about racial realities. The Tea Party is a healthy movement but many are too conditioned to run like scared rabbits when called racists.”
Those who aren't running as Republicans or Tea Partiers are carrying the banner of neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates or even the Ku Klux Klan. Although these groups are openly fielding candidates, they understand that the closet can still be useful for racists seeking political influence: Some Neo-Nazis have also quietly been joining national campaigns and offices to start sharpening their political teeth, he claims. “We have people working with the most recent incoming class of freshmen in the House,” says Culpepper. “And they don’t even know it.”
I don't know what's worse, the idea that neo-Nazis are actively working to influence the new wave of Republican House members, or that the new members are so dumb they can't figure out who they're "working with." |
