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| Subject: Next Week's 'Patriotism Over Socialism' Rally in Arizona Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:05 am | |
| A U.S. congressman and the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party are both listed as speakers at an event that will also be attended by multiple hate groups.
A U.S. congressman and the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party are both listed as speakers at an event that will also be attended by multiple hate groups. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, and state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, who lost her bid for U.S. Senate last year, are both on the bill for the “Patriotism Over Socialism” rally on Monday, April 15, in Gilbert, Arizona. The event has drawn the support of the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hate group Patriot Movement AZ (PMAZ) as well as the Arizona chapter of American Guard, a nationwide hate group led by former racist skinheads who have taken up hardcore nationalism as their new cause and whose members were present at a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counterprotester was murdered. PMAZ has heavily promoted the event online. Both groups have posted messages indicating that they are planning to attend. Other speakers advertised for the event include anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, anti-LGBT figure Sharon Slater and Republican mega-donor Foster Friess. The event’s Facebook page shows that about 130 people have marked themselves as planning to go with another 410 saying they’re interested.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/04/12/four-things-know-about-next-weeks-patriotism-over-socialism-rally-arizona
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