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ADL president and CNN’s Brian Stelter agree: Tucker Carlson reached a ‘new low’ by promoting a White supremacist conspiracy theory

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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has been even more controversial than usual lately, promoting the racist Replacement Theory on his show and expressing sympathy for the violent mob that assaulted the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 — and Anti-Defamation League National Director Jonathan Greenblatt is calling for Fox News to fire him. During an appearance on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Greenblatt and host Brian Stelter agreed: Carlson is out of control.

A conspiracy theory that is popular among White supremacists and White nationalists, the Replacement Theory claims that liberals and progressives are trying to “replace” Whites with non-Whites by bringing them in from developing countries. Carlson, on his April 8 broadcast, claimed that “the Democratic Party is trying to replace the current electorate” with “new people, more obedient voters from the Third World.”

Stelter acknowledged that it is most unlikely that Fox News will fire Carlson, whose “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has been getting even higher ratings than colleague Sean Hannity’s show. But he stressed that Carlson reached a “new low” by promoting a conspiracy theory associated with White supremacist and White nationalist ideology. Continue reading.

For Voting Rights Advocates, a ‘Once in a Generation Moment’ Looms

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Opposition to restrictive Republican voting laws — and support for a sweeping Democratic bill — fuels a movement like none in decades. But can it succeed?

WASHINGTON — State and national voting-rights advocates are waging the most consequential political struggle over access to the ballot since the civil rights era, a fight increasingly focused on a far-reaching federal overhaul of election rules in a last-ditch bid to offset a wave of voting restrictions sweeping Republican-controlled state legislatures.

The federal voting bill, which passed in the House this month with only Democratic support, includes a landmark national expansion of voting rights, an end to partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and new transparency requirements on the flood of dark money financing elections that would override the rash of new state laws.

The energy in support for it radiates from well-financed veteran organizers to unpaid volunteers, many who were called to political activism after former President Donald J. Trump’s upset win in 2016. It is engaging Democrats in Washington and voting rights activists in crucial states from Georgia to Iowa to West Virginia to Arizona — some facing rollbacks in access to the ballot, some with senators who will play pivotal roles and some with both. Continue reading.

Rep. Paul Gosar Tweets White Nationalist Group’s Motto

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After speaking at a white nationalist “America First” conference recently, the Arizona congressman appears to be doubling down on his support of the group.

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) posted on Twitter the motto of a white nationalist group on Sunday, a little over a week after delivering the keynote address at the group’s conference in Florida. 

“#AmericaFirst,” Gosar tweeted above a meme showing a cartoon of what appears to be a sex worker leaning into a man’s car and saying, “$50 WHATEVER YOU WANT BABY.” 

The man sitting in the car replies: “CAN YOU … TELL EVERYONE AMERICA FIRST IS INEVITABLE.”  Continue reading.