The DOJ just indicted the SPLC for paying $270,000 to an individual who was part of the leadership group that planned the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
The tiki torches. The "very fine people" narrative. The media coverage that was used to define an entire political movement as white supremacist.
One of the people involved in making that happen was on the SPLC's payroll, paid through shell companies and prepaid cards by an organization that raised hundreds of millions claiming to fight hate.
The DOJ says they weren't dismantling extremism. They were funding it.
The tiki torches. The "very fine people" narrative. The media coverage that was used to define an entire political movement as white supremacist.
One of the people involved in making that happen was on the SPLC's payroll, paid through shell companies and prepaid cards by an organization that raised hundreds of millions claiming to fight hate.
The DOJ says they weren't dismantling extremism. They were funding it.
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