2001 GOP:
“We will not try to reform the existing institutions. We only intend to weaken them, &...destroy them.***
We will attack the very legitimacy of the Left. ***We will use guerrilla tactics to undermine the legitimacy of the dominant regime.” #3a">http://web.archive.org/web/20010713152425/http://www.freecongress.org/centers/conservatism/traditionalist.htm #3a">https://web.archive.org/web/20010... 1/
2/ The above quote and link come from a 2001 training manual published by Free Congress Foundation, which was founded by Paul Weyrich, considered by some to have been the leader of the modern conservative movement. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Congress_Research_and_Education_Foundation">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free...
4/ “Paul Weyrich was hailed Thursday as a founding father of the conservative movement, a man whose commitment helped move the cause from the margins of American political life to the Oval Office.” https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/weyrich-hailed-as-conservative-pioneer-016722">https://www.politico.com/story/200...
5/ Paul Weyrich “I don’t want everybody to vote” speech. Listen to it. It’s both chilling and important. https://youtu.be/8GBAsFwPglw ">https://youtu.be/8GBAsFwPg...
6/ Weyrich co-founded the “moral majority, Heritage Foundation, ALEC, and Free Congress Foundation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul...
7/ Weyrich and Roger Aisles of Fox News worked together at TVN, Fox News’s precursor. http://historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=paul_weyrich_1">https://historycommons.org/entity.js...
8/ More on Weyrich and TVN. #v=onepage&q=paul%20weyrich%20TVN&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=acCCyOaUkK8C&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=paul+weyrich+TVN&source=bl&ots=VM1iAh_aBA&sig=1glKlq4isZie5chQQOQoVxD7c0U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD_a7-t8LdAhWeGTQIHYn1APQQ6AEwEHoECAAQAQ #v=onepage&q=paul%20weyrich%20TVN&f=false">https://books.google.com/books...
12/ More about Weyrich’s guerilla training manual: http://www.theocracywatch.org/yurica_weyrich_manual.htm">https://www.theocracywatch.org/yurica_we...
13/ In a similar vein: https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1045789158386462720">https://twitter.com/jennycohn...
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