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1. There is a Congressional election on September 10 in North Carolina and the Republican candidate, Dan Bishop, is an investor in Gab, a fringe social media network that caters to white supremacists and anti-Semites
It gets worse. https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
It gets worse. https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
2. About a year after Bishop invested in Gab, one of Gab's users walked into a synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 people
Bishop said he had no idea that Gab allowed racism and anti-Semitism on its platform
This denial was not credible. I'll explain https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
Bishop said he had no idea that Gab allowed racism and anti-Semitism on its platform
This denial was not credible. I'll explain https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
3. In his 2017 Facebook post announcing his investment, Bishop said he learned about Gab through an article in the Washington Post.
The title of that article? "Silicon Valley escalates its war on white supremacy despite free speech concerns" https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
The title of that article? "Silicon Valley escalates its war on white supremacy despite free speech concerns" https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
4. In the article, Gab is presented as an alternative social network that is permissive of racism. So the idea Bishop didn't know what Gab was about is ridiculous.
Now, after another mass murder, the GOP is spending millions to send Bishop to Congress. https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
Now, after another mass murder, the GOP is spending millions to send Bishop to Congress. https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
5. After a white supremacist murdered a protester in Charlottesville, Bishop attacked Black Lives Matter, calling the group a "violent" and "racist" movement
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6. Bishop's response to the white supremacist mass murder over the weekend is also disturbing. He did not post anything acknowledging the tragedy.
Instead, he repeatedly responded to Democrats' reactions to the massacre by calling them "clowns"
https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
Instead, he repeatedly responded to Democrats' reactions to the massacre by calling them "clowns"
https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
7. Whether Bishop realizes it or not, he's responding to a white supremacist mass murder w/a white supremacist meme
White supremacists refer to "liberal, non-racist society" as "clown world"
The mascot for this meme is Honkler - Pepe dressed as a clown https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
White supremacists refer to "liberal, non-racist society" as "clown world"
The mascot for this meme is Honkler - Pepe dressed as a clown https://popular.info/p/white-supremacy-and-the-last-race
