Great story on the big-money right-wing group Convention of States helping push "reopen" protests @isaacstanbecker @TonyRomm @washingtonpost
Here& #39;s the thing: COS is all about radically limiting the power of the federal govt and returning power to the states. But its organizing infrastructure is getting put to use attacking govs for the current political purposes of its leaders and funders
I did a story on Convention of States for @PRAEyesRight a few years ago. Their ambition is huge: to rewrite the Constitution along right-wing ideological lines https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/10/16/will-corporations-the-christian-right-and-the-tea-party-get-to-rewrite-the-constitution">https://www.politicalresearch.org/2017/10/1...
D& #39;oh! Forgot to link to the @washingtonpost story that started this thread: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-conservative-networks-backing-anti-quarantine-protests/2020/04/22/da75c81e-83fe-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...