From the Southern Poverty Law Center:
Southern Poverty Law Center President and CEO Margaret Huang issued the statement below following the Republican National Committee’s approval of a resolution challenging SPLC’s identification and condemnation of hate groups:
“This Republican National Committee’s resolution is an attack on the SPLC’s definition of hate groups in order to excuse the Trump administration’s history of working with individuals and organizations that malign entire groups of people — such as Black Lives Matter advocates, immigrants, Muslims and the LGBTQ community — with dehumanizing rhetoric.
“While the Republican Party approved this resolution, notably, it did not denounce organizations that promote antisemitism, Islamophobia, neo-Nazis, anti-LGBT sentiment or racism. It only criticized the SPLC for challenging hate groups that have found a place in the Republican Party.
“From the moment that Donald Trump ran for president, he welcomed the support of hate groups like the Family Research Council and the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Once in office, Trump actively hired and consulted alumni and allies from FAIR, an anti-immigrant hate group that has ties to white supremacist groups and eugenicists. They include Julie Kirchner, Kris Kobach, Jeff Sessions, and most notably Stephen Miller.
This resolution is an attack on our definition of hate groups in order to excuse the Trump administration’s history of working with those who malign entire groups of people — including #BlackLivesMatter, #immigrants, #Muslims and the #LGBTQ community — with dehumanizing rhetoric.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 24, 2020
These groups want a license to continue to spread their bigotry, and will do anything to undermine those — like the @SPLCenter — who challenge their hateful ideology.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 24, 2020
Now, Trump and some in the GOP are doubling down with QAnon and partnering with hate groups seeking to muzzle anyone who stands in their way of furthering their agenda and hurting communities that we care about.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 24, 2020
The Southern Poverty Law Center fights hate groups.
The RNC just passed a resolution denouncing SPLC.
What does that say about them?https://t.co/rnM9pZvnG6
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) August 24, 2020