Nashville’s CBS affiliate reports:
Controversial MAGA candidate Gabrielle Hanson, in another escalation of tensions in this city’s campaign for mayor, shared social media posts Wednesday from a hate group, accusing her opponent of being “connected to Antifa” and warning “there is no political solution.”
It comes two days after a contingent from the hate group, the Tennessee Active Club, showed up at a mayoral forum to demonstrate their support for the Franklin alderman, who has made fighting LGBTQ Pride events a central part of her campaign for mayor. Members of the Active Club also said they were there to provide security for Hanson.
Hanson’s Facebook story shared a Telegram post from the Tennessee Active Club claiming that incumbent Mayor Ken Moore “has been connected to Antifa.” A separate Active Club post, shared by Hanson, warns: “You don’t want us showing up, get rid of the antifa in your city.”
Read the full article. Hanson recently appeared on JMG for her attempts to ban Franklin Pride, for being exposed for her history of arrests for facilitating prostitution, for using the photos of minority woman who don’t know her and claiming that they are her supporters, and for encouraging her husband to march in Chicago Pride wearing nothing but a Speedo. Won’t someone please think about the children?
In sympathetic interview with @SlaydenJeremy, Franklin candidate Gabrielle @HansonforMayor refuses to repudiate the hate group that showed up in support of her, says she’s trusting their info about her opponent. 1/ https://t.co/OyrjSAm0L8 pic.twitter.com/XLZAuWLccg
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
In another part of her interview with @SlaydenJeremy, Franklin candidate Gabrielle @HansonforMayor defends presence of hate group at her forum, saying she is concerned about “Antifa” and “anti-gun activists.” Remember some of the Covenant School families are from Franklin. 2/ pic.twitter.com/6tFhzqJN1Y
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
In her interview with Gabrielle @HansonforMayor, @SlaydenJeremy asks about her Speedo-wearing, Pride-parading husband and whether he is “slightly purple. She insists he “is very red.” 3/ pic.twitter.com/fqHTa9PvLM
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
Here’s what Tommy Hanson told the LGBTQ Windy City Times in 2008. 4/ pic.twitter.com/ZfVaOwv1E2
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
And, finally, Gabrielle @HansonforMayor lies about the documentation we uncovered, linking her to the alias Julie Newhouse/Neuhaus in Texas and Florida, falsely claiming they are forgeries. 5/ pic.twitter.com/P81n2DImEU
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
And this document – that she claims is a forgery – came from the Florida Secretary of State. Anyone really interested in the truth, as @SlaydenJeremy claims, can easily verify that. 7/ pic.twitter.com/SbhDkvP9Fb
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
Finally, there’s lots of other stuff, like her claim that historical markers commemorating lynching locations – “racial terror markers,” as she calls them – are harmful to Black children. If you care, you can look up the video. 8/8
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 5, 2023
At a candidate forum in Franklin, Tennessee, where members of the white supremacist group Tennessee Active Club are here, saying they are providing security for Gabrielle @HansonforMayor. 1/ pic.twitter.com/Yi6x7dDsey
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) October 2, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Hanson fought Franklin Pride, but celebrated her scantily clad husband at Chicago Pride https://t.co/toLuP98piF
— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) September 27, 2023
Some news this morning: A pair of the supremacists and nazis who attended Tuesday’s forum in support of Hanson went to Red Pony on Main Street that night and harrased a bartender. They proclaimed themselves as Nazis and started throwing Heil Hitler salutes.
— Coleman Bomar (@ColemanReporter) October 4, 2023
White supremacist group delivers show of force for Franklin mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson https://t.co/bEA3lDfJ8c
— Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (@globalextremism) October 4, 2023