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First, the liberal media was touting the so-called “blue wave” that was supposedly going to drain the swamp of Republicans in November. But on Thursday’s NBC Nightly News, they were freaked out by a so-called “surge” Nazi Republicans that were on the ballot in the 2018 midterms. Despite the fact they were fringe people with little to no chance of winning their general elections, reporter Morgan Radford relied on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s estimation that there were an imposing eight candidates across the country.
The fear-mongering report was actually given further unjust credibility by being prominently placed in the program’s A-block. “Now to a disturbing trend as we approach the 2018 midterms,” fill-in anchor Savannah Guthrie warned. “The surge in candidates running for office with white nationalist messages. At least eight have been identified by an organization that monitors hate groups. That's more than any election in modern history.”
The statics were published by the dubious and anti-conservative Southern Poverty Law Center. Given their history of labeling many conservative organizations as “hate groups” it may only be a matter of time before they just go ahead and label the entire GOP field as white nationalists.
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