Fox News host Tucker Carlson was a leader in this campaign and recently advocated the white nationalist ‘replacement theory’ to his White audience – that the Democratic Party is trying to replace ‘the current voters’ with’ voters from the Third World ‘. In response, the Anti-Defamation League called for Carlson to be fired, pointing out that the bad theory advocated by Carlson was the basis of “the modern White supremacist movement in America.” (Carlson – laughingly – said that he is not parroting the theory, but that he raises a “voting question”)
On Wednesday, congressional Judge Scott Perry reiterated Carlson’s toxic view during a congressional hearing, declaring that “many Americans” believe that “we are replacing Americans born in America – born Americans around the world” permanently change the landscape of this. many nation. ‘By Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has a well-documented history of violence against Muslims, Blacks and Jews, plans to launch the ‘America First’ caucus in Congress to celebrate ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions’ and the essence of the “replacements” “theory that non-white people pose a threat to ‘the long-term existential future of America’.
On Saturday, however, Greene, who once said that, “The most abused group of people in the United States today are white men,” scrapped planning for the launch of the caucus after a media storm and even criticism from some fellow Republicans. , with Kevin McCarthy, leader of the House Minority, tweeting that the GOP was not the party of ‘nativist dog whistles’, and the chair of the GOP conference, Liz Cheney, wrote that’ racism, nativism and anti-Semitism are evil . ‘
This is a positive development. But the judge’s conviction of Greene, Perry and Carlson must have been deafening. GOP members of Congress should have held a press conference condemning white nationalism and all who preach it in one voice. Instead, we saw only a handful of Republican leaders shout it out, while most of the remaining 262 GOP members of the House and Senate remained dangerously silent – similar to the muted reaction after GOP representative Paul Gosar in February on a white nationalist rally. .
This limited response from the GOP normalizes the growing deadly threat that white nationalism poses to our country – and I do not say this as some liberals have “awakened”. Experts warn us precisely about this threat.
Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, testified just last month that some of those involved in the January 6 terrorist attack on the Capitol were also those motivated by “violent extremism, including whites,” Wray added. the number of arrests of violent extremists ‘that you would categorize as white supremacists’ almost tripled between 2017 and 2020. This reflects the sentiment we heard last October from the Department of Homeland Security, that white supremacist extremists “the most stubborn and deadly threat in the Homeland “.
A new study by the University of Chicago’s Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST) on those arrested during the January 6 attack calls for us to stop the further spread of white nationalism. In this study, details of the then 377 people arrested for their role in the riots were examined, and one unexpected characteristic was found: the people arrested usually come from places where non-white populations are the fastest. growth.
CPOST was then conducting a broader study to determine ‘the roots’ why some on the right supported the January 6 attack. The answer: “One driver was overwhelming: fear of the ‘Big Replacement’.” Yes, the same white nationalist replacement theory is advocated by Carlson, Greene and others on the right.
Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago, lead author of the report, shared this
a worrying wrinkle when I chatted with him a few days ago on my SiriusXM show. Support for political violence on the right is no longer just held by people on the “edge,” he warned. On the contrary, there was a “mainstream” of these views shown by support for it from people like CEOs and servants.
While we do not know for sure how many White Americans are truly afraid to be “replaced” by coloreds, we need to address this issue. GOP leaders should not only publicly denounce supporters who support this view, but should also promise not to appear on media that expresses white nationalism. We can not allow this view to sharpen its grip on America.
It may be Pollyannaish, but we should try to reach Americans who cherish these views in an effort to alleviate the problems – even if we peel away only a small percentage. Remember that this self-governing philosophy was advocated in the 1850s by the nativist “Know-Nothing Party” (originally known as the American Party), which warned that America’s character would be destroyed by the wave of European immigrants such as the Irish and the Germans – especially Roman Catholics, considered by the “Know Nothings” to be a threat to the Protestant character of the country.
How many would say today that Irish, German, Italian and other Catholic immigrants were a threat to America? I bet most would say they added to the greatness of this country – including some who now see immigrants as a threat to America’s character.
Pape, who has long studied terrorism, urged us not to “ignore this movement,” adding a stern warning that the “ingredients exist for future waves of political violence, from lone attacks to total attacks on democracy. ”
These are the interests. Silence in the face of white nationalism is not an option for anyone who wants to ensure that the January 6 attack is one-off – not a preview of what may come.
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