Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger called on congressional leaders to form members of the America First Caucus, a newly formed group led by Republican Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Kinzinger referred to the group as the “White Supremacy Caucus”. The group’s seven-page policy platform, issued by Punchbowl News, calls for a “common respect for unique Anglo – Saxon political traditions” and for a return to an architectural style that “fits the descendants or European architecture.” Anglo-Saxon is a term for white people associated with Germanic inhabitants of England from the 5th century.
“I believe that everyone who joins this caucus should have their committees stripped, and that the Republican Conference should suspend them from participating in the conference,” Kinzinger wrote in a Friday night tweet. “While we can not prevent someone from calling themselves a Republican, we can say out loud that they do not belong to us.”
I believe that everyone who joins this caucus should have their committees stripped, and that the Republican Conference should suspend them from participating in the conference. Although we can not prevent someone from calling themselves a Republican, we can say out loud that they do not belong to us. https://t.co/ULEF5MRyWf
– Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) 16 April 2021
The new caucus is co-founder of Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar. The group’s platform refutes the lie that has been repeatedly refuted that the US 2020 election was plagued by major fraud. The platform also expresses a desire to reduce the size of the federal government.
The group is against all COVID-19 closure orders, international climate change agreements, foreign aid, the granting of asylum to immigrant refugees and birthright citizenship. The platform warns that ‘mass immigration’ threatens the long-term existential future of America as a unique country with a unique culture and a unique identity. ‘
The caucus also opposes any educational efforts that ‘undermine the great history of America and are actively hostile to the civic and cultural assimilation needed for a strong nation’.
Finally, its platform calls for peace talks with North Korea and Russia, as well as increased stimulus payments for financially struggling U.S. residents.
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Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz announced his membership in the newly formed caucus on Friday.
“I’m proud to participate in @mtgreenee at the #AmericaFirst Caucus,” he tweeted, marking Greene’s Twitter account. “We will end wars, stop illegal immigration and promote trade that is fair to American workers.”
He switched to a Forbes article criticizing the group for promoting “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.” Gaetz said of the article: “It’s just a hit from the America Last crowd in Big Media, Big Tech & Big Government.”
Gaetz is currently under investigation for alleged sexual trafficking in teenage girls.
I’m proud to join @mtgreenee in the #AmericaFirst Koukus.
We will end wars, stop illegal immigration and promote trade that is fair to American workers.
This is just a hit from the America Last crowd in Big Media, Big Tech and Big Government. Https://t.co/hjGiuSLwBW
Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) 16 April 2021
In early February, the Democratic-led House voted to strip Greene of all her committee seats because of her social endorsements of extreme conspiracy theories in the past.
In Greene’s comments on social media in the past, she pleaded for violence against House President Nancy Pelosi and former President Barack Obama. She said a plane never hit the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. face and wear it and many other conspiracy theories.
Newsweek contact Greene for comment.