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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCapitol Hill Staffer Is A Prominent Follower Of Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes
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The ChickenRight persona was a unique figure in the Groyper movement. Fuentes core audience is made up of young, alienated Zoomers who watch his hours-long streams, in which he rails against minorities and gays. But ChickenRight wasnt just some kid tuning in to Fuentes fringe online world from a basement. Evidence indicates ChickenRight has a real job in the corridors of power in Washington D.C.
TPM has uncovered an extensive digital trail of interconnected Groyper social media pages using variations of the ChickenRight and Chikken handles that can be linked to Wade Searle, who works as the digital director for Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), one of the most extreme, far-right members of Congress. ChickenRights posting on far-right websites and Searles alleged involvement with Fuentes occurred before and after he worked in Gosars Capitol Hill office. Gosar, his chief of staff, his press secretary, and Searle have not responded to multiple detailed requests for comment.
As Extreme And As Racist As You Get
Fuentes is one of the far-right leaders who gained prominence during the Trump era. His open embrace of Nazism and usage of racial epithets is extreme even within this alt-right movement. The revelation that a devotee of Fuentes appears to have infiltrated a congressional office represents a previously unknown and unseen degree of influence for the modern white supremacist movement.
In an interview with TPM, Nicole Hemmer, a historian at Vanderbilt University who focuses on conservatism and the far right, said it would be pretty extreme for Gosar to have a Groyper activist in his office.
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Capitol Hill Staffer Is A Prominent Follower Of Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes (Original Post)
Nevilledog
May 2023
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,293 posts)1. Wade Searle is a dedicated Fuentes "intern"
riversedge
(70,242 posts)3. Will Kevin McCarthy just ignore this??
atreides1
(16,079 posts)5. What do you think?
The Squeaker of the House would defend, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson and Jack the Ripper...all because he needed their votes!!!
So, yes...he will ignore it! Besides, I don't know why anyone would think that Kevin wasn't a racist POS...he just hides it better!!!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,023 posts)6. Probably
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)2. Wade W. Searle
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)4. Why are they all stuck in middle school? Playing dress up and their
stupid costumes and super-secret clubhouse words and magic amulets and . . . .