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Republicans Claim They’re Not Racist, So Why Do They Collaborate With Neo-Nazis?

GOP also promotes white supremacist ideology, conspiracy theories

Manny Otiko
4 min readAug 24, 2022
Tucker Carlson (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

When you accuse Republicans of embracing and tolerating white supremacy, they get very defensive. A former coworker once took me to task on social media for referring to Fox News host Tucker Carlson as a neo-Nazi. After taking a deep breath, I said I use the phrase “neo-Nazi,” because it has more impact.

However, if you look at Carlson’s viewpoints, which advocate a white supremacist ideology, he is a neo-Nazi. The definition of a neo-Nazi is someone who advocates white supremacy.

However, if you analyze the modern-day GOP’s platform and strategies, the neo-Nazi aspect becomes clear. Its platform is not only anti-Black, but the party also welcomes and tolerates anti-Semites too.

A great example of this is Andrew Torba. He runs Gab, a social media platform popular with white supremacists. Gab has 3 million users. Torba has recently expressed some shockingly anti-Semitic views, according to The Jerusalem Post.

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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