Since Donald Trump left office in January, Republicans have been moving ever more right-ward. Tucker Carlson has even openly discussed the racist “white replacement” theory on his much-watched nightly Fox News show. Now there’s this: Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Trump loyalists in Congress have started an “America First Caucus,” intended to promote “Anglo-Saxon” traditions. And, well, lots of people just think they’re no longer hiding their white supremacist views.
According to The Washington Post, the group was formed by Greene and Arizona representative Paul A. Gosar, and they’re seeking to keep Trump’s legacy alive. As per a seven-page document/manifesto, they see the United States as a land with “uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.” They’re also very much against immigrants, claiming that “societal trust and political unity are threatened when foreign citizens are imported en-masse into a country, particularly without institutional support for assimilation and an expansive welfare state to bail them out should they fail to contribute positively to the country.”
Some far-right lawmakers have already joined the group, including tooth-loser Louie Gohmert and Matt Gaetz, who’s under federal investigation for his connections to an alleged sex trafficking ring.
It didn’t take long for people to see this “America First” group for what it really is.
National
Anglo-Saxon
Zany
IdiotsThe NAZI caucus.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 17, 2021
This Anglo Saxon business is starkly reminiscent of Hitler's declaration of an Aryan race. Republicans need to tread very carefully.
— Henry M. Rosenberg (@DoctorHenryCT) April 17, 2021
America First Caucus? WTAF?! They're recruiting republican officeholders who advocate a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions”.
FACT: This is open, unabashedly Nazi-KKK behavior and worldview.
— DrJackBrown 🌊 (@DrGJackBrown) April 17, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Louie Gohmert and the rest of the Kongressional Ku Klux Klan Kaucus want “respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”
Political traditions like suppressing Black voters and burning crosses on their lawns.
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/Eiggam5955/status/1383224170281013253
Being known "uniquely Anglo-Saxon" is somehow less embarrassing than being known as a member of the kkk, right?
— Annie Gabston-Howell- (@AnnieGabstonH) April 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/1383191693915226118
I mean I know people are joking about it but the Republican "America First Caucus" calling for a return to “respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions" and "architecture" really means "a return to white people" doesn't it.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) April 17, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appeared to condemn the group, albeit in a vague way that didn’t involve actually naming names or doing anything about it.
https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1383187024014942209
Others trolled them.
My friend @RubenGallego, I’m planning on joining their Anglo-Saxon caucus so I could sit in their meetings because my mere presence as a non Aryan would scare them. I’m also going to eat chow mein with churros as dessert just to annoy them. Want to join me? https://t.co/85SKqR96sE
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 16, 2021
Or mocked them.
https://twitter.com/lindarchilders/status/1383238078559445000
https://twitter.com/bigblackjacobin/status/1383180249421205504
Anyway, now that Republicans are comfortable floating white supremacist theories and openly nativist groups, who knows what the party will say next.
(Via WaPo)