{"id":37226,"date":"2019-07-30T09:40:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37226"},"modified":"2019-07-30T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T16:40:35","slug":"republicans-on-parade-7-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/30\/republicans-on-parade-7-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade – 7\/30"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the one hundred sixty-third article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s winner is Republican white Supremacist Santino William Legan. He is so honored for murdering two Latino children and a Black man for his Fuhrer<\/font>. <\/p>\n

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\"0730gilroy\"An Instagram post connected to the 19-year-old who killed three people at a food festival<\/a> in Northern California points to literature that is part of an ecosystem of white nationalist literature, according to extremism researchers. <\/p>\n

On Sunday, police officers shot and killed Santino William Legan at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, after he opened fire at the event. Earlier the same day, a post appeared on an Instagram page attributed to him referring to a proto-fascist white supremacist manifesto by a pseudonymous 19th-century author<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

NBC News has declined to identify the literature by name in order to limit its spread. <\/p>\n

According to extremism researchers, the manifesto is part of a collection of white nationalist literature that\u2019s been pirated and distributed for free on far-right websites. The material is part of a yearslong recruiting technique by white nationalists to target those vulnerable to their message on forums frequently populated by teenagers<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The book strongly advocates combat, violence and death along racial lines, and is filled with anti-Semitic rhetoric. It is a staple among neo-Nazis and white supremacists on extremist sites such as 4chan\u2019s \/pol\/ board, National Vanguard, Stormfront and The Daily Stormer<\/strong>. Links to the PDF version of the book have been posted hundreds of times on 4chan in the last several years, including as recently as last month… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s a brief video<\/a> linking this Republican to the shooting and the Might is Right manifesto.<\/font> <\/p>\n