Dear People For Supporter,
With the recent news of the “QAnon shaman” being sentenced to 41 months in prison, it’s easy and convenient to laugh off the January 6th insurrectionists as a bunch of irrelevant flakes.
Unfortunately, though – fueled by their belief in Trump’s “Big Lie” about the 2020 election, and with growing power in today’s Republican party – this far-right movement poses a very real and significant threat to American democracy, that must be stopped.
As just one example, the Huffington Post has pointed out that at least 10 Republicans who attended the Stop the Steal rally on January 6th won elected office around the country this year — and many more will be up for election next year.[1]
Here at People For, we’re working to expose and disrupt these insurrectionists, but we need your help to ramp up our work in 2022.
Consider these other signs of the Far Right’s intentions for 2022:
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Mini-insurrections from the Far Right – in the form of disruptions and death threats against school board members – have now become so commonplace around the U.S. that the FBI has been forced to create a special task force to counter them.[2]
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Juan Savin, a well-connected QAnon influencer with ties to Hollywood celebrities like Jim Caviezel and Roseanne Barr, is now recruiting candidates to run for Secretary of State positions in 2022 in order to control the 2024 elections.[3]
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QAnon loyalists in multiple places around the country (most notably, the entire state of Arizona) have completely taken over the Republican Party and are continuing to push Trump’s “Big Lie,” spread disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, and undermine faith in our democratic system of government.[4]
And we hope you understand—these aren’t the "moral majority” activists of your parents’ days, who were usually kept in check by more moderate elements of the conservative coalition. This is a new, cult-like movement that’s using lies and disinformation spread via social media to stoke division, hate and distrust ... and unfortunately their tactics are working far more often than they should.
With a 40-year history of fighting extremism, and a team of researchers and specialists on our Right Wing Watch project dedicated to exposing and disrupting the Far Right, People For is uniquely qualified to fight this threat – but we can’t do that without your financial support.
Thanks in advance for your support,
Will Easton, People For's Digital Team
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Sources:
1."At Least 10 Republicans Who Were At The Jan. 6 Rally Just Got Elected To Office," HuffPost, 11/3/21
2. "FBI called in to help teachers as extremist violence gets personal," MSNBC.com, 10/8/21
3. "Jim Caviezel’s QAnon Guru Wants to Control Elections," Daily Beast, 10/27/21
4. "‘Down the rabbit hole’: Arizona GOP goes full fringe," Politico, 10/20/21
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