Dear People For Supporter,
The ways in which the American Far Right has been cozying up to foreign dictators and advocating for authoritarian solutions here at home are stunning.
After Russian dictator Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Tucker Carlson – Fox News’s most popular voice – showered praise on him, insisted that invasion was no big deal, and quickly became the darling of Russian state propaganda outlets.
Just this past weekend, former President Trump again referred to Putin as “smart” and – from Viktor Orban in Hungary to North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un – seems pathetically unable to utter anything but lavish praise for dictators who jail dissidents, attack the free press, and rig elections.
And Nick Fuentes – a leading far-right figure who organized the white-nationalist America First Political Action Conference in late February, which was attended by at least two sitting U.S. Representatives – led a round of applause for Putin at the conference and later declared that Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine was “not aggression.”
The ascendant Far Right is working to seize control of our government. Their embrace of fascism and authoritarianism is unprecedented, dangerous, and – if not checked soon – poses a fundamental threat to American democracy itself.
If you’ve noticed the Far Right undermining the judiciary, promoting censorship, calling for the jailing of political opponents and attacking the press... then you’ve seen the signs of authoritarianism creeping in here in America.
People For is uniquely positioned to help stop this threat. Our Right Wing Watch project works to track, expose and disrupt far-right leaders and movements. We’ve been fighting for a fair and independent judiciary for more than 40 years now, and are already working hard to prevent a takeover of one or both chambers of Congress this fall by anti-democracy extremists. But we need your help!
People For relies on grassroots donors like you to fund our work and keep our programs running.
Thanks in advance for any support you can provide, and thank you also for working tirelessly alongside us in the fight against the authoritarians and neofascists.
Sincerely,
Ben Jealous, President
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