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Letter: An absurd racist rebellion supported by Republicans
The following is a letter to the editor submitted to the newspaper by a reader. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Echo Press. To submit a letter, send it to aedenloff@echopress.com or Echo Press, P.O. Box 549, Alexandria, MN 56308. 2:05 pm, Jan. 22, 2021
To the editor:
President Trump began his election campaign with racist rants. While President, he gave back-handed support to white supremacists. In the debate last fall, he told the Proud Boys to “stand by.”
After the election, he claimed voter fraud only in high Black-populated districts. No voter fraud was proved. But the racist voter fraud claim was promoted by many state and national Republican leaders and became popular with internet conspiracy theories.
Militant Christian Nationalists Remain A Potent Force
at 6:59 am NPR
With Joe Biden just days away from his inauguration as the nation s president, Pastor Darryl Knappen was still denying reality and even declaring himself willing to take up arms to keep Donald Trump in office. It was pastors who led the way in colonial times to encourage our country to shake off the totalitarian regime of the king of England, Knappen said in a Jan. 9 Facebook message to his Minnesota congregation. He was referring to the Black Robed Regiment, a name given to those ministers who supported the Revolutionary War effort.