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GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar formed the America First Caucus, Punchbowl News reported.
The group will reportedly emphasize common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.
It will also push racist lies about immigration and foreign aid and parrot Trump s conspiracy theories about the election.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is facing a federal sex-trafficking investigation, said he ll join the caucus.
Two Republican lawmakers worked together to create an America First Caucus that emphasizes common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions and infrastructure that befits the progeny of European architecture, Punchbowl News reported on Friday.
Once again, the U.S. southern border is said to be in “crisis” after an increase in the number of children crossing clandestinely without their parents.
Last week, House Republicans pounced on the issue. On Monday, a GOP delegation traveled to the border city of El Paso, where they met with a scrum of reporters and described a U.S.-Mexico border in chaos.
“There is no other way to claim it than a Biden border crisis,” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield said.
But is it a crisis?
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In January and February, border authorities encountered more than 15,000 unaccompanied minors, an escalation of lone migrant kids coming to the border that began last year, according to the most recent statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but their numbers have gone up exponentially in recent weeks. According to the Associated Press, Border Patrol is holding more than 3,000 children in detention, a record high.
Some GOP leaders at state, local levels use conspiracy theories, lies to rile up base, review shows
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2020. A faction of local, county and state Republican officials across the country is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories online that echo those that helped inspire the violent Capitol insurrection, forcing the GOP into an internal reckoning. (John Minchillo, Associated Press)
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A faction of local, county and state Republican officials is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories that echo those that helped inspire the violent U.S. Capitol siege, online messaging that is spreading quickly through GOP ranks fueled by algorithms that boost extreme content.