Insurrectionists storm the Capitol. Republican lawmakers incited and worked with them.
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Darren Beattie, then-staffer for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), praises an anti-public health march supported by German neo-Nazi groups.
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The Million MAGA March brings together Republican politicians, Trump supporters, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and violent hate groups.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) defends the Proud Boys during a segment on his podcast after being photographed with members acting as security guards at an event he attended.
Read MoreThe 2020 Republican National Convention kicks off with a clear theme: antisemitism, racism, and white nationalism.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene wins her runoff race, making her the Republican candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. Greene is a QAnon believer who is listed on the SPLC’s Hatewatch database, and has come under fire for posing for photos with — and refusing to disavow — former KKK leader Chester Doles.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) endorses Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer for Congress. Loomer has called Islam “a cancer” and stated that “Jews control the banks and the media.”
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) posts on Twitter about “Judeo-Christian values” and falsely suggested that Islam is a hate-based religion.
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On Fox News, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) repeats tropes referencing Replacement Theory, a white supremacist conspiracy that alleges non-white people are coming into the United States to replace existing white populations, causing “white genocide” For white supremacists, Jews are the supposed masterminds behind this imagined conspiracy.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) states: “Black Lives Matter is not about police, it’s not about race, it’s not about justice. It’s about making us hate America so we can replace America. Because as long as we love her, we will not allow someone to replace her.” This echoes chants of “You will note replace us!” and “Jews will not replace us!” from neo-Nazis who marched in Charlottesville.
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After being criticized for using the antisemitic trope of “globalization” to criticize a Jewish lawmaker, Gaetz tries to justify his comment by resorting to anti-Asian racism.
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The 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference features a slate of speakers that includes over thirty politicians and right-wing figures with a history of antisemitism and white nationalism.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hires Darren Beattie, a former White House staffer who was ousted after news broke that he attended and spoke at a white nationalist conference alongside Richard Spencer.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), posts a video on Twitter of someone supposedly handing cash to migrants to “storm the US border,” and suggests that Jewish billionaire George Soros is behind it. This is the same antisemitic conspiracy theory that, ten days later, motivates a white nationalist to commit the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) brings Charles Johnson, a Holocaust denier, as his guest to the 2018 State of the Union address. In addition to being a Holocaust denier, Johnson was banned from Twitter after asking someone to help him “take out’” a Black Lives Matter activist.
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