MSNBC’s Joy Reid has once again been humiliated a major left-wing organization, the Southern Poverty Law Center has nuked her claims that white supremacist militias are responsible for the violence occurring around the country.
“I have not seen any clear evidence that white supremacists or militiamen are masking up and going out to burn and loot,” Howard Graves, a research analyst at the SPLC, told The New York Times for a report published Sunday. The group, which tracks anti-government extremist groups, has been criticized for calling mainstream conservative organizations “hate groups.”
Liberal politicians and commentators have speculated that white nationalist extremist groups are trying to tarnish those wanting justice for the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over 8 minutes.
MSNBC’s, Joy Reid launched the conspiracy theory that went viral on Saturday.
He adds that white nationalist groups are posting messages promoting going to Minneapolis to “get our loot on” and cause mayhem. He says they will investigate those using the outrage over the murder of George Floyd as a “cover” for illegal activity
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 30, 2020
Other left-wing groups disagree claiming it is “a diversity of fringe malefactors.”
“We’re going to see a diversity of fringe malefactors,” Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, told the NYT. “We know for a fact there have been far-right agitators both online and at these rallies, as well as far-left.”
The Trump administration believes that the far-left group Antifa is taking advantage of Floyd’s death and using it to cause chaos.
“Unfortunately, with the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful protests are being hijacked by violent radical elements,” Attorney General Bill Barr said Saturday, according to Politico. “In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized, and driven by far-left extremist groups and anarchic groups using Antifa-like tactics.”
Barr also announced that an antiterrorism task force is being assembled to break up Antifa and bring them to justice. Given that America has successfully hunted down the most dangerous terrorists in the world I’m sure they will have no problem bringing down these punks.
