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As GOP Mainstreams “Fringe” Conspiracies, NPR’s Morning Edition Spotlights America’s Voice GOP Ad Tracker and Implications Washington, DC – Three years ago today, a white supremacist gunman citing an alleged “Hispanic invasion of Texas” killed 23 people at a Wal-Mart in El Paso. Since then, Republicans have abandoned any... Continue »

GOP Ad Tracker and New Report Document at least 546 Instances in 2022 Cycle of GOP Use of “Replacement” and “Invasion” Rhetoric in Political Ads, Tweets, and Campaign Emails Washington, DC – A new report from America’s Voice, Republicans Embrace Dangerous White Nationalist “Replacement” and “Invasion” Conspiracies as a... Continue »

The leading forces of the Republican Party have embraced a set of racist conspiracy theories based on white nationalism as a central organizing principle for the midterm elections. The America’s Voice ad tracking project has identified hundreds of pieces of political messaging that employ these lies around ‘white replacement’... Continue »

Washington, DC – Leading voices are escalating the condemnation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s relentless nativism, his use of dangerous “invasion” rhetoric and his role in blocking needed policy solutions in favor of cynical political posturing.  Boston Globe columnist Marcela García and the Washington Post editorial board each weighed... Continue »

Washington, DC – Texas and national media outlets are amplifying the key takeaways from yesterday’s America’s Voice press call (press release and audio recording here) condemning Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s relentless nativism and dangerous reliance on “invasion” rhetoric. As Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) stated on yesterday’s call: “The use... Continue »

Washington, DC – On a press call held today, elected officials, advocates and experts joined to condemn the relentless campaign by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to target Latinos and immigrants, including his reliance on “invasion” rhetoric – which is the dangerous language of white supremacist conspiracy theories that led... Continue »

Zachary Mueller: “The people spreading these conspiracy theories aren’t ‘kooks in the basement writing online. These are from people in positions of real power.’” Washington, DC – A must-read deep-dive piece by Candy Woodall of USA Today highlights how Republicans are working relentlessly to mainstream dangerous conspiracy theories that... Continue »

Washington, DC – Three years ago, after a white supremacist gunman killed 23 people in El Paso, Texas Governor Greg Abbott acknowledged that “mistakes were made” in a fundraising letter he had sent the day prior to the killings. The letter stated, “If we’re going to DEFEND Texas, we’ll... Continue »

“Republican leaders are loading the gun and waiting for someone to pull the trigger.” Washington, DC – Yesterday, Texas county judges, sheriffs, attorneys and mayors held a press conference in Bracketville, TX to declare that the state is being “invaded” by migrants at the Southern border. This dangerous, racist... Continue »

Washington, DC – Fox News reported today that multiple Texas counties are set to declare that the “migrant crisis at the southern border is an ‘invasion.’” The following is a statement from Zachary Mueller, Political Director of America’s Voice: “The new ‘invasion’ declaration is the height of dangerous and... Continue »