{"id":2716,"date":"2015-06-22T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/?p=2716"},"modified":"2015-07-05T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T16:30:36","slug":"terrorists-heroes-contributed-to-gop-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2015\/06\/terrorists-heroes-contributed-to-gop-candidates.html","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist’s Heroes Contributed to GOP Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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In his racist manifesto, terrorist and murderer Dylan Roof allegedly cites the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC) as an inspiration for his views<\/a>. Now there are reports coming out that Earl P. Holt III, one of the leaders of CofCC, has donated generously to the campaigns of several Republican presidential candidates. From the Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Earl Holt has given $65,000 to Republican campaign funds in recent years while inflammatory remarks \u2013 including that black people were \u201cthe laziest, stupidest and most criminally-inclined race in the history of the world\u201d \u2013 were posted online in his name.<\/p>\n

After being approached by the Guardian on Sunday, Cruz\u2019s presidential campaign said it would be returning all money the senator had received from Holt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other recipients include Rand Paul and Rick Santorum.<\/p>\n

There will be a great deal of criticism of these campaigns for taking this money. The group is well-known. There is a Wikipedia page<\/a> about it and a complete write-up on the Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s list of hate groups<\/a>. Though I suppose our right-wing friends would ignore the latter\u2019s opinion, considering that their pals at the American Family Association are also profiled there<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The campaigns are defending themselves by pleading ignorance. They have a case there. I\u2019m not going to join the chorus of people who are demanding their heads for taking this money. I don\u2019t expect multi-million dollar campaigns to investigate every donation and I don\u2019t believe in guilt by association. (Despite the fact that this is a favorite technique of the right. See under: Ayers, Bill<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Still,\u00a0while I don\u2019t believe\u00a0that these campaigns should be denounced for accepting the\u00a0donations \u2013 as long as they return them\u00a0\u2013\u00a0I would recommend to their supporters that they engage in a little self-reflection. Maybe they could ask themselves why it is that their favorite conservative candidates\u2019 policies, statements and dog-whistles attract the support of vile racists\u00a0like Earl Holt.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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