A new Southern Poverty Law Center study on 'extremist-linked' political candidates includes, among other Texas Republicans, DanPatrick, citing many of his anti-migrant, anti-trans, and Islamophobic positions and comments
, much of which overlaps with the El Paso shooter's manifesto, but Abbott didn't make the SPLC's list.in the Texas Legislature in 2014, backing a bill that was widely blasted as Islamophobic.
Van Duyne, who served as the mayor of Irving from 2011 to 2017, became the District 21 representative in January 2021. She previously served in former President Donald Trump’s administration. She’s cozied up to the anti-Muslim groups like ACT for America and the Center for Security Policy in the past, and since joining Congress, she’s promoted anti-migrant claims such as the assertion that the migrants are “invading” the U.S.
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