Pro-Trump lawmakers create "Anglo Saxon Caucus"

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Kevin McCarthy denounces it:

https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383158647266611203

Will they be keeping their committee assignments?

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"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

You expect me to believe that Reps Greene and Gosar know that?

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Several House Republicans, led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.), are forming a caucus that calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."

A policy platform for the group, which calls itself the America First Caucus, declares that "a certain intellectual boldness is needed" in order to "follow in President Trump’s footsteps, and potentially step on some toes and sacrifice sacred cows for the good of the American nation."

The seven-page document, first obtained by Punchbowl News, is explicit in its nativist rhetoric and describes American culture as dominated by "Anglo-Saxon" and European influences.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548731-pro-trump-lawmakers-form-caucus-to-promote-anglo-saxon-political-traditions

I know how fond Republicans are of Dr. Seuss, so I figured I'd share his take on America First.

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History has shown that societal trust and political unity are threatened when foreign citizens are imported en-masse into a country ...

Yup, these guys are definitely referencing the Magna Carta with "Anglo-Saxon political traditions" and are not just generically racist.

Has it occurred to you that some people oppose immigration because they really do believe things they genuinely care about are threatened by it?

Are you talking about white supremacists or people advocating for the betterment of the working class?

Because if it's the former, I absolutely believe that they genuinely care about the color of their neighbors skin and are are very threatened if they have to see people who aren't lily-white. I don't think that such people should be allowed to inflict their beliefs on anyone else.

if it's the latter, given that those who loudly oppose immigration near-universally support politicians who at best do nothing, and more often actually benefit, from the illegal employment of immigrants, I find it impossible to consider their positions genuine.

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Back in the day they used to just call this the Ku Klux Klan.

English is so weird with all the silent Ks.

One silent K in knot
Two silent Ks in knuckle
Three silent Ks in Republican
Four silent Ks in knickknack

(First seen on Democratic Underground.)