Organizers were emboldened by the knowledge that Donald Trump is a right-wing billionaire who is generally supportive of their goals.
Some of the president's comments mirror rhetoric from the far-right fringe.
The roots of racism run deep in America. Trump's presidency has emboldened right-wingers and white supremacists to fight to preserve their legacy.
Trump's Charlottesville statements offer white supremacists the thin cover of being only part of the problem.
Zach D. Roberts records an image of four white neo-Nazis beating a black man.
Obama and Co. have ousted Ukraine’s democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, with the help of ultra-right, paramilitary, neo-Nazi gangs who seized and burned government offices, killed riot police, and spread mayhem and terror across the country. These are America’s new allies in the Great Game.
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