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The Buffalo Killer Ripped off Past Manifestos and Mainstream GOP Talking Points | Daily Beast
Source: The Daily Beast | 17 May 2022
In the wake of the May 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, ACLED Director of Research & Innovation Dr. Roudabeh Kishi discusses our latest report on far-right activity in the United States with The Daily Beast.
“The report notes how white nationalism, white supremacy, has become an increasingly salient driver when it comes to protest activity that involves far-right militias and far-right militant social movements. And in fact, at the end of last year, we saw that it was the primary driver of protest activity for these types of groups.’ In this context, she said, attackers like Gendron shouldn’t be viewed as ‘lone wolves’ but as actors ‘connected to this broader movement. They’re all consuming similar propaganda. They’re in the same circles.”
