Never mind none of these stories included actual interviews and quotes from the progressive critics that could provide more context and insight into their up to 280 character-critiques captured on Twitter. Now, if only we could get that sense of urgency and coverage for actual Republican far-right extremism. In contrast, when Bucks County Democrats on Twitter were upset that the now former head of the local party was hosting an event run by a MAGA millionaire who spread lies that the election was being stolen before the election even happened and who said all Democrats are self-loathing and “hate America” ( why would they be upset?), the Courier Times and Intelligencer published a straight news story, a staffer’s column, and an editorial by the editorial board about it – the latter two to explicitly attack Democrats for their supposed “far-left feeding frenzy.” – Local Republican state GOP lawmakers recently voted to ban abortion in the Pennsylvania Constitution. – Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s repeated votes against legislation to combat domestic terrorism and white supremacists. (The puff piece mentioning them by far-right columnist JD Mullane, which has been scrubbed from their website, doesn’t count. – The Proud Boys involving themselves in local GOP politics and rallying with local Republicans to support Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick. – A PA01 GOP congressional candidate submitted forged candidate petitions in May. – The fact that Bucks County Republican Committee Chair Pat Poprik was a fake elector. I’ve long documented these two newspapers’ too frequent refusal to report on Bucks County Republican extremism, and too frequent platforming of it. This includes not reporting or editorializing about:
Discovered this interesting tidbit from last night's primary as I was exploring the results this afternoon: the leader of the local Oath Keepers chapter won a seat on the county GOP committee - Carter Walker May 18, 2022
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