Right wing extremists gathered in Las Vegas last weekend and guess which WV state official was a featured speaker?
(Don’t bother looking to West Virginia media to find out)
The event:
Lollapalooza, but in hell pic.twitter.com/BYbg8KPWgW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 27, 2023
This is how the Religious News Network described it:
Starting today (Aug. 25) in North Las Vegas, disgraced former General Michael Flynn and Eric Trump, son of the former president, will headline a lineup of MAGA celebrities for resumption, after a summer break, of the ReAwaken America Tour. A political rally in the form of an apostolic revival, the tour is a multi-day Christian nationalist event that includes appearances by “Pastors for Trump,” praise music and even baptisms combined with election denial, COVID-19 disinformation and QAnon conspiracy theories.
The event was organized by Flynn. Among the moments, from Ron Filipkowski:
Right-wing talk show host Stew Peters took the stage at the 'Reawaken America' tour in Las Vegas this weekend, and said when Trump wins the presidency, they are going to haul Anthony Fauci and Hunter Biden into court, try them for treason, and will "hang from a length of thick rope until he is dead."
And for West Virginians, look who was among the distinguished speakers:
At Mike Flynn’s christofascist radicalization event in Las Vegas, the sitting Secretary of State of West Virginia Mac Warner accuses the CIA of running a “psychological operation” about Hunter’s laptop to steal the 2020 election for Joe Biden.
— Jim Stewartson, Anti-disinfo activist 🇺🇸🇺🇦💙 (@jimstewartson) August 26, 2023
Sigh… 😞#ArrestMikeFlynn pic.twitter.com/CVrHdVYuWO
Yes, Mac Warner, the man who ought to be the most politically neutral of all West Virginia elected officials (Secretary of State), once again demonstrates that he is a committed (and dangerous, given his office) extremist.
This man may be our next governor and yet I have found nothing in the West Virginia media about this. (I am not surprised.)