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Hate groups receive millions of dollars in federal funds

Updated: 10:34 PM CST Dec 10, 2020

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MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING INTO THE HANDS OF 14 ORGANIZATIONS DESIGNATED AS HATE GROUPS BY THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER AND ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE THE CASH COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM WVTM 13 ES BRIAN DOUGLAS. SPOKE WITH THE SOUTHERN POVERTY CENTER ABOUT ITS CONCERNS. ITS DISAPPOINTING AT FAST, BUT APPALLING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DID NOT BET THESE THESE RECIPIENTS OF THESE LOANS IN THE SLIGHTEST WAY IF THEY HAD LISA BROOKS WITH THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER SAYS, THEYD SEE THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GROUPS PUSHING IDEOLOGIES OF WHITE SUPREMACY HOMOPHOBIA AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION INSTEAD. SHE SAYS STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESSES MISSED OUT A MUCH-NEEDED MONEY IN A PANDEMIC. I JUST THE THINK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE CLOSED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET A GRANT. AND TO THINK THAT THESE FEES GROUPS THAT WE IDENTIFY AS HATE GROUPS RECEIVED FUNDING. ITS APPALLING. ITS NOT KNOWN HOW THE GROUPS WILL SPEND THE MONEY, BUT BROOKS HOPES NEW PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP HELPS COMBAT SOME OF THEIR MESSAGING THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WEVE HAD SOMEONE IN THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND SPEWING SOME OF THE SAME TYPE OF HATEFUL RHETORIC. AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS EMBOLDENED PEOPLE TO KIND OF JUST BE MORE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR HATE SPLC SAYS THE ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST INEQUALITY

Hate groups receive millions of dollars in federal funds

Updated: 10:34 PM CST Dec 10, 2020

Millions of dollars are going into the hands of 14 organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League. Watch the video above to learn more.

Millions of dollars are going into the hands of 14 organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League. Watch the video above to learn more.

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