After building the case for months that Russia was a major meddler in the 2016 U. S. Presidential election, on Sunday the Washington Post connected the dots between a ‘shadow universe’ of right-wing front groups domiciled in the U. S. with tax-exempt privileges who have a lot more to show for their efforts than does Russia.
At the center of the Post article, written by reporters Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg, is lefty turned righty David Horowitz and his nonprofit group the David Horowitz Freedom Center. While sanctions have not been lifted against Russia as potential proof of a quid pro quo with the Trump administration, Horowitz boasts of at least six of his Freedom Center’s supporters who hold top slots in Trump’s administration to push for his long-held positions on a Muslim ban, border wall, school vouchers and ridicule of global warming.
The Post reporters write:
‘On Dec. 14, 2016, during a videotaped event, Horowitz expressed happiness about Trump’s victory and said Republicans had finally woken up to his approach to politics. He pulled from his suit coat a piece of paper listing Freedom Center supporters already in the administration.
‘ ‘It’s quite an impressive list,’ Horowitz said, rattling off the names: Sessions, Bannon, Vice President Pence, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway and at least six others.
‘ ‘My personal favorite is Steve Miller, because Steve, who was today appointed the senior policy adviser in the White House…is a kind of protege of mine,’ he said. ‘So the center has a big stake in this administration.’ ‘
This post was published at Wall Street On Parade on June 5, 2017.
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