GOP resolution condemns org that tracks anti-LGBTQ hate groups with ties to Republican politicians

A resolution passed at the Republican National Convention condemns the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for tracking hate groups in America.

The resolution does not denounce hate groups or prejudice and specifically defends an anti-LGBTQ hate group with deep ties to the Trump administration.

Related: Anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council is airing Chick-fil-A’s dirty laundry

“The actions of the SPLC have served to mobilize persons to act in hate and violence towards those on its ‘hate group’ list,” the resolution reads.

It singles out the Family Research Council as an example of the dangers of SPLC’s list. A mentally disturbed gay man walked into the Washington DC offices of the group intent on killing the staff after seeing a photo of them posing behind a bunch of Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. A security guard stopped Corkins before the domestic terrorist attack could claim any victims.

“The Obama Administration legitimized the SPLC and acted upon their request that the federal government formally identify individuals and organizations as ‘hate groups’,” the complaint reads. “The SPLC was further legitimized when the Obama-Biden Administration gave them the ability to provide input to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).”

“Legitimizing the SPLC puts conservative groups or voices at risk of attack.”

Officials in the department have said that several right-wing groups tracked by SPLC have the potential to be dangerous domestic terrorism threats to the United States. Many of them also have ties to conservative politicians and the Republican Party.

Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, is an ardent Trump supporter and has a longstanding personal and political friendship with Vice President Mike Pence. Most of the other anti-LGBTQ hate groups are also connected to the Vice President in one way or another….

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