Texas' Rep. Pat Fallon cites satire site to accuse SPLC of labeling American Legion a hate group
At a hearing on extremism in the military, freshman Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of labeling two of the nation’s oldest veterans organizations as hate groups.
The problem is, that never happened, except in the imagination of a satirical blog called the Duffel Blog, which pokes fun on military topics.
“Has your organization named the American Legion as a hate group?” Fallon asked Lecia Brooks, the SPLC’s chief of staff, at Wednesday’s hearing. “Were you aware that the organization named the VFW, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as a hate group?”
Brooks corrected Fallon, and committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Washington state, also chastised him, warning against “throwing out a bunch of misinformation.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/03/25/rep-pat-fallon-cites-satire-site-to-falsely-accuse-splc-of-labeling-american-legion-a-hate-group/
Fallon's gone silent on this and has refused to make any more comments on it, but Duffel Blog has gone on the record 'thanking' him...
Link to tweet
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