New Nativist-鈥楶atriot鈥� Coalition Formed
The head of a notorious anti-immigrant group has announced the formation of a coalition that further indicates major elements of the nativist movement are morphing into a new wing of the resurgent antigovernment 鈥淧atriot鈥� movement.
Declaring 鈥淩evolution is Brewing!鈥�, (SDMM) leader earlier this week dispatched a mass E-mail to followers heralding the dawn of the so-called SoCal Patriot Coalition. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a new beginning, at least for our very strong movement in SoCal, the front lines of the invasion from Mexico and the socialist takeover,鈥� he wrote.聽 鈥淟et鈥檚 roll! Let's take our country back now! Strength in numbers.鈥�
According to Schwilk鈥檚 April 13 E-mail, the coalition has 23 member organizations. Along with the SDMM, they include tax-protest groups like Stop Taxing Us and the Taxpayer Revolution Committee; several gun rights organizations; eight rogue Minuteman factions, including the , the group that produced a faked video purporting to show the murder of a Mexican immigrant by a border vigilante sniper; and two anti-immigrant organizations listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center 鈥� Save Our State and the .
A press release subsequent to Schwilk鈥檚 E-mail described the common cause of the various groups in the new coalition under the motto 鈥淪ecure Borders, Constitution, and Rule of Law.鈥� It stated that 鈥淧atriotic and Constitutional American grassroots groups鈥� had formed to 鈥渇ight the growing threats to our region and to the taxpaying American citizens.鈥�
The SoCal Patriot Coalition is taking shape amidst what appears to be a spike in antigovernment Patriot activity. The Department of Homeland Security earlier this month law enforcement agencies nationwide that widespread rumors of pending gun control legislation, the recession, and Barack Obama鈥檚 presidency, among other factors, are fueling a rise in antigovernment extremism.
Simultaneously, conservative media figures from Internet radio to FOX News are to antigovernment conspiracy theories and using violent rhetoric to express their opposition to the Obama administration. For example, during a discussion of Obama鈥檚 economic policies on the March 31 edition of Fox News鈥� 鈥淵our World with Neil Cavuto,鈥� Fox News contributor Dick Morris said: 鈥淭hose crazies in Montana who say, 鈥榃e鈥檙e going to kill ATF agents because the U.N.'s going to take over鈥� 鈥� well, they鈥檙e beginning to have a case.鈥�
