The 2016 Trump era mainstreamed conspiracy-peddling anti-immigrant and white-supremacist groups

Evidence

If our conspiratorial world is a vast ocean, 2016 was, clearly, the year that Alex Jones—along with other groups, like anti-immigration extremists, anti-Muslim think tanks, and open neo-Nazis and white supremacists—were able to catch the wave of the Trump presidency and surf to the mainstream shore. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 30

Categorization

• XREF: Directly connects to vault claims about the Trump window being opened by prior War-on-Terror conditioning (Islamophobia and the Novel, The New Crusades). — connects to: Conspiracy theorists gained direct access to US federal power in 2016. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 21; White supremacists were mainstreamed into conservative politics through Trump’s nativist agenda — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1028; Trump’s nativist agenda mainstreamed White supremacists into the Alt-Right. (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• White supremacists were mainstreamed into conservative politics through Trump’s nativist agenda #corroborates (0.90) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1028
• Trump’s nativist agenda mainstreamed White supremacists into the Alt-Right. #corroborates (0.88)
• Conspiracy theories become dangerous when fused with resurgent nationalism and white supremacy #exemplifies (0.85) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 108
• Trump’s rise mainstreamed transgressive online far-right provocateurs unlike prior fringe conservatives #corroborates (0.82) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 442
• Trump’s anti-Muslim campaign served as a global symbol for white supremacists abroad. #expands (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 930
• Trump’s rise mainstreamed a new hyper-online style of far-right provocation. #corroborates (0.80) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 442
• The Trump administration elevated Islamophobic figures who shared his conspiracy beliefs. #expands (0.80)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies emboldened white supremacist vigilantes like Tarrant #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 917
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy directly emboldened white supremacist attacks #expands (0.78) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 917
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric reverberated across the globe among white supremacist movements #expands (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 929
• Anti-Jewish hate crimes and conspiracy theories have resurged since Trump #expands (0.72) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 929
• Contemporary conspiracy theories function as politically serviceable tools for right-wing ends #exemplifies (0.72) — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 121
• Trumpism’s Islamophobic ideology predates Trump’s presidency, rooted in birtherism #qualifies (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 230