The radical right — long relegated to the fringes — now has a toehold in the White House.
President Trump has opened the White House doors to extremism, not only consulting with hate groups on policies that erode our country’s civil rights protections but enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration’s rhetoric and agenda.
Every month we track incidents that illustrate the hate and extremism permeating the Trump administration. They include tweets, speeches, policy actions, legal developments and other activities involving Trump, White House advisers, Cabinet members and federal agencies.
2019 numbers are to date.
2019
179 incidents of hate and extremism
Three incidents involving the administration and a hate group
2018
241 incidents of hate and extremism
28 incidents involving the administration and a hate group
2017
60 incidents of hate and extremism
Eight incidents involving the administration and a hate group
