Nancy Mace: “100% they were funding it. That was the sole purpose of…”

“Is it fair to say, Congresswoman, that the SPLC was stoking hatred almost to justify their own existence as an organization supposedly fighting hatred? Oh, 100% they were funding it. That was the sole purpose of their existence. If they don't have, if they can't portray people as racist, they don't have a reason to exist. And this is wrong, this is illegal.” (01:30–01:35)

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