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Wesley Hunt: “According to a superseding indictment, the SPLC paid more…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Hunt vs Crockett | 'Outrage is their oxygen': GOP lawmaker's devastating rebuttal at SPLC hearing

Published | Video Starts at 06:39

… few weeks and where we have to confront the hatred festering inside the very organization that claims that it is fighting for. Fighting against. Of course, the hatred. That being. According to a superseding indictment, the SPLC paid more than $4.1 million to informants tied to extremist groups, including the KKK, from 2010 to 2020. In two cases, informants who were active members of the local KKK chapter reportedly told the SPLC that they wanted out because they feared for their safety. (06:39–06:51)

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Asserts that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) paid over $4.1 million to informants linked to extremist groups.

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