By David Neiwert
Despite a long background in far-right radicalism, youthful Taylor
Rose’s campaign enjoys deep and broad support within the state’s GOP.
Taylor Rose likes to project a fresh-scrubbed, wholesome image to his
fellow Montanans while campaigning for a seat in the state’s House of
Representatives. It’s easy for the blonde-haired, blue-eyed and
clean-shaven 28-year-old from the rural Columbia Falls area to do,
flashing a toothy grin and ranting about the need to get the federal
government out of workers’ hair and open up the state’s timberlands to
lumber operations.
The image, combined with a pleasing message (Rose likes to label himself a “pro-labor Republican”)
and a slick campaign, have all raised the prospects that Rose might be
able to pull off an upset win over incumbent Rep. Zac Perry, a Democrat,
in the race for the House seat in District 3, which historically leans
Republican.
What many voters may not realize, however, is Taylor’s long history of
deep involvement with the white nationalist movement, and the
dangerously bigoted worldview he has promoted since his teenage years ––
a history well documented by the SPLC and the Anti-Defamation League in the years leading up to his campaign.
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Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
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