Chris Russo has anonymously aligned himself with Nick Fuentes’ white supremacist movement on various social media platforms under the username “Optics Respecter.”
Leader of anti-immigration group Texans for Strong Borders also runs anonymous, hate-filled social media accounts
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Texas Republicans unite to elect Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker
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Texans Pete Sessions, Roger Williams both out in whirlwind day to pick U.S. speaker
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Texas sues to stop Border Patrol agents from cutting state’s razor wire at the border
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Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty
While Fuentes’ unapologetic hate mongering has made him one of the nation’s best-known white supremacists, he was merely the latest in a long line of people who have been embraced by Defend Texas Liberty and its close allies.
