Far-Right Activist Behind Stop the Steal Campaign Claims He’s the Victim, Attacks Police Officer for Capitol Rioter’s Death – By Kristen Doerer (Right Wing Watch) / Mar 11 2021
In the wake of massive layoffs at HuffPost Tuesday, far-right meme creator Carpe Donktum invited Ali Alexander, the far-right lead organizer of the so-called Stop the Steal movement, to his streaming show to celebrate the layoffs of journalists whose reporting led to them being deplatformed from major social media entities. At the same time, they mourned the loss of their ability to spread disinformation on mainstream social media platforms.
Alexander, who has been in hiding since Trump loyalists attending the Jan. 6 Stop the Steal rally laid siege to the Capitol, predictably attacked those who have reported on his rhetoric and organizing, including the HuffPost and a former Right Wing Watch reporter. He suggested an apology was in order for the death of a Trump loyalist as she took part in the storming of the Capitol, and even went so far as to defend the former president’s golfing habits.
The HuffPost layoffs were the first small win the hard-right operatives have had since Jan. 6, when the nation watched in horror as MAGA protesters gathered at a Stop the Steal rally marched to the Capitol and stormed the building looking for Congress members inside. Right Wing Watch captured footage of Alexander standing on a balcony overlooking Trump loyalists swarming the Capitol, with Alexander telling the camera, “I don’t disavow this.” Shortly after, and as more reporting came out about his calls for violence and his role pushing the big lie that the election was stolen from Donald Trump, Alexander and other far-right personalities were banned from numerous social media platforms.
