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Key 'Unite the Right' Leaders Say MAGA 'Deluded' About SPLC Role in Charlottesville

“They are so deluded. They have so many opinions that are based on nothing but really conspiracy theories—and people who should know better don’t.”

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Phil Williams
May 05, 2026
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While white nationalists like Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler are celebrating the hard times that have befallen a longtime nemesis, they are becoming increasingly agitated that the federal indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been used to discredit their own work.

President Donald Trump, his Justice Department, and a host of MAGA influencers have seized upon the indictment of the legendary civil rights group and a reference in one paragraph to an SPLC-paid informant who was involved in the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“Because that person is not named, it has resulted in a firestorm of speculation that is, unfortunately, surreal and co…

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