Wesley Hunt Blasts SPLC at House Hearing Over KKK Funding Claims and 'Jim Crow 2.0'
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Updated · Fox News · May 21
Wesley Hunt Blasts SPLC at House Hearing Over KKK Funding Claims and 'Jim Crow 2.0'
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 21
At a House Judiciary hearing, Rep. Wesley Hunt accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of fueling division by allegedly funding extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan and distorting civil-rights policy.
Hunt paired that attack with a rebuke of Democrats' 'Jim Crow 2.0' rhetoric, arguing voter-ID laws cannot be compared with segregation, lynchings and other abuses his father faced in New Orleans.
Carol Swain, a retired Vanderbilt professor, told Hunt she faced no intimidation when she last voted in Tennessee, while Hunt said Black Republicans winning in White-majority districts undercuts claims of systemic exclusion.
Maya Wiley of the Leadership Conference and Rep. Jamie Raskin defended the SPLC, with Raskin saying its informant program aided law enforcement and that he had seen no evidence donors were defrauded.
The clash reflects a broader fight over Republican election laws that critics call modern voter suppression, even as supporters cite Georgia's record turnout after its 2021 election overhaul.
Why does voter turnout sometimes increase after new election integrity laws are enacted?
Where is the legal line between a nonprofit funding informants and committing criminal fraud?