The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged a counterterrorism agency to open investigations into Daily Wire host Matt Walsh and other conservative commentators, alleging that the commentators are “escalating harassment of LGBTQ+ individuals,” according to emails obtained by The Daily Signal.
The group, which was founded to combat anti-Semitism but has morphed into an organization more broadly focused on combatting “extremism and hate,” stated in the email to a Washington State unified counterterrorism unit that “growing online anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry puts LGBTQ+ individuals at greater risk of physical violence and harassment.” The ADL goes on to list not only Walsh, but also the Manhattan Institute’s Christopher Rufo and Libs of TikTok creator Chaya Raichik, among others, as “perpetrators of online hate,” and urges law enforcement to take action.
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