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IREHR vice president, Devin Burghart, expressed concern about Richard Mack speaking at a Washington State Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.  

As IREHR documented in Tea Party Nationalism, Mack, the former Graham County, Arizona sheriff popular in white supremacist and militia circles during the 1990s, found his speaking career rejuvenated with the emergence of the Tea Party.

The full article in the April 27, 2013 issue of The Columbian, “Tea Party reigns at GOP dinner: Stand up to government, event’s speakers implore” is available here – http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/apr/27/tea-party-reigns-at-gop-dinner/

Devin Burghart

is president and executive director of IREHR. He has researched, written, and organized on virtually all facets of contemporary white nationalism since 1992, and is internationally recognized for this effort. Devin is frequently quoted as an expert by print, broadcast, and online media outlets. In 2007, he was awarded a Petra Foundation fellowship.