In 2017, the Canadian right-wing activist and filmmaker Lauren Southern joined a group of young European nationalists on a boat in Mediterranean waters. She’s a proponent of the “great replacement” theory, which holds that white Europeans are being systematically supplanted by Muslim migrants. On Friday, her public profile got a boost from Donald Trump when he retweeted her. As if to assuage this anger, Trump went on a Twitter tear on Friday night. Trump tweeted that he was surprised to see “Conservative thinkers” like Watson de-platformed, and retweeted Watson’s call for solidarity: “The support for me has been incredible.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2019 01:30 UTC