The NAACP is representing the Mississippi congressman Bennie Thompson in the suit but confirmed they expect more members to join. Trump defense lawyers are expected to argue that his speech was protected by the first amendment to the constitution. Meanwhile, pressure for the NAACP now pivots to a Joe Biden administration whose campaign promises included combating white supremacy and domestic terror. Johnson warned “white supremacy cannot exist consistently with democracy. “For far too long, this nation has gone abroad to weed out terrorism only to wake up and recognize the faces of domestic terror are white men operating under a notion of white supremacy.”

Source: The Guardian February 26, 2021 10:01 UTC