Investigative Post: Erie County a dubious national leader - June 17, 2021

“Cloee Cooper, a research analyst with Political Research Associates, Massachusetts-based social justice think tank, said Erie’s total should arouse ‘definite concern.’”

“ ‘In terms of how these types of social movements work, if there were six people that went and participated, that means that there’s a much broader group of people who are involved,’ she said.” 

“ ‘Erie County is kind of a hotspot for militia and far-right Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more groups and that local elected officials have been privy to some of that, or endorsed it in the past,’ Cooper said.”

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