You would think by now the SPLC would have rendered itself irrelevant since it spouts such stupid, stupid things. But, no, the MSM props it up by constantly citing it as an authority in the fields of civil rights and hate groups.

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He went on to claim that Trump’s signature “Drain the Swamp” phrase has racist origins and served as a dog whistle to white supremacists.

“He said he’s going to drain the swamp. Drain the swamp was a meme, a twitter hashtag that grew, exploded,” Lenz said. “It was spread specifically–or among the people spreading the drain the swamp hashtag were avowed racists, white supremacists who exist on Twitter to harass and demean various ethnic groups.”

[Host John] Berman noted that “there are plenty of people who are in favor of draining the swamp, not having lobbyists involved and taking some of the money out of politics that I’m sure have no notion at all that is anyway a connection or supported by groups like this

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http://freebeacon.com/politics/splc-writ...wamp-is-racist/

Oh, dear. Oh, dear. From back on October 6, 2006:

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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours, time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...6100600056.html

I never knew Pelosi was a racist but she must be. You simply cannot find a greater authority on the subject than a senior writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center.