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As recently as 2003, the president of the Greater Fort Bend County Tea Party had a very different title: director of propaganda for the American Fascist Party.
James Ives, a prominent Tea Party activist who has hosted statewide rallies and political debates and has been a regular contributor on conservative radio, was the AFP's fourth in command, commenting about the partys principles on a fascist message board. An image of Ives in what appears to be a black uniform with yellow shoulder patches can be seen in a 2006 promotional video for the party.
Ives tells a more nuanced story; the Richmond, Texas, resident says he stumbled across the fascist party which supports extreme right-wing authoritarian regimes online in the early 2000s as an amateur political science student and frustrated novelist and was merely curious.
From my point of view, it was all pro-Constitution, pro-America, Ives said of the group, which appears to be defunct.
Houston-Area Tea Party Leader Had Ties to Fascist Party | The Texas Tribune
James Ives, a prominent Tea Party activist who has hosted statewide rallies and political debates and has been a regular contributor on conservative radio, was the AFP's fourth in command, commenting about the partys principles on a fascist message board. An image of Ives in what appears to be a black uniform with yellow shoulder patches can be seen in a 2006 promotional video for the party.
Ives tells a more nuanced story; the Richmond, Texas, resident says he stumbled across the fascist party which supports extreme right-wing authoritarian regimes online in the early 2000s as an amateur political science student and frustrated novelist and was merely curious.
From my point of view, it was all pro-Constitution, pro-America, Ives said of the group, which appears to be defunct.
Houston-Area Tea Party Leader Had Ties to Fascist Party | The Texas Tribune
