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Garrison Davis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Appearances Over Time

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Like we don't all have a racism castle in our town, but sort of the way this castle bears down on this little town.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

kind of mirrors the way the influx of these extreme right-wing ideas into the GOP, into the administration that governs all of us, kind of is bearing down on us.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

It's such a specific story about Berkeley Springs.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

But at the same time, this could be almost any town.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

You know, I'm sure you're you followed the story of what happened in Enid, Oklahoma, when the Identity Europa guy got on their city council.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

And it was this this very local small town struggle with these very specific local personalities butting heads.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

But this story is playing out in small towns all over America because everyone has, you know, if not a racism castle, everyone has a local racist who's making life hard for everyone.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

They're trying to integrate themselves, you know, coming from outside, basically, to take over.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

I mean, it's the same thing as what happened in West Virginia, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

It's that these white supremacists are moving to these places because they have a perception about what it will be like when they get there.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

That, oh, everyone who's there will agree with me because they're mostly white.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

That's why Dave Riley moved to Idaho.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

He would repeatedly, I think he would do it when people reach out for comment and be like, you know, Morgan County is 75% voted for Trump.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

It's 90% white.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

It's you who have the problem, not us.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

And if you're looking for a more optimistic thing here, I've gotten good reviews for the reviews that I've gotten, but they keep using, like, disturbing.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Like, this is so scary.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Like, I think for us, it's not as much because we've been living in it in a more intimate way.