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20. Walter Huss and the History of Republican Radicalization, From the 1950s to Today – with Seth Cotlar

Is This Democracy

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The Electoral College and the Republican Party

Walter Huss was a member of the Posse Comitatus Movement in Oregon. He corresponded on very friendly terms with people who participated in acts of far right domestic terrorism. The FBI suspected him of being associated with the Nazi party and the Posse comitatus. But he went to his good friend Laverne Holland back and said, Hey, would you give me a letter that says I'm not a member of your group? And she wrote one sentence: "Yes"

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