Rightwing conference reveals muddled lines between Trump and far right

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Rightwing conference reveals muddled lines between Trump and far right

National Conservatism event draws in far-right publishers, members of men-only secret societies – and Trump officials

A rightwing conference recently saw theocratic Christian nationalists, far-right publishers and members of men-only secret societies speaking alongside the Missouri senator Eric Schmitt, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at Donald Trump’s Department of Justice and other senior Republican figures.

The speaker list at the National Conservatism conference in Washington DC raises questions over what distinctions exist between the nationalist hard right in the US and members of the Trump administration and the Republican party.

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