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Trump tweeted on Wednesday night that the South African government was "seizing land" from white farmers, who he claimed to be the subject of large-scale killings.This claim is false — there is <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/23/17772056/south-africa-trump-tweet-afriforum-white-farmers-violence" style="text-decoration-line: none;">no evidence</a> of large-scale targeted killings of white farmers anywhere in South Africa.The Anti-Defamation League released a blistering <a href="https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-extremely-troubled-by-presidents-tweet-on-south-africa" style="text-decoration-line: none;">statement</a> about Trump's comments, which he appears to have tweeted after watching a conspiratorial Fox News segment.<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 20px;">"It is extremely disturbing that the President of the United States echoed a longstanding and false white supremacist claim that South Africa’s white farmers are targets of large-scale, racially-motivated killings by South Africa’s black majority," the group said.The ADL explained how Trump's claims are actually part of a long-standing effort by white supremacists to falsely paint white people as victims of genocide.<blockquote>White supremacists in the United States have made such claims for years.  <a href="https://www.adl.org/blog/american-white-supremacists-embrace-south-africasort-of" target="blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;">In early 2012, ADL’s Center on Extremism</a> documented how white supremacists in the United States were gearing up for protests as part of something they termed the “South Africa Project (SAP).” The goal of the organizers, which included representatives from major neo-Nazi, racist skinhead, "traditional white supremacist," Christian Identity groups, as well as racist prison gangs, was to stop the alleged ‘genocide of Whites’ in South Africa. The protests originated in 2011 at the hands of Monica Stone, a long-time member of the Louisiana-based white supremacist Christian Defense League and immigrant from South Africa.</blockquote>Prominent American white supremacist Richard Spencer has used the South Africa talking point as recently as this March.The ADL ended with a damning indictment of Trump's racist remarks."We would hope that the President would try to understand the facts and realities of the situation in South Africa, rather than repeat disturbing, racially divisive talking points used most frequently by white supremacists," the ADL concluded.refcoterie of American white supremacists is working to organize “nationwide” protests for February 27, 2012, as part of an effort dubbed the South Africa Project (SAP). This “project” has as its stated goal stopping the alleged “genocide of Whites” in South Africa. Participants and organizers include representatives from all five of the major white supremacist movements in the United States (neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, “traditional” white supremacists,<a href="http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/Christian_Identity.asp?xpicked=4&item=Christian_ID" target="blank" style="vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: 100% 87%; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.15em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.15em 0px;">Christian Identity</a> adherents, and racist prison gangs). In particular, adherents of the racist and anti-Semitic religious sect Christian  Identity are involved with the protests. According to SAP organizers, events are planned at or near 13 state capitols around the country. Several organizers have already obtained permits to rally or completed notices of public assembly as required by local ordinances; others plan to hold sidewalk protests and demonstrations. Targeted states include Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.  The protests got their start in 2011 thanks to Monica Stone, a long-time member of the Louisiana-based white supremacist Christian Defense League and immigrant from South Africa. In September 2011, she spoke of the alleged plight of white South Africans at Morris Gulett’s Aryan Nations World Congress event in Louisiana. In fact, SAP uses Gulett’s Louisiana mailing address, while several protests are being organized by members of Gulett's <a href="http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/aryan_nations.asp" target="blank" style="vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: 100% 87%; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.15em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.15em 0px;">Aryan Nations</a>. For example, Robert Radyn is organizing the Albany, New York, protest, and Ryan Mullins, the “Imperial Wizard” of the Gulett-associated Aryan Nation Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is organizing the Nashville, Tennessee, event. White supremacists from other groups are also involved with SAP events. California-based Mike Myers, SAP's “Chief Coordinator,” is organizing the rally at Sacramento. Myers is a racist skinhead who claims membership in the Golden State Skinheads and the white supremacist American Third Position.  The Austin, Texas, march is being organized by David McGlumphy of Dallas. McGlumphy, a member of the Texas-based street/prison gang White Knights of America (WKOA), was released from prison in early 2010. His wife, Anna, is the Texas contact person for SAP. Billy Roper, the former leader of the Arkansas-based White Revolution, is organizing the rally scheduled in Little Rock. In September 2011, Roper joined Thomas Robb's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Robb and his daughter, Rachel Pendergraft, are scheduled to attend the rally. Also attending is Allen Truitt of Missouri, the leader of the Aryan Nations Prison Ministry. Ronnie Carr, a member of the neo-Nazi group <a href="http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/volksfront/default.asp" target="blank" style="vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; background-position: 100% 87%; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.03em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -0.03em, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.06em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.09em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.12em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0.15em 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -0.15em 0px;">Volksfront</a>, is organizing a SAP event in Greenville, Tennessee, “for the people in East TN, West NC, and Southwest VA who can't make it to their respective state capital protests.” Donald Palmer, also affiliated with Volksfront, is organizing the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, event. In an effort to disguise themselves as civil rights activists, SAP organizers have attempted to discourage would-be attendees from wearing white supremacist shirts, Klan robes, or neo-Nazi uniforms. Billy Roper directed one racist skinhead to cover his white supremacist cranial tattoos with a hat during the protest. Though attendance overall is expected to be low, some of the events are better organized than others. ==</div>