Taunton-area pols with ties to 'alt-lite' org say they're not members
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Taunton-area pols with ties to 'alt-lite' org say they're not members
CORR — Citizens Organized to Restore Rights — has gained attention through its public demonstrations and grassroots networking with likeminded officials and groups.
Taunton City Councilor John McCaul, Dighton Selectman Chair Leonard Hull and Katie Ferreira-Aubin, who serves on the Dighton-Rehoboth Regional School Committee, have all attended meetings. McCaul and Hull say they are not members of CORR, but have spoken at meetings.
Though CORR is not currently classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, it is on their radar.
Rachell Carroll Rivas, interim deputy director of research for the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said that groups like CORR look to rebrand the term conservative “to put further into the mainstream really harmful ideas,” adding that much of what they express “doesn’t constitute traditional conservative ideas.”
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This article originally appeared on The Taunton Daily Gazette: Taunton Daily Gazette Daily Briefing newsletter Sept 22 2022
