White supremacist Super PACs prop up Trump
A White supremacist group has thrown support behind US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
The white nationalist group that made racist robocalls on behalf of Trump in Iowa is now targeting New Hampshire voters ahead of next week's primary.
The American National Super PAC is funding the calls, which are organized under a separate group called the American Freedom Party.
"We don't need Muslims. We need smart, educated, white people," according to the male voice on the calls, which began Thursday night and urge voters in New Hampshire to vote for Donald Trump, CNN reported.
On its website, the American Freedom Party says it "shares the customs and heritage of the European American people."
One of the men speaking on the robocall is Jared Taylor, who runs the "race-realism" publication American Renaissance. Taylor told HuffPost that he is a "white advocate," arguing that diversity is just a "source of tension."
"What would I like to see recognized is that it is perfectly natural, normal and healthy for people to prefer the company of people like themselves," Taylor said.
He also praised Trump's xenophobic remarks, claiming that Muslim immigration to the US has led to only "terrible results."
"Most white people act the way I do," he said. "They just don't dare say so."
Trump's campaign didn't immediately return a request for comment, but campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks had told CNN that the billionaire businessman has disavowed "all super PACs offering their support."
The Republican presidential hopeful has created controversy for his anti-Muslim and anti-immigration stance despite facing criticism at home and abroad.
Super PACs, officially known as "independent-expenditure only committees," may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, but may engage in unlimited political spending independently of the campaigns. Unlike traditional PACs, they can raise funds from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size.
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