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The far-left extremists at the Southern Poverty Law Center already have seen the FBI announce it is cutting all ties with them. And a petition is demanding that the Department of Justice take the same step.
Now a complaint has been filed with federal authorities calling for a full review of the SPLC's status as a "charitable" organization that gives it huge tax breaks.
According to the Federalist, the Center to Advance Security in America has submitted a legal complaint asking for the full review because of the SPLC's "hyper-partisan political activity."
In fact, the complaint calls for the organization's tax-exempt status to be revoked.
"American taxpayers should not be expected to subsidize an organization that engages in daily attacks on Republicans, compares those who hold mainstream conservative beliefs to the KKK, and who consistently labels conservatives as engaging in 'hate' without any reference to any other political parties or ideologies," CASA chief James Fitzpatrick told the publication.
"We believe the American people are entitled to a full investigation into this urgent matter."
The organization sent information to Scott Bessent, treasury secretary, regarding the issues.
It explains there are "several serious concerns about [the SPLC's] compliance with federal law regarding tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) including but not limited to it no longer fulfilling a charitable purpose and its partisan political activity."
CASA also charges that the SPLC likens "normal, mainstream, conservative beliefs, to that of the KKK" and puts "political candidates and government officials, only Republicans, on their hate lists or hate watch articles," the Federalist said.
Recently, the SPLC claimed that Turning Point USA, co-founded by the assassinated Charlie Kirk, was embracing "white nationalist" conspiracies.
At the SPLC, "author Rachael Fugardi claimed that 'Turning Point USA's primary strategy is sowing and exploiting fear that white Christian supremacy is under attack by nefarious actors, including immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and civil rights activists.'"
That article claimed TPUSA is spreading "fear" to push "supremacism."
"This is the SPLC's modus operandi. SPLC's entire website is filled with inflammatory language," the complaint charges. "On at least one occasion, their content may have even led to political violence. In 2012, Floyd Lee Corkins II opened fire at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the conservative Christian think tank Family Research Council. Prosecutors stated they found on Corkins' computer and that he had identified his targets using SPLC's website. This isn't to say that SPLC's speech causes political violence. But it does serve to exemplify how it creates an environment of hate that does not serve the public interest."
WND has reported the Washington Stand confirmed a petition organized by the Family Research Council is urging the DOJ to drop any links to SPLC.
The FRC organized a petition backed by more than 30,000 signers that is urging a "complete purge" of SPLC influence from the federal government.
The petition indicted the SPLC as a "partisan smear machine" that unfairly and inaccurately has "vilified faith-driven groups like FRC, fostering national discord and, tragically, violence."
It was FBI Director Kash Patel who just days ago said the bureau has severed all ties to the SPLC.
"The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine," Patel told The Daily Signal in a statement Friday. "Their so-called hate map has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence."
