4: Has Extremism Taken Over US Politics?

The deaths of two protesters by an armed teenager in Kenosha, following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police officers, raised the spectre once again that Donald Trump’s unwillingness to condemn far-right fringe groups is fuelling their rise in American discourse. 

Andy Campbell and Chris Mathias have been looking at the rise of the far-right and their route to the White House and answer Graeme Demianyk’s questions on whether extremism has taken over US politics, while Jiore Craig, VP at GQR explains how disinformation tactics online have put rocket boosters under the far-right agenda.

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