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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jason Wilson

Revealed: top Vance aide worked for far-right consultancy with extremist links

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The link is just one of a series of connections between JD Vance and the so-called ‘new right’, an anti-democratic movement that attacks feminism, racial equality and immigrants. Photograph: Andy Manis/Getty Images

A senior aide to Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, once worked for a far-right political consultancy that touts its capacity for “clandestine actions” and has links to a network of extremist groups and thinktanks, the Guardian can reveal.

Parker Magid was recently appointed as Vance’s press secretary and his employment history links Vance and his circle to elements of the extremist right far outside the mainstream of American politics.

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