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The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Trump administration speechwriter linked to hate speech online

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Eric Lendrum began working at the Department of Homeland Security in March. He claimed in his podcast that the racist great replacement theory was ‘real’. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

A speechwriter for the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has come under scrutiny after he was linked to hate speech online.

Eric Lendrum compared the circumstances of American conservatives to that of enslaved people and Jewish people in Nazi Germany, and in his podcast claimed that the racist great replacement conspiracy theory was “real”, the news outlet Notus reported.

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