For the second time this year, a major American nativist group has splintered amidst a welter of accusations of financial improprieties and mismanagement.Dissatisfied rumblings from officials in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC) turned to a roar this May, when MCDC President Chris Simcox responded to questions about his financial accountability and “micromanagement” of MCDC with a purge. Calling their request for a May 19 meeting an attempted “palace coup,” Simcox, well known for his authoritarian leadership style, peremptorily fired three national officers, one regional leader, and 14 of MCDC’s 27 state leaders. The ousted leaders responded with a public ….Read More
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Mr. Kruschev, meet Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Simcox, meet Mr. Delgado. OK, maybe the posturing that’s going on between the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps of Texas and the Brown Berets isn’t anywhere near the nuclear standoff between the U.S. president and Soviet premier, but it sure has people worked into a tizzy. Chris Simcox organized the Minuteman Project to address the illegal immigration issue. He and a group of like-minded folks assembled along Arizona’s southern edge to do what they say the Border Patrol doesn’t do well enough — patrol our border.