According to , residents in North Idaho are reportedly receiving anti-Semitic robocalls from a prominent neo-Nazi.
Patrick Little is a self-described 鈥渨hite advocate鈥� who ran an unsuccessful campaign to unseat California鈥檚 four-term Democratic U.S Senator Dianne Feinstein.
鈥淭his is a loser who lost in California,鈥� Brian Levin, director of the at California State University, San Bernardino, said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 now moving his roadshow of snake-oil selling to another state.鈥�
Levin said the media shouldn鈥檛 give neo-Nazis like this too much coverage 鈥� it only emboldens them 鈥� but these incidents are important to know about.
鈥淥nce these folks put a foothold in a community, they can intimidate people,鈥� he said.
The Inland Northwest has long been a hotbed of white supremacy. The Aryan Nation was headquartered there until financial difficulties stemming from a lawsuit helped shut them down in the early 2000鈥檚.
According to the left-leaning , hate groups are on the rise in Idaho and Colorado. Since 2015, Idaho鈥檚 hate groups have grown from eight to a dozen. Since 2016, Colorado鈥檚 hate groups have grown from 16 to 21.
There are currently three hate groups in Utah. In Montana, the number has gone up and down over the last few years with a high last year of ten.
There is only one designated hate group in Wyoming, down from two last year.
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