George Landrith
Role at the time: President, Frontiers of Freedom
Condemned
Statement summary
George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, cited Cea Weaver's "sacred right to seize private property" and "impoverish the white middle class" remarks as an example of the Democratic Party's socialist drift in a Washington Examiner op-ed.
“sacred right to seize private property... impoverish the white middle class”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Washington Examiner op-ed: "The socialist takeover: This is not your parents' Democratic Party"
Washington Examiner op-ed by George Landrith citing Cea Weaver's remarks as an example of the Democratic Party's socialist drift.
Why we used this label
Landrith cites Weaver's remarks as evidence of the Democratic Party's 'socialist takeover,' explicitly condemning the underlying remarks.