Sweatin' and Squirming: SPLC Boss Wilts Under Jim Jordan's Rapid‑Fire Judiciary Grilling

We reported earlier Tuesday on the moving testimony from Dr. Alveda King — MLK Jr.’s niece — at a House Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nonprofit civil‑rights organization that allegedly has been secretly funding… wait for it… racist causes and groups. 

While Ms. King’s vision was exactly the one we should be looking at to bridge divides in this country, testimony from other witnesses wasn’t as inspiring.

Watch Interim SPLC President and CEO Bryan K. Fair squirm and sweat as Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) rapidly fires questions at him, very few of which Fair could or would answer. If you want a textbook case of someone giving the appearance of lying straight to your face, Fair is your shining example:

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You really have to watch the clip to truly get the sense of how unresponsive Fair — who, in my estimation, should consider renaming himself to “Unfair” — was to the questions. He would frequently sip water, stare off into space, deliver lingering pauses instead of answers, and dodge issues by saying legal counsel would address many of the allegations at a later date.

Fair used variations of this line over and over: “Again, [Mr. Jordan], those issues will be resolved in the pending allegations against the SPLC.”

We did get an answer on this one, though. "Did you do it all for the money?" Jordan demanded.  

Fair: "As we sat in our public statement, Chairman Jordan, we did it to protect our staff and to protect the public."

You allegedly funded racist groups to protect your staff and the public? Right. Actually, I think you were doing better when you simply ignored the questions.

Oh, and he dropped this loaded allegation:

As RedState’s Ben Smith reported Thursday, the Center is facing charges for allegedly engaging in some deeply disturbing activities:

A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, alleges the SPLC secretly funneled millions of donor dollars to individuals associated with white supremacist and extremist organizations while publicly raising money to fight those same groups.

A superseding indictment returned Tuesday expands on charges first filed April 21. The SPLC faces 11 counts: wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. No new charges were added, but prosecutors laid out a much more detailed account of how $4.1 million in donor funds was spent between 2014 and 2023.

The money paid for travel to extremist rallies, recruitment of new members, new chapter creation, materials for cross burnings, and Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods.

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Their alleged operations are so repulsive that they're almost hard to believe.

Prior to the hearing, Fair issued a high-minded statement detailing the SPLC’s 55-year history in fighting against hate and bigotry. His words on the alleged crimes were not so convincing, however, and he brushed over the issue fairly quickly:

Many groups and some in this room have misrepresented our work, including our confidential informant program, regularly repeating false allegations. Some say we’ve lost our way. But we have never lost our north star – a fair and just society for every person. All our programs advance that mission.

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…I am not surprised that the SPLC and our allies (many in the room here today) find ourselves again under attack from those whose hateful statements and activities we continue to challenge.

Play the victim - the Left's favorite move when things aren't going well for them.

He did the SPLC no favors today. If you’re an actor working on how to convincingly come across as squirrely, evasive, and untrustworthy, this performance is one you should study.