White House promotes hate, offers legitimacy to recognized hate group

November 14, 2017 WhiteHouse.gov/the-press-office released the following: Immigration Reform Law Institute's Brian Lonergan: "America has seen enough tragedies result from its open boarders".  You may ask, how does this in any way promote hate or legitimize any hate group.

The Office of the Press Secretary evidently felt it was prudent to provide an op-ed piece from The Hill to U.S. citizens via an official executive office platform.  WhiteHouse.gov is not a venue for the promulgation of intolerance and bigotry via the views of a person not a member of the U.S. government.  WhiteHouse.gov is supposed to be a venue to publish official government views and documents.  The list of documents and views it espouses to provide are

Speeches & Remarks

Press Briefings

Statements & Releases

Nominations & Appointments

Presidential Actions

Legislation

Disclosures

This is the list according to the Briefing Room section of WhiteHouse.gov.  There are additional sections of WhiteHouse.gov not germane to this piece.

Here is where the promotion of hate and legitimizing of recognized hate groups comes into play.  The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) is the affiliated legal organization for the Federation For American Immigration Reform (FAIR).  FAIR is listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPCL) for 2014, 2015, and 2016 and described as  xenophobic, publishing racist propaganda, and/or confronting or harassing immigrants and their supporters.^[

Does the Office of the Press Secretary actually mean to endorse and facilitate the dissemination of unashamedly bigoted and hateful speech and actions?  Is this to be considered the official stance of the United States Government or at least the Executive branch?

And just who the hell is Brian Lonergan.  According to IRLI.org/legal-team Mr. Lonergan joined IRLI in 2017 as Director of Communications. He is a veteran of corporate communications in the Washington, D.C. market and has worked at several trade associations in and around the nation’s capital. Mr. Lonergan has worked in television, print media, podcasting and digital marketing. Most recently he directed communications at the Media Research Center, one of the nation’s premier media watchdog organizations. He started his career as a journalist and has interviewed a long list of public figures from the world of business and politics.

Great, so, at the least, Sarah Huckabee Sanders thinks the views of a media hack/lobbyist are the basis for a sound immigration policy.

Whaduyathink?