An anti-trans lawmaker shared a racist meme online & now he’s paying the price

Anti-trans Christian Michigan state representative Josh Schriver (R) has been stripped of his office staff, office budget, and House committee assignments after sharing a social media post pushing a racist and antisemitic conspiracy theory known as “The Great Replacement.”

On February 6, Schriver used his X account to re-post a meme initially shared by anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec. The image, which remains on Schriver’s X account, says, “The great replacement!” and shows a world map largely populated with Black people and small groups of white people clustered in northern America, northern Europe, and southern Australia. The map is not an accurate representation of global racial diversity.

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The notorious transphobe and MAGA supporter is targeting the Jewish community now, too.

The Great Replacement Theory is an anti-Semitic, anti-immigration, white supremacist conspiracy theory that claims rich Jews want to “replace” white Americans and Westerners with non-white immigrants and people of color (especially Black people and Muslims) to fundamentally change the nation’s racial makeup and political culture.

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Schriver’s congressional district is 90% white. He won nearly 65% of the district’s vote in 2022.