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Biden's First White House Terp Has Far Right Ties

President Biden's first White House sign language interpreter has ties to conspiracy theories and extremist groups.



When Heather Mewshaw was introduced on Monday as the first White House Sign Language Interpreter many celebrated the move as a step toward inclusion. But now, more information has come out about her political leanings. Mewshaw leads a conservative group of ASL interpreters who provide interpreting services to extremist videos. Originally known as Right Side ASL they now call themselves Hands of Liberty ASL. According to TIME,

"Some of these videos have featured vaccine misinformation, conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, and false claims about Michelle Obama being transgender."

Mewshaw is seen in one photo wearing a MAGA hat.


You can see the group's Facebook page here.The group has already closed its Twitter, Instagram and Parler accounts and is expecting its FB page to be taken down soon. Read more from TIME here.


A petition to have Mewshaw removed from interpreting for the White House has been started here. Independent Interpreters has a profile of Mewshaw here.




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