Rhetorical Coercion and Mainstreaming Anti-Immigration Discourse: Why the Far Right Feigns Support for Progressive Causes

• In Event: New perspectives in the Far Left, the Far Right, and Populism

Brief Overview

Linking their opposition to immigration with support for progressive causes, such as LGBTQ rights, enables far-right parties to challenge the boundaries of political debate and mainstream their anti-immigration rhetoric.

Author

• Joseph Cerrone, George Washington University