A Florida congressional candidate says he bought the online domain nazis.us and set it up to redirect visitors to the US Department of Homeland Security, under whom federal agents have been carrying out brutal immigration crackdowns at the behest of the Trump administration.
“And I’m the one who bought nazis.us because [Trump’s Republican party] went full fascist and … not a soul in power thought to actually raise hell.
Davis, who lists no party affiliation, added that if establishment figures “won’t fight Nazis, then a nobody fucking will”.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told TMZ after it first reported on nazis.us that her agency, which houses ICE, had “successfully blocked the redirect” by Thursday morning.
Many who oppose the tactics used by federal agents have likened them to the Gestapo, the secret police of white supremacist Nazi Germany.
Trump, for his part, has made it clear that it bothers him when people refer to his administration as Nazis.
Records from GoDaddy’sWHOIS database say nazis.us was registered on 13 January by a user with a Florida mailing address. »