Dave Reilly holds a camera and watches people June 3, 2023 at Pride in the Park in Coeur d'Alene. The event, organized by the North Idaho Pride Alliance, was billed as a celebration of LGBTQ+ diversity. Reilly, who has a trail of documented antisemite and anti-gay social media posts and activities, was hired to do communications work for the Idaho Freedom Foundation.
December 11, 2023
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IFF quietly hired Dave Reilly to help shape messaging
Right-wing Idaho legislators stay silent on the group’s affiliation with the alt-right propagandist
In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right Tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, then-talk radio host Dave Reilly had some messaging-strategy tips for the attendees from the alt-right, the internet-savvy collection of racist and antisemitic groups that arose during the Trump era.