There are fewer hate groups in the United States today. According to Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), in a report titled “ The Year in Hate and Extremism ” for 2021, hate group membership dropped for the third straight year . But there’s a caveat. A reason for the decline is because those attracted to extremist beliefs, rhetoric, and organizing typically found in hate groups are finding a home within today’s republican party . “Rather than demonstrating a decline in the power of the far right, the dropping numbers of organized hate and anti-government groups suggest that the extremist ideas...