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Faith Goldy flashed hate-linked hand sign in 2017 photo with Conservative candidate Justina McCaffrey
By Neil Moss Sep. 30, 2019
The Anti-Defamation League listed the 'OK' hand gesture as a hate symbol last week.
Conservative candidate Justina McCaffrey, far left, pictured with Faith Goldy, far right, flanking two unidentified individuals at a conservative event held at a ByWard Market restaurant on Feb. 23, 2017, during the Manning Conference. The Hill Times file photograph
Conservative candidate Justina McCaffrey was photographed in 2017 with far-right activist Faith Goldy as she was giving a hand gesture that has been linked to hate groups. Ms. McCaffrey told The Huffington Post earlier this month she had not seen Ms. Goldy in “several years.”
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