Name: Alliance Defending Freedom Chair Discusses SPLC Indictment and Mislabeling of Conservatives
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Description: Ryan Bangert, senior vice president for strategic initiatives at the Alliance Defending Freedom, spoke with NTD on the recent indictment against the SPLC, and how it used its position to bankroll extremism and demonize pro-life activists and conservatives.

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Ryan Bangert, senior vice president for strategic initiatives at the Alliance Defending Freedom, spoke with NTD on the recent indictment against the SPLC, and how it used its position to bankroll extremism and demonize pro-life activists and conservatives.