Monday, June 10, 2024

She was in Trump’s Maga ‘cult’ – now she’s fighting far-right extremism

"She was kind of brainwashed," said Gail McClanahan, a Hillsdale [Michigan] county resident who led a successful recall campaign to unseat Stephanie Scott, an election-denying township clerk 2023. "Not now. Penny, she's not scared," said McClanahan. "She's keeping us informed of the truth here in Hillsdale." 

Swan's split from the America First group, she says, was like leaving a "cult". After she left and began criticizing the group online, her relationships with former friends in the group grew bitter. Swan says she even faced harassment and threats over her new political alignment.


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