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Paul Carver |
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Paul Carver is a
current governing
board member of Deer
Valley Unified
School District and
previously lead
agent for the state
chapter of the
extremist group the
Union of Three
Percenter American
Patriots from April
2021 until June
2022. The
paramilitary
organization
believes the U.S.
government is
tyrannical and
prepares members to
overthrow it. In
2023 he was a
nominee to replace
Sen. Steve Kaiser
after he announced
his resignation from
the legislature. |
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Picks To Fill Vacant AZ Senate Seat:
Election Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists And
Extremists |
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"Carver, a
veteran and current governing board member
of Deer Valley Unified School District,
earned a nomination from Kaiser at the GOP
precinct committeemen meeting. Before
venturing into public education, however,
Carter was a lead agent for the state
chapter of the extremist group the Union of
Three Percenter American Patriots from April
2021 until June 2022. The paramilitary
organization believes the U.S. government is
tyrannical and prepares members to overthrow
it. Carver later distanced himself from the
group that he led for 14 months, claiming
that his association was an attempt to find
like-minded people who wanted to defend the
Constitution and respond to a supposed rise
in riots and “people being attacked in the
streets for no reason other than they just
had a different belief system.” He denounced
reports of his involvement with the group as
nothing more than efforts to paint him as a
racist or white supremacist." |
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Jun. 28, 2023 |
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Phoenix School Board Candidate Is Registered
Agent for III% Group, Led Anti-LGBTQ
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"Paul Alan Carver
Jr. made no real attempt to hide his
connection to the The Union of Three
Percenter American Patriots (UTPAP), which
displays the traditional III% logo of the
far-right militia movement. UTPAP is
registered as a non-profit under the Arizona
Corporate Commission with Carver named as
the lead agent; he even lists his own home
for their registered address, which also
matches the address under his candidate
statement of interest." [ . . .]
"Unsurprisingly, Carver’s political activism
at Deer Valley Unified also includes leading
a hate campaign against LGBTQ+ students. At
a March “School Board Candidate Night,”
Carver explained the reason he decided to
run: For the April 12 Deer Valley Unified
School District board meeting, Paul Carver
organized parents to speak out against the
upcoming Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education
Network’s “Day of Silence.” The GLSEN Day of
Silence is a decades-old annual event where
students take a day-long vow of silence in
solidarity with LGBTQ students. No official
event related to the Day of Silence was
being hosted by the district." |
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Jun. 10, 2022 |
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