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120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/margaret-huang-new-president-splc-126171234_9518a5.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/margaret-huang-new-president-splc-126171234_9518a5.jpg?resize=1038,692&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1038w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/margaret-huang-new-president-splc-126171234_9518a5.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/margaret-huang-new-president-splc-126171234_9518a5.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/margaret-huang-new-president-splc-126171234_9518a5.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>Former president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Margaret Huang, once oversaw the nonprofit\u2019s shift from a respected civil rights group \u2014 into an alleged \u201cpartisan smear machine.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Montgomery Advertiser via Imagn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Huang\u2019s tenure saw the SPLC take a much more partisan tone, accusing conservative and religious groups like the Alliance Defending Freedom, Moms for Liberty, and the Family Research Council of fomenting \u201chate\u201d or \u201cextremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The civil rights group, founded in 1917, also included Turning Point USA on its \u201cHatewatch\u201d newsletter \u2013 one day before its founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated during a speaking event in Utah on Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a piece published last year, Huang claimed that \u201chard-right extremist groups\u201d have steadily penetrated American life, politics, and government since President Trump\u2019s 2016 election \u2013 arguing his second White House run gave them \u201can ally in the highest office in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was once considered a fringe agenda in the modern era is the blueprint from which the country\u2019s president\u2013and the MAGA movement\u2013 is operating,\u201d she blasted in an article for Daily Kos, warning that the \u201chard right\u201d is muscling its way into schools and libraries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLawmakers have not only pulled their agenda of exclusions but also their tactics straight from the playbook of hate and antigovernment extremist groups,\u201d the Columbia University grad continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy spreading disinformation, peddling conspiracy theories, and preying on people\u2019s fears and uncertainty, they seek to deepen divisions and rouse suspicion of any effort to make spaces more welcoming for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization also launched a webpage branding White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller an 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