Article from The Washington Free Beacon by Cameron Cawthorne.

MSNBC anchor Craig Melvin on Monday claimed white nationalists were among the thousands “swarming” the Virginia capitol building in Richmond.

“Right now thousands of gun-rights activists, white nationalists, militia groups—all swarming the Virginia state capitol in Richmond,” Melvin said following a “breaking news” alert.

Melvin’s claim follows NBC reporter Ben Collins labeling the demonstration a “white supremacist rally.” His tweet over the weekend received criticism for lacking evidence.

The rally “is not organized by racists and they won’t be in any way a significant portion of the attendees,” Washington Free Beacon staff writer Stephen Gutowski said.

And he's doing this all while warning those of us who are actually going to be covering the event to be careful about putting out inaccurate reporting. Incredible.

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 19, 2020

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