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    Veteran featured in GOP congressman's midterm election ad posted racist rants and violent threats on Facebook

    by Michael Finnegan and Maya Sweedler, Los Angeles Times Nov 01, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - On the home page of his campaign website, Rep. Steve Knight has posted a television ad showing a veteran praising the California Republican congressman for helping him get a lung transplant.

    It turns out that veteran, David Brayton of Santa Clarita, has posted dozens of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim comments on Facebook.

    Brayton, 64, has also promoted violence against journalists he sees as hostile to President Donald Trump and called on citizen militias to turn their weapons on left-wing protesters.

    Brayton's Facebook pages illustrate how Trump's incendiary rhetoric has resonated with his most radical followers. Trump, who is often praised by Brayton, has disparaged Muslims, Mexicans and blacks, equivocated when

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