By Sam Barron | Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, stated on Tuesday that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) focuses on conservative Christian organizations, labeling them as hate groups.
The Alabama-based nonprofit was indicted in April on fraud and money laundering charges accusing it of misleading donors by paying informants in white supremacist and other extremist organizations to obtain inside information about their activities.
The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine the organization’s actions. Testimony from Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., alleged that the group profited from its targeting of Christians.
“It was a great hearing,” Roy said. “And Dr. King did a fantastic job. I was glad that [committee] Chairman Jim Jordan called this hearing.”
Roy noted that at a previous hearing he challenged the SPLC chair on why the organization only targets Christian groups and organizations but not far-left anti-Jewish or Islamic groups.
“He had no answer,” Roy said. “And then he kept trying to defend it. He said, ‘Well, you know, Mr. Roy, the truth is we focus on what they do and what they say about marriage and their hatred toward LGBTQ.’”
“I said, ‘Wait a minute, you mean to tell me you think that the Muslim groups, that the Islamic groups, that they’re just totally cool with the LGBTQ world?’ And he had nothing,” Roy added.
“He could say nothing because there’s literally nobody, no groups on there that are truly Islamic groups,” Roy continued.
Roy also stated that SPLC targeted the Family Research Council and a security guard was shot at the organization’s headquarters.
“They focused on [conservative leader] Charlie Kirk and TPUSA,” Roy said. “Charlie got shot. This group is a far-left group that is organized and using its resources to undermine President Donald Trump, targeting the Charlottesville rally, generating revenue, deploying confidential informants, and now funneling donor money.”
Roy noted that SPLC’s fundraising skyrocketed following the 2017 Charlottesville incidents in Virginia.
“They were trying to leverage what happened in Charlottesville, and they were very much involved with what happened on the ground,” Roy said. “This is a much bigger problem than just SPLC. And it’s not just Antifa.”
“It is a vast network that are pushing the Islamification of our country, that are pushing the radicalization of our judges,” Roy added. “All that we’re seeing here with SPLC and all these radical groups pushing Marxism—this entire effort is part of a network of leftists trying to undermine our nation.”
