Not only did their previous president (until 2017) have ties to Steve Bannon (which should be throwing alarms right away) [1], he was a former Lincoln Fellow of the Claremont Institute [2] which still had some recent issues due to members openly supporting white nationalism [3].

[1] http://thefederalist.com/2017/03/10/will-steve-bannon-help-b...

[2] https://www.claremont.org/page/fellowships/lincoln-fellowshi...

[3] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/23/trump-think-tank-r...

> he was a former Lincoln Fellow of the Claremont Institute [2]

Who are you referring to here? It sounded like you were referring to either Bannon or Pack, but neither of them are on the list in your "[2]" link.

I was specifically referring to Rufo.