I like how the guy who ran interference for the Aryan Brotherhood bristles at being called a Nazi. That’s just precious.

Breitbart News, like its founder Andrew Breitbart, is particularly interested in the idea that liberals are the true racists, and that the media has unfairly portrayed Republicans, conservatives, and the Tea Party as racist. But saying the Aryan Brotherhood isn’t racist seemed like a step — maybe three or 10 steps — further. Breitbart News’s Brandon Darby says calling it a “white supremacist” group is spin. Darby points out that in the early 80s, an FBI document said, “The purpose of the AB is now power and is not a racial organization as it has been deemed in the past.” Today the Aryan Brotherhood reportedly works with Mexican drug cartels. This is not new; the Brotherhood cut a deal with the Mexican Mafia in the 1970s. The implication is that if you align with Mexicans, you can’t be white supremacist.