Lex Libertas action in Washington failed to gain broad attention — Daily Maverick
On September 26, 2026, the Lex Libertas movement installed 3,000 white crosses on the National Mall in Washington, US, to draw international attention, according to the organizers, to farm attacks in South Africa. However, the action did not receive notable coverage in major US media outlets, Daily Maverick reports.
The organizers said the crosses symbolized victims of farm attacks in South Africa, and that the campaign was intended to engage journalists, commentators and media platforms in the US and Europe. The publication notes that it found no evidence of coverage of the event by Fox News. According to Daily Maverick, the only US national television channel that apparently gave the action airtime was One America News.
Among other US media outlets, the right-wing website The Daily Caller gave the event the most attention, while in the United Kingdom it received favorable coverage from GB News. South African media published the most material about the action, much of it linked to criticism of the campaign within the country.
Criticism of the campaign in South Africa
The organization Afrikaners for South Africa accused Lex Libertas of using the suffering of victims of farm attacks to promote a narrow political agenda and of creating a misleading impression of South Africa for US audiences.
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Daily Maverick also notes that official statistics do not indicate a higher likelihood of white farmers becoming victims of violent crime compared with other population groups. The publication calls claims about a so-called white genocide in South Africa false.
Political ties of the organizers
The official partner of Lex Libertas at the event was the New York Young Republican Club, led by Stefano Forte. A day before the action, the two organizations held a conference at the National Press Club in Washington. It was addressed by Samuel Samson, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor, although he was not on the previously announced list of speakers.
According to The Daily Caller, Samson called it an indisputable fact what, in his words, was happening to those present. Daily Maverick suggested that this referred to claims of the persecution of whites in South Africa. ProPublica previously reported that the official promoted a project to provide US State Department international grants to right-wing movements. Among the entities that department employees were allegedly instructed to provide funding to was Lex Libertas, for research into crimes and atrocities against minorities in South Africa. The final recipient of the $1 million grant has not been named.
