But the officials expressed frustration at what they described as the American supporters' credulous acceptance of the M.E.K.'s claims of representing the Iranian opposition and of embracing democratic values.
Black, a writer and exams consultant, and Morgan, 59, a computer consultant, said the support they had received since they were turned away from Wilkinson's B&B in 2010, had convinced them that, contrary to his claims of representing the "silent majority", Griffin's views were not shared by most people.
"Regardless how justified or true M23's claims of representing the community of so-called 'Congolese Tutsi' were – it remains that land and identity issues, representation and protection of communities must urgently be addressed by the Congolese government," said Christoph Vogel, a DRC analyst.
Despite his claims of representing a new type of politics, he has sometimes pandered, adopting the Republican frame of a social security "crisis".
Antikapitalist Müslümanlar have organized a series of campaigns and creative public protests challenging the AKP's claims of representing religious Turks.
Populists can then not only claim the mantle of representing popular interests in the face of mainstream party indifference, but they also can gain the votes and seats to govern with supermajorities.
On hearing of its enactment, MP's proclaimed that they, rather than the members of the House of Lords could claim to represent the will of the people.
While making these images, I found myself at odds with the process of creating a series of photographs that claim to represent the nuances of faith-based spaces and communities in Appalachia.
In fact, though, populists can govern specifically as populists, in line with their claim to a moral monopoly of representing the real people.
