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douglas9

(4,359 posts)
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 05:47 PM Feb 2022

White nationalists gather with GOP officials

[Feb 25, 2022: Orlando, FL] On Friday night, around 1,000 Christian white nationalists and neo-Nazis gathered in the Cypress Ballroom at the Marriott Orlando World Center for the America First Political Action Conference. Just hours before, down the road at The Rosen Shingle Creek, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference was finishing up its second day.

For the last couple of years, white nationalist Nick Fuentes has been gathering his flock, known collectively as ‘the groypers’, at hotel convention spaces parallel to the slightly less extreme CPAC. This year, to be protected from activists and journalists the location of the America First PAC was only given out hours before the starting time.

Fuentes has been de-platformed financially by credit card processors and I was told by one attendee (who also was at CPAC) that he had to pay for his ticket via money order or ACH (I was not able to confirm this). Most groypers are in their early 20s and he seemed very confused by what they were.

Every year since the start of AFPAC, groypers attend CPAC. Usually, Nick Fuentes makes an attempt to appear, getting quickly booted by the organizers. This year he did not bother attending, but many of the groypers were present.


https://www.gregpalast.com/members-of-congress-elected-officials-speak-at-white-nationalist-conference/

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White nationalists gather with GOP officials (Original Post) douglas9 Feb 2022 OP
So "White nationalists gather." johnp3907 Feb 2022 #1
Yeah, there's no difference between them. SergeStorms Feb 2022 #6
Feathers of birds clump together. NCjack Feb 2022 #2
So, what is the big deal all about ? magicarpet Feb 2022 #3
I'll bet a lot of white nationalist types are about to lose a lot of money (Russian investments) n/t AntiFascist Feb 2022 #7
They are not Christians Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #4
Amazing that they have such a meeting without being smashed. David__77 Feb 2022 #5

magicarpet

(14,187 posts)
3. So, what is the big deal all about ?
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 06:16 PM
Feb 2022

It is all simply part of the "Southern Strategy" thang.

Where Fascists, rednecks, & Klu-Klu-Klanners and assorted other missfits flex their muscles to show who the tough macho men are.

Then they run to the ballot box to vote for the most Fascist nut job they can help get elected.

David__77

(23,553 posts)
5. Amazing that they have such a meeting without being smashed.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 06:34 PM
Feb 2022

If only there were sound and fury at fascist white supremacists on a mass scale.

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