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deminks

(11,017 posts)
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 08:53 PM Nov 2022

TFG and Austrian Nazis, is now a good time to remind of that connection?

Austrian Nazis partied in Trump Tower on the night of election 2016

https://www.thedailybeast.com/austrian-extremists-partied-at-trump-tower-on-election-night

Trump Tower was teeming with activity on Nov. 8 last year as the nation was preparing to vote the tower’s namesake into the Oval Office.

In one particular apartment, near the penthouse where the new president-elect resided, a cohort of friends gathered in anticipation of the victory. Among the 60-70 people in attendance were members of Austria’s Freedom Party, a right-wing political outfit whose first leader was a former SS officer.


As Lombardi explained it, he told Trump that the party would include “my friends” and “some people that live in the building.”

“I didn’t have to give him the list of the people who we invited,” Lombardi told The Daily Beast. “He knows who I am. I’m having a party in my apartment, I invited Donald because we’re next door neighbors.

“He knows who my friends are,” Lombardi claimed.


and same said amigos were in town for the inaugural

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/head-of-austrian-freedom-party-says-he-ll-attend-trump-inauguration.html

The head of Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ), Heinz-Christian Strache, has officially announced his attendance at Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration, which takes place this Friday. Strache disclosed his plans on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. … The invitation allegedly came from the US-Congressman from Iowa, Steve King, who is known for his ultraconservative views and strong support for Trump.


TFG has been a Nazi supporter for some time. Where was the outrage then? Fuentes and Ye are a continuation, and yes, they were caught in actual compnay of TFG. I am glad there is outrage now. But the "problem" has always been there. And not just with the orange anus.

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TFG and Austrian Nazis, is now a good time to remind of that connection? (Original Post) deminks Nov 2022 OP
Sebastian Gorka wore some sort of Nazi pin on the air on Hannity that night underpants Nov 2022 #1
Yes, a medal awarded to his father from a Hungarian Nazi group. deminks Nov 2022 #2
Thanks. I should have looked it up. underpants Nov 2022 #3

underpants

(182,884 posts)
1. Sebastian Gorka wore some sort of Nazi pin on the air on Hannity that night
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 09:17 PM
Nov 2022

I think it was a Hungarian Nazi group but I could be wrong.

deminks

(11,017 posts)
2. Yes, a medal awarded to his father from a Hungarian Nazi group.
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 10:30 PM
Nov 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sebastian-gorka-made-nazi-linked-vitezi-rend-proud-wearing-its-n742851BUDAPEST, Hungary

— A group with alleged historical links to Nazi Germany has told NBC News it was "proud" when President Donald Trump's deputy assistant wore its medal.

Controversy has swirled around Sebastian Gorka, one of Trump's top counterterrorism advisers, ever since he attended the president's Jan. 20 Inaugural Ball wearing the honorary medal of Hungarian nationalist organization Vitezi Rend.

underpants

(182,884 posts)
3. Thanks. I should have looked it up.
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 10:43 PM
Nov 2022

Gorka is such a joke but when I saw that I knew things were going to get worse than anyone anticipated. He and Stephen Miller alone tell you everything you need to know about the whole Clustertrump operation.

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