Richard Spencer Backs Joe Biden, Says 'MAGA/Alt-Right Moment is Over'

[ForgoTheConsequence]

Source: Newsweek

White nationalist Richard Spencer has said he will be backing Democratic candidate Joe Biden in November's election after previously distancing himself from Donald Trump.

Spencer, who was one of the key figureheads of the alt-right movement, tweeted how he is "on Team Joe" on Monday, adding in a self-made campaign slogan, "Liberals are clearly more competent."

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"The MAGA/Alt-Right moment is over. I made mistakes; Trump is an obvious disaster; but mainly the paradigm contained flaws that we now are able to perceive. And it needs to end," Spencer wrote. "So be patient. We'll have another day in the sun. We need to recover and return in a new form."

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"I deeply regret voting for and promoting Donald Trump in 2016," Spencer tweeted. "To the people of Iran, there are millions of Americans who do not want war, who do not hate you, and who respect your nation and its history.

Link to tweet

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141

[Hoyt]

1. No thanks.

[fleur-de-lisa]

22. Take his vote and then tell him to fuck off.

[Hoyt]

24. I get it, but sure don't want signs like that with Biden's logo.

[fleur-de-lisa]

28. Yeah, you're right, but what can be done?

[rpannier]

81. Yep

I'll take anyone's vote
Don't want his ideas

[brush]

32. Agreed. Joe has got to publicly reject this endorsement.

We don't need this racist hinting about re-inventing his movement later.

[Warpy]

74. Maybe getting punched in the face in a viral video

knocked a little sense into him. Maybe he grew up. Maybe he just knows the hate train is due to run off a cliff. Maybe nobody cares what he thinks any more. Maybe he's dead broke and looking for deodorant so he can get a job.

Doesn't matter. I'll take every vote we can get.

[concretebluetwo]

84. "Maybe he's dead-broke....

He's got deodorant. Could probably use some more, though.

[Warpy]

85. It's going to take a whole lot more than just voting for a Democrat

That boy's got a lot of restitutin' to do.

[dhol82]

2. What?

Ok, somebody clue me in.

[liberalla]

36. Huh? I never expected an alt-right racist to care about democracy and good governance!

This blows my mind! I would've thought drumpf - competent or not - was his guy... ?



Edit to add: No, we don't want this guy involved in the campaign. He's slime IMO.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. is he legit or is this some kinda trojan horse? Or do we want him?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

5. Who knows.

I'm guessing the latter. He's a grifter. However, this is a consequence of having a tent so big that it loses its principles.

[soothsayer]

10. Ha no we don't want him

[mikeysnot]

13. If he spends the rest of his life renouncing his rascist beliefs I say let him in.

People do wake and can up from the racism and WS beliefs...

Do not want to shun them for making mistakes.

[The Mouth]

53. One of our best (in the end) Senators ever was a KKK member

Byrd saw the light and turned it around.

[orangecrush]

60. Agree.

[brush]

33. No. Of course not. Biden has to publicly reject this.

[womanofthehills]

76. Biden just needs to ignore this because Spencer might bring along some of his followers

And we need every vote. Win first - reject later.

[brush]

77. No. We don't need it known that we welcome the vote of racists.

Are you kidding me? That's absolutely not what the Democratic nominee should ignore or accept. And thankfully his campaign has publicly rejected that support.

[Progressive Jones]

78. Exactly. In the big picture, Spencer is a piss ant.

We know who he is, but he's far from a household name. Joe has bigger fish to fry.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

52. Read the last line of the article " Well have another

day in the sun. We need to recover and return in a new form."

Not renouncing white supremacy, just doesnt like Trump.

[Upward]

56. Because They Realize the Ship Is Going Down

now they'll look for a captain who's not as insane.

[Codeine]

67. It's some bullshit, guaranteed.

Nazi boy can fuck right off, and take his fashy haircut with him.

[ProfessorGAC]

71. Nicely Distilled My Sentiment!

Spencer can go swimming in a lead overcoat.

[Grokenstein]

4. Is this the part in the movie in which all the Nazis yell "Kamerade!"

and expect to be treated kindly?

[soothsayer]

6. Rejected swiftly by Joe's quick response dude

I went down this rabbit hole this morning after mrs k’s tweet. I can’t recall the campaign guy’s name but I found the tweet.

Link to tweet

?s=21


Mrs. Krassenstein
@HKrassenstein
BREAKING: Joe Biden's campaign has rejected the endorsement of Richard Spencer.

Meanwhile Donald Trump fully embraced the endorsement of David Duke and QAnon.

[poli-junkie]

7. "So be patient. We'll have another day in the sun. We need to recover and return in a new form."

Huh?

[Atticus]

8. Does anyone believe this is anything more than a lame attempt to give the Trumpies an excuse to say

"BOTH sides have white supremacist fanboys"?

[Laelth]

9. Nifty.

We may not want his support, but there’s no mechanism to turn it down, either. If he attempted a financial contribution, that could be refused. Joe could issue a statement condemning this particular supporter, but, otherwise, the tent just got a lot bigger.



-Laelth

[brush]

35. No, this has to be publicly rejected. The tent does not have room...

for this racist trash. And I understand that a Biden spokesperson tweeted a rejection this morning.

[Laelth]

37. Yes. Very quickly it appears. n/t

-Laelth

[still_one]

42. Biden and the campaign did very publicly

[onetexan]

73. K&R

[demmiblue]

11. Ugh... go fuck yourself.

Link to tweet

[Dopers_Greed]

12. Gross

This has to be a dirty trick from the right to turn off liberal voters from Biden

[relayerbob]

14. Wow

Not sure I want him on our side, but whatever, at least he realizes he made mistakes, and that's always a good thing

[calimary]

27. There certainly is that.

Hey, a vote is a vote is a vote. And maybe he's had enough of a bellyful to realize the mistakes of his (hopefully previous) ways. Time will tell.

I do believe in deathbed (and other) conversions.

Another vote that's NOT for trump is an okay vote!

[George II]

15. Might this be a set up so they can say "white supremacists support Biden too"?

[pnwmom]

17. Absolutely. n/t

[2naSalit]

26. That's the most

reasonable explanation.

[LeftInTX]

40. Yes

There is no reason Richard Spencer would support Biden

[pnwmom]

16. The white supremacist is trying to chip away at Black support for Biden.

He's only pretending to support Biden, just like Kanye West is only pretending to be running against Trump. And for the same reason.

[JonLP24]

25. I don't think there is much black support for Kanye West

Especially after he lied about Harriet Tubman.

[pnwmom]

44. Even losing a couple percent would be bad. But the Harriet Tubman comment came after

he announced his run, so he shot himself and his hopes in the foot.

[LeftInTX]

39. It's a trick to make Joe look like the racist candidate

And make Trump look like not a racist

[jorgevlorgan]

18. I think this guy might've voted for Obama twice

But he is also a racist, piece o crap. Lile Bradley Witford's character in Get Out. Except more transparent.

[apnu]

19. Lame psyops from a dolt.

Hey Spencer! go back to your hole you racist piece of shit.

[IronLionZion]

20. Dude is just tired of getting punched in the face

this is all fake. He's still a Nazi. Nazis still support Trump.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. !!!!

(glad I had just put my coffee mug down before I read this )

[JDC]

21. F him and no thanks.

[roamer65]

23. First Ammon Bundy, now Spencer.

He’s right on one solitary point. Liberals ARE more competent at governing.

[calimary]

30. Well, you know that saying about the broken clock.

A broken clock is right, twice a day.

And frankly, I hope he's right about the MAGA/alt right moment being over, too.

OVER!!! For all our sakes!

And he's right about something else, too:

"Liberals are clearly more competent."

[OAITW r.2.0]

29. As long as the Biden campaign doesn't promote it, sure, why not?

If he can deliver a bunch of white nationalist votes, we should take them. This election is for all the marbles. We need every vote we can get. He's not going to be welcome here until he repudiates his past.

[PatrickforO]

31. Fuck that asshole.

I'm sure Biden's repudiation is coming soon.

[LeftInTX]

34. WTF?

I smell a rat

[AllyCat]

38. Uh, I'm not sure this is a good thing.

He needs, at a minimum, a heartfelt and thorough apology this actions and behaviors for the past many years. This looks like a Trojan horse to me.

[The Daily Irishman]

41. Eff Off, Ricky

We neither need nor want you in our Party!

[cstanleytech]

43. Probably hoping his support will put off some black voters after Bidens choice of Harris as his VP.

[aquamarina]

45. Yeah, fuck that guy.

This is one endorsement JB does NOT need.

[onetexan]

47. Note the damn fool said nothing re: denouncing white nationalism. We do not need his association.

[Renew Deal]

49. That's what I was looking for.

He gains nothing by supporting Biden. So is he going to come out and repent in a big way?

[onetexan]

57. i'm wondering if all this white nationalist crap is just a 15-minutes-of-fame ploy, & now that he's

seeing the Idiot's ship sinking he's being opportunistic & trying to maybe infiltrate Dems?
OR is it a ploy to have 45's camp say Dems also support racists? Makes one wonder doesn't it?

[Renew Deal]

48. The world must be ending.

Not sure what to say about this one.

[BigDemVoter]

50. Ugh. He's so nasty. I feel like I need to take a shower and use disinfectant soap after even

looking at a photo of him.

I don't trust ANYTHING he has to say. He was an unapologetic white supremacist, and I cannot believe he's changed his tune at all. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's doing this to try to harm Biden, as this nasty piece of work knows his endorsement is poison.

[jorgevlorgan]

51. One think this could help is reduce enthusiasm among the alt right supporters

Which can lower turnout for Trump people. There is an enthusiasm gap favoring Trump still -although I don't know exactly how much it matters, I do think that the few leaders among the racists that turn out the racists, the better it will be for the overall result.

[totodeinhere]

59. I don't care. We do not need nor want an endorsement from the likes of him whether

it helps or not.

[demmiblue]

61. No shit. Some of the responses in this thread are bizarre.

My god, it is disturbing.

[jorgevlorgan]

65. I could care less who anybody endorses. But I do hope there is a strong response from the Biden

campaign denouncing them. Regardless of what we think of it, it is a reflection of the overall sentiment against Trump -that he isn't the true Nazi leader they thought he was. The terrifying thing about all this is that person -the one true nazi demogogue that can galvanize broad support, is still out there. Once Biden wins, we need to implement a broad range of limits on the executive branch to reduce the damage that can be done in the future.

[Codeine]

68. Punching more of them in their smirking faces

would be a more effective tactic, and has the advantage of visceral satisfaction.

[jorgevlorgan]

69. I don't disagree.

[keithbvadu2]

54. Don't want your phony opportunism.

Don't want your phony opportunism.

Trying to desert Trump's sinking ship and pretending to look good.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-spencer-says-trump-didnt-condemn-the-alt-right-2017-8

"White nationalist Richard Spencer: Trump 'didn't condemn us,' and 'only a dumb person' would take his statement seriously"

[stevil]

55. Yeah, pull this one....

Obvious attempt to exploit a REALLY bad endorsement, will probably become a talking point for the GOP immediately. Ht's off to Joe's team for getting in front it. I really hope this becomes a debate question.

[totodeinhere]

58. Joe needs to reject his endorsement. n/t

[2Legit]

62. This is as much of a joke as Spencer is.

Their plans went sideways because they designated someone dumber than themselves as their leader. One of the reasons that groups like his worked in the past is because of it's secrecy. It was the fear of not knowing exactly who the enemy was that worked in keeping people afraid and in line. Once you know who the cowards are, you see that they are a bunch of scared little boys. 45 is the worst of the lot and, to make it worse for this group, he had no idea how to wield his power effectively and talks way to damn much.

They got a hard on for 45 because he said in public what they say in their dungeon meetings and they got just a little too excited by his kindred "spiritness." Unfortunately, they didn't realize what an incompetent dolt he truly is until it was too late. Because of their hubris, lots of individuals have been publicly exposed and personally damaged in some way. That genie cannot be put back in the bottle. This is what happens when you hitch your wagon to the wrong star.

Now, Spencer is trying to infiltrate the Democratic party because he thinks that we'd be so gullible that we'd be happy to have him as a convert. GTFOH! Leopards do not change their spots. He's going to have to do a lot more work on himself before I believe anything that comes out of his mouth. I'd like to think that Charles Barkley dressing him down changed his way of thinking, but I seriously doubt it.

[EarthFirst]

63. GFYS

You aren't welcomed in our company.

[kimbutgar]

64. I smell a republican dirty trick in this!

And I think Spencer is bs he’s voting for MF45!

[rpannier]

82. I think he's mad because trump controls most of those followers

and Spencer needs trump gone

[muriel_volestrangler]

66. 'Absolutely repugnant': Biden's campaign forcefully disavows an endorsement from neo-Nazi

Shortly after, Biden's campaign forcefully disavowed Spencer's endorsement.

"When Joe Biden says we are in a battle for the soul of our nation against vile forces of hate who have come crawling out from under rocks, you are the epitome of what he means," Andrew Bates, the rapid-response director for the Biden campaign, tweeted. "What you stand for is absolutely repugnant. Your support is 10,000% percent unwelcome here."

Link to tweet

https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-campaign-disavows-richard-spencer-endorsement-2020-8?r=US&IR=T

[Flaleftist]

70. Shades of a South Park episode

[LudwigPastorius]

72. Go fuck yourself, Dick.

Do it today!

[Initech]

75. I have some parting words for the Alt Right:

Now fuck off and be relegated to the dust bin of history!

[Crowman2009]

79. BTW, this nazi prick also tossed his pregnant wife down a flight of stairs.

Not to mention had an affair with another racist prick who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Toronto. So fuck him!

[artemisia1]

80. I don't want his active support, but this is really useful as it may put at least part of a stake

into the wicked heart of the "alt-right". Former V.P. and future President Biden was right to disavow it, though.

[reggaehead]

83. It never existed in the first place

They just didn't like being called fascist or Nazi. Kind of like Bill Kristol and the neoCons. Not real they are the neo-liberals.

[Yeehah]

86. The tent ain't that big, asshole

Go start your own nazi party, freak.