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TexasTowelie

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Wed Nov 24, 2021, 08:09 AM Nov 2021

Fresno State College Republicans host speaker connected to white nationalist movement

The Fresno State College Republicans group recently hosted a digital event with Tyler Russell, a Canadian nationalist with reported ties to American white nationalist movements.

Russell is the host of Canada First, a live-stream broadcast. His viewpoints have tied him to the young American white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who was banned on Twitter over the summer for allegedly making racist and anti-Semitic comments.

Russell is also tied to the Groyper movement, an extreme alt-right group that seeks to preserve white, European-American culture and identity through opposing immigration and globalization, according to the Anti-Defamation League. I

n his speech on Nov. 17 to Fresno State Republicans, Russell answered questions about how supporters could object to COVID-19 policies in the U.S., such as mask-wearing.

Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article255943267.html

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