On Saturday, white nationalist organizer Nick Fuentes led a group of followers into the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas. After the organization’s organized stunt performance, officials immediately removed Fuentes from the event.
“Should we try to walk into CPAC?” Fuentes said in a video before entering the building. “It’s the United States. Well, I’m an American, and I have been cancelled, so I think I want to enter CPAC.”
Then he walked in and followed his supporters, chanting “America First” and “White Boy Summer”.
The controversial figure who once claimed to be an “American nationalist” and an “paleoconservative” was permanently suspended. Twitter on Friday. Fuentes is also banned from YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Spotify, Venmo and Reddit.
A Twitter spokesperson told Weekly newspaper The decision was made due to “repeated violations” of platform rules.
Within hours of being banned from Twitter, Fuentes tweeted his plan to disrupt conservative activities in Texas. “Most likely, I will be removed from the CPAC body in Dallas on Saturday,” he boasted in the last tweet.
Since 2019, Fuentes has been hosting its own competition for CPAC events in an attempt to disrupt and embarrass the “mainstream” conservatives. In February, Fuentes was denied entry to CPAC in Florida because he tried to sabotage activities with approximately 25 supporters.
On Saturday, after harassing Salon reporters, security officers took Fuentes away from Dallas CPAC. Before leaving the building, he vowed to “deliver the most unfettered speech in history” opposite the evening event.
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“I closed Twitter and I have nothing to lose. This will be the most racist, sexist, anti-Semitist, Holocaust denial speech in Dallas this weekend,” he said as a small group of supporters around. He cheered.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) accused Fuentes of making “a lot of anti-Semitism and racist remarks” in an article published on its blog on Thursday. He was also labeled a “white nationalist organizer” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and was called a white supremacist. FBI Court filing.
In recent years, Fuentes has denied the Holocaust, criticized interracial marriages, opposed immigration, and expressed support for apartheid. In 2017, he participated in a right-wing solidarity rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a young woman was killed by neo-Nazis. Fuentes later called the incident “incredible” FacebookAfter praising the riots in the Capitol on January 6, he recently sparked further controversy.
Weekly newspaper Contacted the CPAC-enabled Conservative Party Coalition for comments. This story will be updated with any response.
