A story in today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp criticized former President Donald Trump’s dinner party with Nick Fuentes.
“Racism, antisemitism and denial of the Holocaust have no place in the Republican Party and are completely un-American.” nation’s most prominent white nationalist figure,” said Kemp.
WHO IS NICK FUENTES?
Nick Fuentes is a political commentator who gained a national online following, with an audience that primarily consisted of white supremacists and holocaust deniers who shared his views. Fuentes celebrated the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan, has collaborated with Neo-Nazi leaders and also attended a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. In YouTube removed Fuentes’ channel in 2020, citing violations of their hate speech policy. Fuentes self-identifies as a member of the involuntary celibate and as Catholic integralist, however he has no official ties to any catholic leadership nor is he supported or endorsed by any Catholic church. In 2017, Fuentes said hat “a tidal wave of white identity is coming,” he has cast doubt on whether the Holocaust took place, and he has said that the era of Jim Crow segregation and racial terrorism against Black people in America was “better for them.”
UPDATE: Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy Joins Kemp in Condemning Trump’s Meeting with Fuentes.
Earlier today, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) tweeted his disapproval and condemnation of Trump’s meeting with Fuentes. The Tweet reads:
“President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites. These attitudes are immoral and should not be entertained. This is not the Republican Party.”
President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites. These attitudes are immoral and should not be entertained. This is not the Republican Party.
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) November 28, 2022
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