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White Nationalist Calls Trump’s Denouncement Of Hate Groups ‘Kumbaya Nonsense’
The Huffington Post ^ | August 14, 2017 | Dana Liebelson

Posted on 08/14/2017 6:48:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ALEXANDRIA, Va. ― Richard Spencer, the 39-year-old white nationalist leader, said Monday that he did not take President Donald Trump’s statement denouncing hate groups seriously, and two of Spencer’s associates shared a somewhat similar sentiment with HuffPost.

“The statement today was more Kumbaya nonsense,” Spencer said, speaking to reporters in his office and part-time home in Alexandria, Virginia. “He sounded like a Sunday school teacher. I just don’t take him seriously ... it sounded so hollow and vapid.”

Trump’s statement Monday was technically his most direct denunciation of white supremacy in the wake of violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend that left three dead and at least 35 injured. But for a president who is quick to tweet against any perceived slight, the statement arrived noticeably late ― and only after he faced bipartisan criticism for vaguely condemning violence “on many sides.”

Spencer, who spoke at the Charlottesville rally, invited reporters to a news conference Monday to address the incident. He initially tried to host the press event at two hotels in Washington, D.C., but they both canceled his reservation, according to Spencer. (He said he used his real name.) Reporters were instead instructed to go to a street corner in Old Town Alexandria.

A man who worked with Spencer and who gave a pseudonym, Reinhard, beckoned reporters upstairs to a makeshift office. The liquor cabinet was stocked with Cutty Sark whiskey and Bombay Dry Gin, the bookcase stacked with The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life, the German philosophy book Nietzsche’s Teaching: An Interpretation of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, a blow-up doll of what appeared to be Pepe the Frog (a character co-opted by white nationalists) and a “Make America great again” hat. There was also a “We the People” diversity poster.....

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KEYWORDS: alternateright; bellcurve; charlottesville; nazis; neonazis; trump
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Cutty Sark? Third-rate Scotch.
1 posted on 08/14/2017 6:48:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Thank You President Trump for proving my point on this matter years ago:

FLASHBACK: Trump Condemns David Duke Calling Him a “Bigot”, a “Racist”, a “Problem” (VIDEO)

2 posted on 08/14/2017 6:50:45 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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Ardbeg and Lagavulin are preferable, I think.


3 posted on 08/14/2017 6:51:32 PM PDT by blackd77
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“The statement today was more Kumbaya nonsense,” Spencer said, speaking to reporters in his office and part-time home in Alexandria, Virginia. “He sounded like a Sunday school teacher. I just don’t take him seriously ... it sounded so hollow and vapid.”

Excellent. If Richard Spencer is annoyed, then President Trump is right on track with his rhetoric...

4 posted on 08/14/2017 6:51:35 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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BLM is a “hate group”


5 posted on 08/14/2017 6:52:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.))
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That’s the bilge water of scotch.


6 posted on 08/14/2017 6:54:02 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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I detest these people for their racism, anti-Semitism, and for their vile hatred. I hate that they have attached themselves to the President, and if they REALLY like him, they should shut up. Their support hurts Trump. I wish they would crawl back under the rocks they slithered out of.


7 posted on 08/14/2017 6:54:58 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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Never heard of Spencer until a couple of months ago. Who the hell is he? ???


8 posted on 08/14/2017 6:57:25 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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Spencer said, “we were connected with Donald Trump on this kind of psychic level.”

Delusion is not just for Hillary voter.


9 posted on 08/14/2017 6:57:28 PM PDT by Raycpa
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This guy has had his 15 minutes, which is too much. He, David Duke, and their ilk should crawl back under their rocks.


10 posted on 08/14/2017 6:58:04 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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He wasn’t annoyed, though, he was basically saying that Trump just said that for the cameras (wink wink) but really feels differently.


11 posted on 08/14/2017 6:58:59 PM PDT by Pinkbell (http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-beating-russia-narrative.html)
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They seem to want to hurt him. Who’s paying them? I thought most of these cats were undercover Feds. Hmmmmmm.


12 posted on 08/14/2017 6:59:51 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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Back to the Feds is my guess. I believe they are setting Trump up.

Trump IS NOT like this, IMHO.


13 posted on 08/14/2017 7:02:19 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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“the 39-year-old white nationalist leader”

Who does he “lead”? A couple of hundred people?

I’ve said before that it would not surprise me in the least to learn that the SPLC has been paying David Duke to show up places in order to attract media attention, smear conservatives and to help their fund-raising.


14 posted on 08/14/2017 7:02:20 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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Wasn’t this guy proven to be a supporter of the opposition?

His shtick feels like a setup and false flag.

The booze only idiots would Imbibe is a nice touch and the just so perfect staging of books for people too lazy to think.

Guile?

Beguile?

Con?

Confidence?

Man?

Confidence Man?


15 posted on 08/14/2017 7:02:39 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Spencer is a modern day Lincoln Rockwell. A nobody stooge with a couple hundred serious followers until given free PR by Democrats.


16 posted on 08/14/2017 7:05:20 PM PDT by lodi90
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“I just don’t take him seriously"

As if Trump gives a rip what this cretinous loser thinks about him.

17 posted on 08/14/2017 7:05:35 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Spencer is a dipstick.


18 posted on 08/14/2017 7:06:02 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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Trump should Twitter this Spencer.


19 posted on 08/14/2017 7:11:08 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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So Spencer is trying to falsely make it look as though Trump is a racist. Cui Bono? The deep state and political left. That’s all I need to know to support that this Spencer POS is an agent for the enemies of a free Republic.


20 posted on 08/14/2017 7:18:47 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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