White nationalist Richard Spencer 'seriously considering' run for Congress if Montana seat vacated

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Dallas (Morning) News

Politics at 53 min ago

White nationalist Richard Spencer 'seriously considering' run for Congress if Montana seat vacated

Written by Caleb Downs, Breaking News reporter

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Richard Spencer, the inflammatory white nationalist leader from Dallas, said Tuesday he is "seriously considering" running for Congress following news that Montana's sole congressman, Ryan Zinke, was chosen as President-elect Trump's nominee for secretary of the interior.

If approved, Zinke would vacate his congressional seat, forcing an election to replace him. Republican and Democratic parties would select candidates to run in a primary election. Spencer, who splits his time between Whitefish, Mont., and Arlington, Va., said he would run as an independent, allowing him a shot at the seat.

"If I did this, it would not be some eccentric campaign that no one talks about and is a footnote to history," Spencer told the Huffington Post last week. "It would become a major conversation around the country just because of my profile in the alt-right. Again, I would only do it to win it."

Spencer, a 38-year-old Dallas native and graduate of St. Mark's School of Texas prep school, is director and president of the National Policy Institute, a white-nationalist think tank he plans to use as a vessel to push Trump. Spencer has called Trump an "alt-right hero" and the "first step" toward politics that promote pro-white policies.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2016/12/20/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-seriously-considering-run-congress-montana-seatvacated

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The Dallas Morning News appears legit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dallas_Morning_News

[Raster]

1. come on Richard, you mean your "...profile in the alt-reich"....

...Much more honest in the original German, no?

[Sunlei]

2. America has cancer of the democracy.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Spencer will likely be arrested as soon as he lands in Montana for conveying threats and harassment

against Montana citizens. Any number of GOP candidates in Montana have criminal and racist backgrounds which doesn't seem to deter voters.

What he may need to worry about is disclosing his income sources and the residency requirements as he lives and votes in Arlington, VA not Whitefish, Montana. Even conservative Montanans do not like carpetbagger candidates.

[Ptah]

4. Less than a month ago, he said Montana is not his home.

http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/whitefish-pushes-back-against-alt-right-leader-spencer/article_4afeb21d-2a8c-5d2a-a702-9505f79155e5.html

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Spencer told the Missoulian Friday he has been spending “less and less” time in Whitefish, where his parents live, and more in Arlington, Virginia, where he has an apartment and where the National Policy Institute is located.

“It’ll probably be a lot less time (in Whitefish) in 2017,” Spencer said. “I’ve long thought that, as my movement grows, it makes sense for me to be on the East Coast, in Washington, D.C.”

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Spencer said he last considered himself a full-time Whitefish resident in 2012 or 2013, and has split his time between Montana and Virginia since.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141642622

[MontanaMama]

10. He apparently thinks Montanans are stupid.

I guess some of us are...But MOST of us aren't. And, we're waiting for this dirt bag to file the paper work.

[briv1016]

5. How's he different than anyone else on the right?

At least he's honest about it.

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Actually he's not. He lied about his past and his goals.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. We should nuke Montana before letting that happen.

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Thanks for that. My family lives there and they didn't invite Spencer to move in.

Spencer may claim to represent Montana values but he hasn't got the job just yet. There are plenty of NATIVE Montanans who think he should stay in Arlington where he belongs. White Aryan Assholes like Spencer are not unique to Montana any more, or less, than they are California, New York or Minnesota, although these days you can find quite a few of them concentrated in and around Washington, DC.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Spencer follows in the footsteps of previous Arlington Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell.

I used to live in Arlington. It had the widest margin of Hillary's vote percent versus *****'s vote percent of any locality in the country, IIRC. 538 has that info. It's at DU too.

George Lincoln Rockwell

I imagine Spencer is worried about being doxxed. If he's a Virginia resident, he won't be able keep that information hidden for long.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Voter registration and voting logs tell all and are public record. Wikipedia lists Whitefish but

it wouldn't be the first time they were wrong. I wonder if MTCowgirl.com has anything that specific?

[dhill926]

7. Good

Get your vile shit out there...see what happens...

[jpak]

8. Every time I see this guy's name, I think - Richard Speck

yup

[MontanaMama]

9. Well well well

I've been wondering how exactly to get involved in the Resistance on a local level...Mama just found herself a mission. Fuck you Richard Spencer. Bring it!!!! You've got another thing coming, you POS.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. And his wife is Russian

Although they've been separated since October.

[IronLionZion]

16. Make Montana Great Again?

If it's a 3 way race, could a Dem win?