(Jewish Group) Dueling Alt-Right Rallies, Separated by Anti-Semitism, Face Off in DC

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Dueling Alt-Right Rallies, Separated by Anti-Semitism, Face Off in DC Despite Calls to "Unite the Right"

Yesterday, white nationalist and Alt-Right figurehead Richard Spencer spoke just above the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial as part of a “Freedom of Speech Rally” organized by 19-year-old Colton Merwin.

While the rally was originally conceived to include Alt-Right personalities like Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec, anti-Semitic harassment against Rebel Media’s Laura Loomer and other online feuding led to the staging of a rival event “Rally Against Political Violence” outside the White House.

At the Lincoln Memorial, however, around 100 people gathered to hear a slate of speakers that included Augustus Sol Invictus, the self-described leader of the so-called “Alt-Knights,” Jason Kessler, a proud neo-Confederate and contributor to VDARE and the Daily Caller, Nathan Damigo, the founder of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, and assorted other far-right YouTubers and Podcasters.

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Kessler, who had a Confederate battle flag held up behind him during his speech and said that the “entire country would be better off if the South had won the Civil War,” was the first to defend anti-Semitism by being, well, anti-Semitic:


“[The Laura Loomers and Jack Posobiecs of the world] say they won’t do the rally because somebody is anti-Semitic? So there’s a group you can’t criticize? I’m not going to go overboard on anybody…but I will just say this: they are a powerful group! They have AIPAC, the Israel lobby. They’re two percent of the population and they pretty much run Hollywood and brag about it. And they are the ones putting out this filthy propaganda. CNN. All you guys out here tell me who is in charge of the global conglomerates that own you, that own CBS and NBC?”

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Gee...never heard " they are a powerful group! They have AIPAC, the Israel lobby. They’re two percent of the population and they pretty much run Hollywood and brag about it." that from anyone other than the right...

[EllieBC]

1. And somewhere in the distance, Bannon giggled.

Sorry but we can't expect the alt-right to be anything less than hateful trash.