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Source: Washington Post
A White House speechwriter for President Trump was terminated last week after revelations that he had spoken at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists, according to three people familiar with the decision who were not authorized to speak publicly.
Darren Beattie, who was a visiting instructor at Duke University before he joined the White House speechwriting team, was fired Friday after a media inquiry about his appearance at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club conference, where Beattie spoke on a panel alongside Peter Brimelow.
Brimelow, founder of the anti-immigrant website Vdare.com, is a white nationalist and regularly publishes works by white supremacists, anti-Semites, and others on the radical right, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an advocacy group that tracks extremists.
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CNNs K-File, an investigative unit, published a report on Sunday on Beattie and his appearance at the Mencken event, which has been attended in the past by white nationalist Richard Spencer. Spencer is a prominent figure in the alt-right, a movement whose adherents are known for espousing racist, sexist and anti-Semitic points of view.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-speechwriter-fired-amid-scrutiny-of-appearance-with-white-nationalists/2018/08/19/f5051b52-a3eb-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html?utm_term=.b81afa33046f&tid=sm_fb
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tanyev
(42,558 posts)ADX
(1,622 posts)...is that they actually fired this low-life.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)underpants
(182,803 posts)Here are some of his writings
http://www.dukechronicle.com/staff/darren-beattie
Roland99
(53,342 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)tblue37
(65,357 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)Surprised they would fire someone whos simply pursuing the Presidents beliefs.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... there!
underpants
(182,803 posts)Takes some scrolling down - it's a long list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trump_administration_dismissals_and_resignations
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Man. What a whos who of whos been fired or resigned!
underpants
(182,803 posts)I was sure I'd missed him but I just kept on scrolling and scrolling...