Matt Schlapp Denies Accusations That CPAC Stage Was Designed to Evoke Nazi Symbolism

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By Zachary Petrizzo Feb 27th, 2021, 8:20 pm

The Conservative Political Action Conference chairman Matt Schlapp strongly denied that CPAC’s stage in Orlando, Florida this year was designed to evoke any Nazi symbolism after many viral posts on Twitter accused the organization of modeling their stage after an “Odal rune” Nazi symbol.

“Stage design conspiracies are outrageous and slanderous. We have a long-standing commitment to the Jewish community. Cancel culture extremists must address antisemitism within their own ranks. CPAC proudly stands with our Jewish allies, including those speaking from this stage,” Schlapp tweeted on Saturday night.

A fact check conducted by Snopes rated the claim “unproven,” as the outlet was “unable to verify at the time of this writing whether the allusion to the Nazi symbol was made intentionally or consciously by any CPAC organizers.”

As Mediaite’s sister site The Mary Sue reported, the “Odal rune dates back to ancient Germanic languages and symbolizes heritage, inheritance, or inherited estate.”

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[dweller]

1. is better in original German

Nein ! Nein !

✌🏻

[LearnedHand]

2. Wait. So which part of that word salad was the design explanation?

Stage design, Jewish allies, or cancel culture? I’m so confused.

[ChubbyStar]

17. Matt's word salad was just getting to rancid radish with this

"Cancel culture extremists must address antisemitism within their own ranks."

Say what you fucking shitbird?

[LearnedHand]

3. And if it wasn't deliberate symbology ...

... which safety engineer approved this hazardous design?

[madaboutharry]

4. In the words of Malcolm Nance:

“Coincidences take a lot of planning.”

They would have us believe the stage accidentally looks like a Nazi symbol. Ok, sure.

[LearnedHand]

6. DUzy!

[dchill]

5. "Matt Schlapp Denies..."

Of course he does. That's how we know it's true.

[C_U_L8R]

7. Notice he can't explain the 'unique' design.

His attacks are even more revealing.

[cilla4progress]

8. Graphic.

Link to tweet

?s=19

[bullwinkle428]

9. "HERITAGE"...LOLOLOLOL!!! When all else fails, use the "heritage" defense!!

[keithbvadu2]

22. Flags proudly flown together

Flags proudly flown together

[randr]

10. It just comes naturally to them

[Quixote1818]

11. Everything Trump and these ass holes do is a wink at the white supremacists nt

[Liberal In Texas]

12. In my former long career I have designed sets and stages for large and small events on broadcast TV.

So, Schlapp, what possible practical function does that design have?

The two wings at the back have no physical function as the entrance and egress are straight through next to the side and center flats. The only reason they're there is to enhance the basic design. I can see no reason for the way this has been put together except to emulate the Nazi rune.

Typical repub to piss on your leg and tell you it's raining.

[JHB]

13. You meam Matt "Also known as "No. 6" in the Brooks Bros. Riot photo" Schlapp?

[dlk]

14. It was just a remarkable coincidence...

[soothsayer]

16. America First

[Eyeball_Kid]

18. Schlapp designed it so he could DENY IT. n/t

[gratuitous]

19. And that mob in Charlottesville?

It was the merest coincidence they were chanting "Blood and soil" and "Jews will not replace us" just like the Nazis did in the 1930s and 1940s.

I don't know who you think you're fooling, Matt, but it's not us.

[spanone]

20. 'Cancel culture extremists'???

go fuck yourself schlapp

[Pisces]

21. This was no mistake. If you believe it was I have a bridge to sell you.

[LongtimeAZDem]

23. This is known as the "some of my best friends are . . . " defense

[Politicub]

24. His defense is basically: "Some of my best friends are Jews."

[spanone]

25. When you've got to deny obvious nazi symbolism in your staging, you might be a nazi

[highplainsdem]

26. UNLESS Schlapp and whoever else was responsible for the stage design can point to

use of that particular stage design elsewhere, for a legitimate reason, I'll continue to believe it was intentional copying of the Odal rune to send a message to white supremacists.

[Nevilledog]

27. That's all the confirmation I need to know it was intentional.

[Tommymac]

28. NOTHING in Politics is accidental.

Snopes is dead wrong here.

This was intentional and a dog whistle for White Supremacists everywhere.