Andrew Yang To Speak Alongside Far-right Figures at 'FreedomFest'

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I am glad that the Southern Poverty Law Center is monitory Andrew Yang and his so-called Forward Party.

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https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/07/13/andrew-yang-speak-alongside-far-right-figures-freedomfest

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will speak Saturday about his new Forward Party and creating political coalitions at the 2022 FreedomFest in Las Vegas, which will feature far-right libertarians with ties to white nationalists and antisemites.

FreedomFest, which begins today, is a yearly festival that bills itself as “an open-minded environment” that is “independent, non-partisan, and not affiliated with any organization or think tank.” But the festival skews towards libertarians and other members of the liberty movement, portions of which belong to the extremist antigovernment movement. It is sponsored in part by Epik, a web hosting company that has provided services to neo-Nazi and white nationalist websites.

A group of antigovernment sheriffs who believe they have the power to ignore laws they deem unconstitutional is also expected to be there.

The conference was set to host white nationalist holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and air his short film “The Most Canceled Man in America.” Organizers booted Fuentes after taking a “deeper look” into his ideology, the Daily Beast reported......

Hatewatch sent a request for comment to the Forward Party about Yang’s decision to appear at the festival. The Forward Party did not respond.

I am glad that the SPLC monitors Nick Fuentes and people who speak at his events. It is time to make another donation to the SPLC

[Earth-shine]

1. Poor Yang. Apparently this is what he has to do to get attention.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. The new Ralph Nader. Just what we need.

Ralph "There's not a dimes worth of difference between the Parties" Nader. He delivered Bush and the rest is history.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Another person willing to destroy the human race so he can prosper.

[dalton99a]

5. Hope Democrats won't let him & Gabbard join any presidential debates

[SheltieLover]

11. This!👆

[TheBlackAdder]

6. I know a few Asian-Americans who are right wing, and they think they fit in with White Nationalists.

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You can't make this shit up.

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[brooklynite]

7. Has the Forward Party considered that Andrew Yang isn't their best spokesperson?

[TheBlackAdder]

9. I guess their goal is just a transient task to shave 3-4% from Democratic Party candidates.

[Dorian Gray]

17. Not yet....

They're imploding before they even get on the scene, though.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Yang has literally gone from promising to awful in record time.

[Jirel]

10. He was always awful.

He was a one-note wonder then, and not even that any more now that the newness wore off.

[SheltieLover]

12. Showing his true colors.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. I agree

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[PortTack]

13. I'm happy to hear SPLC is following him if that's what he's doing. Dems need to push this message

Out there so they aren’t fooled by his brand of nonsense

[Skittles]

14. what does the Yang Gang think of this

[Initech]

16. At least he makes it easy to know who *NOT* to vote for!