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BootinUp

(50,790 posts)
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:53 PM Nov 2024

Hold on to your jaw: "Kamala Harris Gets Surprising Support From Alt-Right's Richard Spencer"



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Hold on to your jaw: "Kamala Harris Gets Surprising Support From Alt-Right's Richard Spencer" (Original Post) BootinUp Nov 2024 OP
My jaw dropped I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2024 #1
Seems like something big is happenin'. BootinUp Nov 2024 #2
Rat F**K WSHazel Nov 2024 #3
Total Rat F**k Bristlecone Nov 2024 #17
He wants to lead a cult of his own. If the US goes authoritarian applegrove Nov 2024 #4
Richard Spencer montanacowboy Nov 2024 #5
not a good endorsement WarGamer Nov 2024 #9
Seems he'll be briefly singin about bein a centrist struggle4progress Nov 2024 #11
feels like a trap/troll cadoman Nov 2024 #6
"Think Imma jump outta Trump Tower befoah the hunka junk collapses" struggle4progress Nov 2024 #7
Don't whitewash this... he's a straight up REAL NEO-NAZI. WarGamer Nov 2024 #8
happy to edit the post, what would you suggest? *eyeroll* BootinUp Nov 2024 #12
yup Skittles Nov 2024 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2024 #46
I don't know how to think about this. Ocelot II Nov 2024 #10
Thanks, I did not know he was a Ukraine backer. nt BootinUp Nov 2024 #13
So he's CORRECT on that one issue, and beyond deplorable on everything else--- Jack Valentino Nov 2024 #24
I think that's exactly right - Trump is such a dumpster fire Ocelot II Nov 2024 #25
GFY Dick FrankBooth Nov 2024 #14
No thank you ibegurpard Nov 2024 #16
And Nick Fuentas just realized it's a cult. underpants Nov 2024 #18
They dont wanna go down with the ship. Volaris Nov 2024 #23
Exactly. This is a career move. Trump is done and these people need a new schtick. Midnight Writer Nov 2024 #43
Both Spencer and Nick Fuentes? Ananda62 Nov 2024 #19
It Took Garabage Bags? ProfessorGAC Nov 2024 #42
Hard pass. Bleacher Creature Nov 2024 #20
No, thanks lame54 Nov 2024 #21
No. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #22
Keep Kamala Harris' name out of your fucking mouth. LudwigPastorius Nov 2024 #26
Thank you Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #37
I'll take Liz Cheney wryter2000 Nov 2024 #27
Richard Spencer? Nick "it's a cult" Fuentes ? pat_k Nov 2024 #28
The Knives are Being Sharpened Stallion Nov 2024 #29
Unfortunately, Spencer went to my High School-St Marks Stallion Nov 2024 #30
Wow... that is something. I Hope his Followers in Montana Cha Nov 2024 #31
No! Charlottesville unite the right Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #32
This is a factual report that has no information about Democrats. BootinUp Nov 2024 #34
I gave you the facts as I lived it. Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #36
I don't see any reaching out to this fucking neo nazi, or welcoming him. Where are you seeing it? BootinUp Nov 2024 #38
The headline gave no clue as to who this monster was and is. Keepthesoulalive Nov 2024 #39
He said he was voting for Biden in 2020 too MistakenLamb Nov 2024 #33
I do recall that now. Not at first. BootinUp Nov 2024 #35
Alt voters shift back and forth. radius777 Nov 2024 #40
by the way, F#ck Bezos too............nt DoBW Nov 2024 #41
We don't have to like him to be happy about this. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2024 #45

applegrove

(129,905 posts)
4. He wants to lead a cult of his own. If the US goes authoritarian
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:58 PM
Nov 2024

Last edited Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:56 PM - Edit history (1)

only Trump could be king. Look at Putin? He dominates all the oligarchs. All of them have to comply or they get thrown out their apartment window.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
6. feels like a trap/troll
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:58 PM
Nov 2024

But if a few Spencer supporters (does he have any?) vote for Kamala their vote is worth the same as any.

Skittles

(169,206 posts)
15. yup
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 10:06 PM
Nov 2024

I don't trust these morons who act like Trump broke the party - repukes have stunk it up for DECADES.

Response to WarGamer (Reply #8)

Ocelot II

(128,793 posts)
10. I don't know how to think about this.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:59 PM
Nov 2024

Spencer is a pretty awful character. But apparently he's a strong supporter of Ukraine and NATO, which is one of the main reasons he's not voting for Trump: "Spencer said his top issue is Ukraine and continuing U.S. support in its war against Russia." https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-gets-surprising-support-alt-rights-richard-spencer-1979079 Another strange bedfellow, I guess.

Jack Valentino

(4,242 posts)
24. So he's CORRECT on that one issue, and beyond deplorable on everything else---
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:04 PM
Nov 2024

I have audio clips of this guy from 2016, screaming about "white victory" with Trump---


well, if he can influence any of his followers to vote for Kamala, that's nice--
but he and they are certainly NOT "a part" of our coalition!

This is more a commentary on the failure of Trump to hold together his own coalition,
than anything else.... or one forgotten deplorable making his "last scream" for attention

Ocelot II

(128,793 posts)
25. I think that's exactly right - Trump is such a dumpster fire
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:08 PM
Nov 2024

that he can't keep his own supporters together. I think he embarrasses them.

Ananda62

(316 posts)
19. Both Spencer and Nick Fuentes?
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 10:27 PM
Nov 2024

Fuentes said, after Trump’s garbage truck stunt and Rs dressing up in garbage bags, “That was the moment when I realized Trumpism was a cult. That was the moment when I realized liberals are right. That was the moment when I realized it had gone too far. It is Frankenstein’s monster. We have created a golem. It is a problem.”

ProfessorGAC

(75,670 posts)
42. It Took Garabage Bags?
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 07:59 AM
Nov 2024

He admits he just now realized it's a cult. It's been a cult for 9 years Li'l Nicky! Oblivious drone, that one is.

LudwigPastorius

(14,036 posts)
26. Keep Kamala Harris' name out of your fucking mouth.
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:12 PM
Nov 2024

...and chow down on this knuckle sandwich.

Stallion

(6,640 posts)
29. The Knives are Being Sharpened
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:30 PM
Nov 2024

...this is what happens with the dying MAGA movement

2 more days -do your part - and end the Trump era

Stallion

(6,640 posts)
30. Unfortunately, Spencer went to my High School-St Marks
Sat Nov 2, 2024, 11:36 PM
Nov 2024

he was raised with privilege at the top high school in Texas and probably the South.

The same high schools as the Hunts, (Jerry) Jones and Perots went to

but also good guys like Tommy Lee Jones, Owen Wilson, Boz Skaggs, Steve Miller and New York Times Kurt Eichenwald to name a few

Cha

(316,405 posts)
31. Wow... that is something. I Hope his Followers in Montana
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 12:47 AM
Nov 2024

take his advice and vote For Sen Joe Tester!

Keepthesoulalive

(2,096 posts)
32. No! Charlottesville unite the right
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:54 AM
Nov 2024

Heather Hyer. The only good thing about that disaster is Joe Biden decided to run also Jews will not replace us. He doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself, he just wants attention and to be on the winning side. He is a white supremacist . I should hope we are better than that.

BootinUp

(50,790 posts)
34. This is a factual report that has no information about Democrats.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:00 AM
Nov 2024

I am close to deleting this thread and taking a break from the accusatory shit at this site.

Keepthesoulalive

(2,096 posts)
36. I gave you the facts as I lived it.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:18 AM
Nov 2024

Look at his wiki page and you will see an unrepentant racist. This man is a toxic grifter and we have had enough of his type . Let’s put these people back under the rocks they came from. The Democratic party’s tent I hope is not big enough to accept this horrid excuse for an almost human.

BootinUp

(50,790 posts)
38. I don't see any reaching out to this fucking neo nazi, or welcoming him. Where are you seeing it?
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:21 AM
Nov 2024

Keepthesoulalive

(2,096 posts)
39. The headline gave no clue as to who this monster was and is.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:38 AM
Nov 2024

I fleshed it out and no one is accusing you of anything. I just gave the facts about this despicable Nazi roach and why his supposed support of the Democratic ticket is not wanted.

MistakenLamb

(791 posts)
33. He said he was voting for Biden in 2020 too
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:57 AM
Nov 2024

Https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-reiterates-support-biden-disavows-useless-traitorous-gop-1527555

he's a grifter to his core, no values except for his bottom line

radius777

(3,921 posts)
40. Alt voters shift back and forth.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 06:43 AM
Nov 2024

There are some alt-righters who due to pro-Ukraine/NATO have shifted D, and some alt-left who are pro-Russia who have shifted to Trump.

Spencer may also be going D for 'accelerationist' reasons.

Alts tend to be contrarians and conspiracists - so it's hard to ever tell what side (if any) they'll support. Usually they vote third party.

Scrivener7

(58,100 posts)
44. We don't have to like him to be happy about this.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 12:56 PM
Nov 2024

Him and Nick Fuentes abandoning ship at the same time. The internal polls must be definitive.

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