This morning Richard Spencer was kicked out of CPAC right before reporters eyes:
NBC NEWS – White nationalist Richard Spencer was kicked out of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday after holding an impromptu press conference with reporters.
CPAC spokesman Ian Walters said Spencer purchased his ticket and that his money had been refunded. Walter called Spencer’s views “repugnant.”
Spencer popularized the term “alt-right” and has espoused racist and anti-Semitic views, calling for “peaceful ethnic cleansing.” A video of him yelling “hail Trump” and saluting attendees at a conference in Washington, D.C. shortly after President Donald Trump’s election went viral last year, though Spencer later claimed he was being “ironic.”
Here’s the tweets from a journalist that witnessed it:
While I was interviewing Richard Spencer, security came to escort him off the property
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 23, 2017
He's currently being escorted out of CPAC by security
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 23, 2017
Security tells me CPAC says Richard Spencer doesn't represent their views and so he can't be here even though he bought a ticket
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 23, 2017
And now for the joke of the day…
Betting he did nazi that coming. https://t.co/b5d0FPOA4D
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 23, 2017