Video has emerged from over the weekend of an alt-right rally held in Washington DC led by the movement’s poster boy Richard Spencer that concluded with a resounding “Hail Trump” salute.
And minorities thought they had something to worry about from a Donald Trump presidency:
This is how Richard B. Spencer who created the “Alt-Right” movement celebrated Trump’s victory if you’re wondering why minorities are afraid pic.twitter.com/42FDHfUyXS
— Sam Kalidi (@samkalidi) November 21, 2016
But it didn’t stop there. Here’s Spencer questioning whether or not Jewish people are in fact people at all while also getting that special Trump trade mark in of denouncing the media. Only this time it came it German. Great…
“We’ve crossed the Rubicon in terms of recognition.” https://t.co/gitx2ba56B pic.twitter.com/Y1I0PcpxBP
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 22, 2016
Trump and his transition team have I guess denounced this particular rally via a statement in which they didn’t directly reference.
Trump transition statement on alt right conference where neo nazis and white nationalists were praising Trump's election pic.twitter.com/XZCxVSS6Jt
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 21, 2016
But what do you expect from President-elect Trump? I mean between picking fights with the cast of “Hamilton” and stocking his staff with suspected racists and white nationalists what kind of time does Trump actually have to address these issues directly and without a written statement sent to the press?
Sure it’s not like this behavior was cultivated with the Trump campaign. However it’s something he certainly gave some kind of sick legitimacy to.