Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ntisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335 Nazis appeared to find a friendly reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year. Throughout the conference, racist extremists, some of whom had secured official CPAC badges, openly mingled with conference attendees and espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories. The presence of these individuals has been a persistent issue at CPAC. In previous years, conference organizers have ejected well-known Nazis and white supremacists such as Nick Fuentes. But this year, racist conspiracy theorists didn’t meet any perceptible resistance at the conference where Donald Trump has been the keynote speaker since 2017. At the Young Republican mixer Friday evening, a group of Nazis who openly identified as national socialists mingled with mainstream conservative personalities, including some from Turning Point USA, and discussed so-called “race science” and antisemitic conspiracy theories. One member of the group, Greg Conte, who attended the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, said that his group showed up to talk to the media. He said that the group was prepared to be ejected if CPAC organizers were tipped off, but that never happened. Another, Ryan Sanchez, who was previously part of the Nazi “Rise Above Movement,” took photos and videos of himself at the conference with an official badge and touted associations with Fuentes. Other attendees in Sanchez’s company openly used the N-word. For several years, CPAC and its supporters have attempted to temper the most extreme fringes of the conservative movement, and have welcomed the continued debate between Trump and more moderate conservatives. This year, however, some attendees and former attendees have expressed frustration with the conference’s stronger association with Trump and his wing of the party. In one of the most viral moments from this year’s conference, conservative personality Jack Posobiec called for the end of democracy and a more explicitly Christian-focused government. While Posobiec later said his statements were partly satire, many CPAC attendees embraced his and others’ invocations of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. CPAC organizers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Nazis crashing CPAC is 'frog-in-boiling-water' moment for conservatives https://www.rawstory.com/cpac-nazis/ Nazis crashing CPAC didn't raise much fury or get a lot of media attention in the latest news cycle, and that has MSNBC Opinion Columnist Zeeshan Aleem calling it a seminal moment. "It’s not always possible for the hosts of major political gatherings to perfectly regulate who enters them — but there are always choices on how to react when, say, Nazis arrive," he writes. "This is a critical frog-in-boiling-water moment for the right: The mainstream organs of American conservatism are apparently acclimating to Nazis in their pot. That this group was able to mingle with participants at a high-profile conference, wasn't kicked out of CPAC, and wasn't appropriately condemned is a sign of how contiguous mainstream conservatism has become with white supremacist politics today." NBC News reported over the weekend that several unabashed Nazis attended CPAC and were given a friendly treatment from many attendees. The report identified a group of attendees who "openly identified as national socialists mingled with mainstream conservative personalities, including some from Turning Point USA, and discussed ‘race science’ and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” One clip showed a CPAC attendee perform a “heil Hitler” salute in the lobby of the hotel where the conference was held. And there was also accusations of some members of the group used the N-word. (More at above url)