Internet personality and white supremacist Baked Alaska, whose real name is Tim Gionet, celebrated the chants of “CNN sucks.” But Gionet doesn’t just hate CNN. Strong.”Trump then went into a bizarre tangent where he re- litigated his earliest equivocating denunciation of neo- Nazis and continued to denounce the media and “the anarchists” that disrupt his rallies. Richard Spencer tweeted less than two minutes later that Trump had, “just forcefully denounced Antifa. Whatever Trump actually meant by his condemnation of “thugs,” white supremacists on Twitter heard an ally denouncing anti- fascists. 9pm Eastern time, Trump started talking about the rally in Charlottesville and said that it “strikes at the core of America” and that “this entire arena stands united in forceful condemnation of the thugs that perpetrate hatred and violence.” Trump then went on to talk about “the very dishonest media,” pointing at the press pen. White supremacists like Richard Spencer appeared energized by the speech and live- tweeted their excitement as the president signaled his support in the fight against Antifa.Įven before Trump said the word “Antifa,” white supremacists heard Trump’s equivocating loud and clear. But President Trump’s speech last night seems to have changed all that. 2- year- old woman, Heather Heyer, died after a neo- Nazi terrorist drove his car into a crowd of counter protestors.Īnd white supremacists took a more measured tone in the aftermath, making sure to denounce violence, knowing that aligning yourself with death isn’t great for the cause of creating a white ethno- state. Many prominent white supremacists in the US saw the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia as a major turning point, at least from a media relations point of view.
White Supremacists Celebrate President Trump's Rally in Phoenix. The New York Times reports that President Trump has removed Anthony Scaramucci from his role as White House communications director.