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Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 02:22 AM Nov 2017

Richard Spencer hosted an event at a Maryland farm. Halfway through, everyone was kicked out.

Source: Washington Post

The Washington Post
Perry Stein
2 hrs ago

A weekend conference organized by white nationalist Richard Spencer was shut down after the owners of the Maryland farm he rented discovered he was behind the event.

The think tank that Spencer leads, the National Policy Institute, hosted the conference for about 100 people at Rocklands Farm, a winery and events venue in Montgomery County. Spencer said in an interview that a third-party logistics company contacted Rocklands Farm on behalf of the National Policy Institute this month and didn't reveal that white nationalists were affiliated with the event when they booked it. The company told the farm's management only that it was a "corporate" gathering, according to Spencer.

The conference started about 11 a.m. Sunday and was scheduled to continue until 8 p.m. Caterers at Rocklands Farm served brunch, and participants recapped 2017. At about 4 p.m., Spencer said, someone working the event learned that Spencer was there, and management told everyone to leave.

"We didn't lie, we didn't deceive, and we certainly did not break any rules while we were there," Spencer said. "We had sharp words and were obviously disappointed, but there was no confrontation of any kind."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/richard-spencer-hosted-an-event-at-a-maryland-farm-halfway-through-everyone-was-kicked-out/ar-BBFrBII?li=BBnb7Kz

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Richard Spencer hosted an event at a Maryland farm. Halfway through, everyone was kicked out. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP
You are not welcome in civilized society Richard. Nazis not welcome here. TeamPooka Nov 2017 #1
we didn't decieve --------- hiding under third parties Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #2
Dear Washington Post Beearewhyain Nov 2017 #3
Maybe a better word pressbox69 Nov 2017 #4
Or "Think Stank" Roy Rolling Nov 2017 #5
Or "Stink Stank" BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #6
Toilet that needs flushing... let's just get down to it. brush Nov 2017 #7
..... BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #9
Did his check to them bounce, too? csziggy Nov 2017 #8
Nazi punks fuck off! Initech Nov 2017 #10
At least the Aryan Brotherhood is open about its hate TexasBushwhacker Nov 2017 #11

Beearewhyain

(600 posts)
3. Dear Washington Post
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 03:54 AM
Nov 2017

Please, please, please stop calling the National Policy Institute a "Think Tank". Thank you.

BumRushDaShow

(128,979 posts)
6. Or "Stink Stank"
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 06:57 AM
Nov 2017

because there is nothing they do that requires "thinking" and they are too arrogant and cowardly to protect themselves in a "tank".

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
8. Did his check to them bounce, too?
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:17 AM
Nov 2017
Spencer group’s $10K check for UF event bounced, records show
By Andrew Caplan
Posted Nov 8, 2017 at 5:38 PM Updated Nov 9, 2017 at 1:36 PM

Email records show Spencer preparations included specific song lists, voluminous media-access requests and a bounced check.

Behind-the-scenes planning between Richard Spencer’s organization and the University of Florida before his Oct. 19 campus speech included the white nationalist’s request for specific music as he walked onstage and a $10,564 bounced check.

The Sun obtained 576 pages of email communications and documents, released by UF, between the university, members of Spencer’s National Policy Institute and his event organizer, Cameron Padgett.

Here’s what some of the records show:

• Richard Spencer’s organization, NPI, bounced a $10,564 check due to insufficient funds.

More: http://www.gainesville.com/news/20171108/spencer-groups-10k-check-for-uf-event-bounced-records-show

TexasBushwhacker

(20,190 posts)
11. At least the Aryan Brotherhood is open about its hate
Wed Nov 22, 2017, 10:41 AM
Nov 2017

They don't hide behind innocuous names like "National Policy Institute".

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