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."
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TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ASS
Beearewhyain
(600 posts)Please, please, please stop calling the National Policy Institute a "Think Tank". Thank you.
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)would be "Stink Tank".
Roy Rolling
(6,917 posts)It's more of a "final product" description.
Think stank.
BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)because there is nothing they do that requires "thinking" and they are too arrogant and cowardly to protect themselves in a "tank".
brush
(53,778 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,979 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)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 Spencers organization and the University of Florida before his Oct. 19 campus speech included the white nationalists 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 Spencers National Policy Institute and his event organizer, Cameron Padgett.
Heres what some of the records show:
Richard Spencers 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
Initech
(100,075 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,190 posts)They don't hide behind innocuous names like "National Policy Institute".