event featuring White supremacist Nick Fuentes He angered Republican officials and county Republicans when he was not consulted before being named as a speaker and supporter on flyers promoting the event.
And one of the scheduled speakers said the organizers flatly lied about what the event was about to get her initial buy-in.
The event, the annual convention of the far-right College Republicans United organized by the Arizona State University chapter, will be held in Prescott later this month. College Republicans United Fuentes support and for hosting white supremacist speaker In the past.
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“ (Maricopa County Republican Commission)]We have never endorsed, sponsored or promoted the upcoming July 30 Collegiate Republican National Convention,” the Maricopa County Republican Commission said in a statement. statement on twitter. “Posting ‘MCRC’, ‘Maricopa GOP’, etc. on anything related to CRU events is not permitted. thank you. ”
Similarly, the Pima County Republican Party announced. statement It said it “never endorsed or agreed to the sponsorship or promotion” of the event.
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Allegations of alleged Republican involvement in Maricopa, Pima, and Yavapai came to light Monday morning after Maricopa County Clerk Steven Richer published a CRU flyer on Twitter. Within hours, Republican officials began claiming that the County Republican Commission was involved in the incident. By afternoon, both the Maricopa and Pima parties had issued formal statements. Yavapai hadn’t done that before this article was published.
“The Republican committee I spoke to was surprised to hear that,” said Rep. Alexander Collodin (R, Scottsdale), said on twitter About this event and the involvement of three county parties. “Those doing this should be treated as saboteurs!”
Besides Fuentes, other extremists are listed as speakers, including: Ryan Sanchez, is sometimes called the “Cultural War Criminal”. Sanchez was previously a member of the Rise Above Movement. neo-nazi fight club whose member facing federal indictment case of political violence.
This was the setup. we were cheated
– Dave Smith, Pima County Republican Party Chair
“This was engineered,” Pima County Republican Party Chairman Dave Smith told the Mirror.
Smith said ASU CRU founder Rick Thomas approached the party’s second vice chairman, Anastasia Tzatzakis, at the event and asked if the county party would be speaking at a “Republican” event.
They agreed and ASU CRU followed up with an email afterwards. send a flyer Fuentes and the Pima Republican Party were not mentioned as sponsors.
“We thought she was going to be a speaker at a Republican convention,” Smith said. “We were misunderstood and lied to.”
Smith said the ordeal “caught him off guard” and created new ways for county commissioners to communicate in the future. Tzatzakis, who was named as a speaker at the event on behalf of the Pima County Republican Party, echoed that sentiment.
“This particular activity or behavior of being thwarted or framed is completely indescribable to me,” Tzatzakis said. “We do not participate in any kind of anti-Semitism. This is horrific and we would never have done it had we known.”
One of the main aims of Fuentes’ Greiper movement is to push conservatives further in the right direction by mainstreaming conservative ideals into conservative politics, often through bullying and coercion.
In response to the Mirror’s inquiry, the ASU CRU said three county commissions agreed to speak at the event.
“All three counties we asked agreed. Fuentes was added late in the scheduling process due to last-minute withdrawals and program changes,” the group said in an email to Miller. “The announcement was made late Friday night, but there was no response until Monday morning.”
At least one speaker said that once he learned Fuentes was going to attend the event, he wasn’t sure whether to speak.
“When I agreed to speak at the College Republicans United event in Arizona, I had no idea that I would be sharing the stage with someone who wanted a wife of 16,” said Jacob Angeli Chansley. also Known as Q Shamansaid on Twitter. Post a link to your clip Fuentes says she wants to be a 16-year-old bride. “Should we retreat? Or should we have an event to blow this bastard out of the water and expose the false prophet?”
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The ASU CRU did not respond to repeated requests for comment on the leaflet or claims by Maricopa and the Pima Republicans that they had not been consulted before being listed as supporters. The venue where the conference will be held also did not respond to a request for comment. The Mirror also reached out to Fuentes but did not receive a response.
Hassayampa Inn, where the event was to be held, said in an email to The Mirror that ASU CRU had reserved a space for a “college student award ceremony” but that the event would no longer be held at the hotel.
A Jewish Republican group condemned the incident and said the CRU’s claims that an official Arizona Republican party was involved were untrue.
” [Republican Jewish Committee]”We have coordinated investigative efforts with state elected officials and party chairmen to confirm that the allegations are completely baseless,” the RJC said. said in a statement about the event. “No official Republican organization supports this event in any way.”
“Nick Fuentes is a vile Nazi sympathizer who has no place in Conservative or Republican politics. said Mr.
And Susan B. Anthony Prolife America, listed under “Guest Speakers & Supporters,” also confirmed that she had nothing to do with the event.
“SBA ProLife America has confirmed that we never agreed to sponsor this conference, which was an error and is currently being corrected,” said Mary Owens, spokeswoman for SBA ProLife America. He said in a statement to The Mirror.
Other speakers on the list, including former Republican lawmakers Liz Harris and John Fillmore, did not respond to requests for comment on whether they would attend the event. Another former Republican congressman, David Stringer, is listed as a sponsor of the event on his news website Prescott E-News.Stringer attended previous events held by the group alongside known white supremacists Jared Taylor He is also published on the site.
ASU CRU leaders were also shown to share homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic views. leaked chat Provided for Phoenix New Times.
“ASU is a public institution committed to the free, powerful and unrestrained sharing of ideas among all members of the university community,” ASU said in a statement to The Mirror. “ASU respects the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides for the right to free speech.”
