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Richard Spencer: ‘Charlottesville Wouldn’t Have Occurred Without Trump’

JL;DR SUMMARY Richard Spencer, a prominent figure in the alt-right movement, asserted in an interview with The Atlantic that President Donald Trump was integral to the 2017 Charlottesville rally, which resulted in violence and tragically claimed the life of Heather Heyer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpRacismViolenceWhite SupremacyNationalismCharlottesvilleAlt RightRichard SpencerHeather HeyerAlt Right Rally

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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"The massive white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 would not have been possible without President Trump, event leader Richard Spencer told The Atlantic."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Spencer, the creator of the term alt-right who did a Nazi-like salute at a white nationalist conference to celebrate Trumps 2016 election victory and who was famously punched in the face while in Washington to celebrate Trumps inauguration."

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