Richard Spencer is the president of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist think-tank that recently sponsored a conference in D.C. Although he doesn’t like the term white nationalist, you may find the view he puts forth in this interview to be reprehensible – Jamie Weinstein certainly does. But they had a candid conversation regarding Trump, the policies and beliefs that the alt-right holds, and more. Spencer talks about getting kicked off of Twitter, what he thinks about the Nazi salutes at his conference, and why he opposes violence.
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Show Notes:
- How Richard Spencer grew up
- What his parents think about what he does
- What he thinks the alt-right should be about
- How he evolved into a white-nationalist
- What he thinks of Peter Thiel
- What his goals are for the next 10 years
- The alt-right’s connection to Trump
- Why the alt-right doesn’t have much in common with conservatism
- About the recent alt-right convention in D.C.
- What he considers to be white
- Why he opposes violence
- His response to the Nazi salutes at his conference
- Why Richard thinks Steve Bannon is not part of the alt-right
- What the alt-right thinks about Israel
- Why he says white people are the major obstacle to the change he wants to implement
- Why he was banned from twitter
- Why he keeps talking to journalists