{"id":4287,"date":"2023-07-12T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:01:25","slug":"arizona-republicans-to-host-white-nationalist-antisemite-nick-fuentes-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4287","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Republicans to Host White Nationalist Antisemite Nick Fuentes at Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three Arizona county Republican parties \u2014 Maricopa, Pima and Yavapai \u2014 are among the sponsors of an event later this month called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/174204\/college-republicans-united-convention-antisemite-nick-fuentes\">Arizona College Republicans United<\/a>\u201d that features as its star attraction the white nationalist antisemite Nick Fuentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least that\u2019s what organizers claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday Maricopa County Republican Committee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaricopaGOP\/status\/1678479297638719488?s=20\">issued a statement<\/a>&nbsp;saying it \u201cnever authorized, sponsored, or promoted the upcoming July 30 College Republicans United convention. Any placement of \u2018MCRC\u2019 or \u2018Maricopa GOP\u2019 etc on anything associated with the CRU event is unauthorized. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pima County Republicans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealPimaGOP\/status\/1678536219448287232?s=20\">issued a similar statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event as promoted didn\u2019t only feature Fuentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the invited cranks and crackpots is the fur hat and horns wearing QAnon Shaman,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/laurieroberts\/2023\/05\/31\/jake-angeli-a-changed-man-from-jan-6-riot-shaman-to-merch-pitchman\/70271508007\/\">Jake Chansley<\/a>, who did jail time for his participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as former Republican state legislator&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/ej-montini\/2023\/04\/24\/liz-harris-replacement-maricopa-county-supervisors-take-time\/70146084007\/\">Liz Harris<\/a>, who was expelled from the state House of Representatives by fellow Republicans after she invited a witness to a hearing who spewed all manner false charges about lawmakers and other state officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Fuentes gets top billing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuentes created the America First Political Action Conference, which has drawn a number of Republican politicians, including Arizona U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar and state Sen. Wendy Rogers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2023\/07\/arizona-republicans-to-host-white-nationalist-antisemite-nick-fuentes-at-conference\/\">https:\/\/www.amren.com\/news\/2023\/07\/arizona-republicans-to-host-white-nationalist-antisemite-nick-fuentes-at-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Arizona county Republican parties \u2014 Maricopa, Pima and Yavapai \u2014 are among the sponsors of an event later this month called \u201cArizona College Republicans United\u201d that features as its star attraction the white nationalist antisemite Nick Fuentes. {snip} At least that\u2019s what organizers claimed. On Tuesday Maricopa County Republican Committee&nbsp;issued a statement&nbsp;saying it \u201cnever authorized, sponsored, or promoted the upcoming July 30 College Republicans United convention. Any placement of \u2018MCRC\u2019 or \u2018Maricopa GOP\u2019 etc on anything associated with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4288,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4287\/revisions\/4288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}