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Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., blocks from where President Donald Trump was inaugurated, somebody ran up to Richard Spencer and punched him in the face. It’s a face you probably know: Spencer has become the most visible member of a small group of self-proclaimed white nationalists who believe the Trump presidency will help them mainstream their ideology, which has the ultimate goal of creating a whites-only “ethno-state.”
He’s the guy who takes credit for coining the term “alt-right,” and was the subject of several major profiles in mainstream outlets before and after November. After the election of Donald Trump, he became particularly infamous for exclaiming “Hail victory!” – the English translation of “Seig Heil!” at a celebratory event for self-identified members of the “alt-right.”
At the moment he was punched, Spencer was talking on camera about the pin on his lapel depicting Pepe the Frog, a cartoon amphibian that white nationalists co-opted during the campaign for their own memeing needs. Then, the punching video was released onto the internet, where it was its destiny to become a meme itself in a bunch of circles within Liberal Twitter.
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He’s the guy who takes credit for coining the term “alt-right,” and was the subject of several major profiles in mainstream outlets before and after November. After the election of Donald Trump, he became particularly infamous for exclaiming “Hail victory!” – the English translation of “Seig Heil!” at a celebratory event for self-identified members of the “alt-right.”
At the moment he was punched, Spencer was talking on camera about the pin on his lapel depicting Pepe the Frog, a cartoon amphibian that white nationalists co-opted during the campaign for their own memeing needs. Then, the punching video was released onto the internet, where it was its destiny to become a meme itself in a bunch of circles within Liberal Twitter.
PUNCH 1:
PUNCH 2:
