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The ‘Alt-Right’ Movement Is Disappointed Trump Has ‘Disavowed’ Them

By Tito Ojo-Medubi
Published on: 22:19 PST, Nov 23, 2016

The “alt-right” movement is bitterly disappointed that President-elect Trump has disavowed them, the Guardian is reporting.

White nationalist, Richard Spencer of the far-right National Policy Institute revealed that Trump supporters were let down after the 70-year-old politician said “I’m not looking to energize them and I disavow the group.”

Trump had been asked about his views of the movement which held a conference on Saturday in Washington DC where Spencer shouted “Hail Trump! Hail our people! Hail victory!” as hundreds of supporters, mostly young men reacted with the fascist Nazi salute.

The National Policy Institute prides itself as “an independent organization dedicated to the heritage, identity, and future of people of European descent in the United States, and around the world.” Leader of the institute, Richard Spencer had consistently called for a “new society, an ethno-state that would be a gathering point for all Europeans.”

Spencer had argued that “America was until this past generation a white country designed for ourselves and our posterity…it is our creation, it is our inheritance and it belongs to us.” The group had celebrated Trump’s stunning victory on November 8 believing that the organization and the President-elect would connect and further the cause.

The group had been bold and building momentum about their cause until the president-elect made his comments Tuesday.

Most of the people in “alt-right” communities are beginning to believe that Trump just bamboozled them to get their votes, pointing out that he had doubled down on many of his extreme policies. Some of the policies include the building of a wall and prosecuting the former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.

They also frowned against Trump trying to reconcile with traditional media outlets, particularly objecting to the Manhattan billionaire having an on-the-record meeting with the New York Times on Tuesday. Mr. Trump had described the news organization as a “world jewel.” At the “alt-right” conference, Richard Spencer had called the media “Lügenpresse,” which means “lying press.” It was a German term frequently used by the Nazi to shame their critics.

On opinion boards frequented by “alt right” sympathizers, one post accused the President-elect of already going back on what he promised even before assuming office in January. Another sympathizer had asked how people felt after getting disavowed by Trump and it attracted an avalanche of responses.

“You are fooled if you think Trump was going to give us some sort of permission slip to start cleansing America. He isn’t our ‘man on a white horse.”

Another commenter wrote that it was more about agreeing with ideology rather than flattery on the part of the President-elect.

“Trump can’t be non-negative on the alt-right. We support him because he agrees with us on important policy goals, not because he flatters us.”

In a succession of speeches that lasted over 11 hours, Richard Spencer and his panel of speakers had referred to white people as “children of the sun,” who had been marginalized, but now would return to the forefront now that President-elect Trump had seized power.

The group says it denounces violence, but urges members to stop acting like a clandestine organization and start making their voices heard. The contentious gathering had drawn protesters to the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building in the nation’s capital. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concerns that such meetings could fuel the aspirations of white supremacists worldwide.

Twitter has been clamping down on the accounts of people associating with the “alt-right” movement. Spencer who had his account suspended called it “corporate Stalinism and a great purge of people expressing their views.”

Many “alt-right” sympathizers have switched to Gab. Gab is a less popular micro-blogging service which allows “free speech for everyone.” Spencer has also been banned from entering the United Kingdom as his views have been said could “foster hatred which might lead to inter-community violence.”

Tila Tequila, a former reality TV star was pictured at the Washington rally and giving a Nazi salute. The 35-year-old who is a passionate Trump supporter has a lengthy history of making offensive statements on social media.

Her post, which showed her giving the Nazi salute on her Twitter page, got her account suspended. The Vietnamese-American who unsuccessfully tried to rekindle her career with a sex tape has a checkered history of mental illness. She was hospitalized for having suicidal tendencies in 2012.

[Featured Image by Kathy Willens/AP Images]

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