By Will Sommer
Conservative group Turning Point USA has
courted a vocally anti-Semitic activist and conspiracy theorist,
including him in meetings and inviting him to a retreat for “black
influencers” in June.
Activist Bryan Sharpe earned high praise
from Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk at the retreat, where Sharpe and
other conservatives gathered at an Arizona resort planned how to
increase the Trump movement’s appeal to black voters.
“This guy’s the man right here,” Kirk said, gesturing to Sharpe.
Sharpe’s
online nickname, “Hotep Jesus,” is a nod to “hoteps,” a right-wing
black subculture that preaches black empowerment but is often accused of
being misogynistic and homophobic. Sharpe shot to prominence in broader
conservative media in April, when Fox News and other conservative media
outlets publicized a video of him pranking Starbucks employees by demanding free coffee as a form of reparations.
Click here for the full article.
Source: The Daily Beast
No comments:
Post a Comment