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[[File:Riden with biden.png|right|250px|thumb|Richard Spencer officially Riden' with Biden. Spencer organized the 2015 Charlottesville March.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/the-charlottesville-lie/698538344061850/</ref>]]

[[File:Riden with biden.png|right|250px|thumb|Richard Spencer officially Riden' with Biden. Spencer organized the 2015 Charlottesville March.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/the-charlottesville-lie/698538344061850/</ref>]]

'''Richard Bertrand Spencer''' (born May 11, 1978) is an [[atheist]], [[CNN]] consultant, [[community organizer]] for [[leftwing]]  causes, and American [[white supremacist]]. Spencer is an infamous [[agent provocateur]] who claims to have invented the term "alt-right."<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_conservative_write#axzz4JRcIyz7D</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/70541105d2f149cc9b7b6951d8a13e7a/energized-white-supremacists-cheer-trump-convention-message</ref> Spencer is an enthusiastic supporter of [[Joe Biden]] and [[Kamala Harris]] and called on supporters to vote straight [[Democrat]].<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref>

'''Richard Bertrand Spencer''' (born May 11, 1978) is an American leftist operative, [[atheist]], [[CNN]] consultant, [[community organizer]] for [[left-wing]]  causes, and [[white supremacist]]. Spencer is an infamous [[agent provocateur]], who falsely claims to have invented the term "[[Alt-Right]]."<ref>http://takimag.com/article/the_conservative_write#axzz4JRcIyz7D</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/70541105d2f149cc9b7b6951d8a13e7a/energized-white-supremacists-cheer-trump-convention-message</ref> Spencer is an enthusiastic supporter of [[Joe Biden]] and [[Kamala Harris]] and called on supporters to vote straight [[Democrat]].<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-joe-biden-trump-maga-1527141</ref>

Spencer has supported numerous Leftist [[Democrat]]s, including [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 presidential election]] and [[socialist]] Democrat candidate [[Andrew Yang]] in the [[2020 Democrat primaries]].<ref>https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2017/10/19/alt-right-leader-richard-spencer-has-voted-for-democrats-in-the-past-including-john-kerry/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrat-andrew-yang-garners-support-from-white-nationalists</ref>  Spencer denies being a [[Neo-Nazi]] or member of the [[KKK]]<ref>https://youtu.be/9rh1dhur4aI?t=14</ref> and advocatres for the creation of a country for white people only, which he calls a safe space for [[white people]]. <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/</ref>  The alt-right advocate [[Vox Day]] rejects the notion that Spencer is alt-right and provides evidence that Spencer is a [[leftism|leftist]].<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/10/dicky-spencers-dance-party.html Dicky Spencer's Dance Party]</ref>

Spencer has supported numerous Leftist [[Democrat]]s, including [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 presidential election]] and [[Andrew Yang]] in the [[2020 Democrat primaries]].<ref>https://www.dallasnews.com/news/elections/2017/10/19/alt-right-leader-richard-spencer-has-voted-for-democrats-in-the-past-including-john-kerry/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrat-andrew-yang-garners-support-from-white-nationalists</ref>  Spencer denies being a [[Neo-Nazi]] or member of the [[KKK]]<ref>https://youtu.be/9rh1dhur4aI?t=14</ref> and advocates for the creation of a white ethnostate, which he calls a safe space for [[white people]]. <ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/</ref>  The Alt-Right advocate [[Vox Day]] rejects the notion that Spencer is Alt-Right and provides evidence that Spencer is a [[leftist]].{{citation needed}}

==Views==

==Views==

Richard Spencer believes that "Race is real", and that "Race matters".<ref>https://youtu.be/LSgiCD-Asm8?t=351</ref> Spencer is a [[strong atheism|strong atheist]], though he does not believe that the separation of Church and State is entirely possible.<ref>https://altright.com/2017/01/23/the-alt-right-and-secular-humanism/</ref> Spencer does not believe that he is a [[white supremacist]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_6sISHnqQ&t=142s</ref> Spencer believes that [[black people]] are less smart than white people based on comparative [[IQ]] studies.<ref>https://youtu.be/H4WJeF2JS-8?t=331</ref>

Richard Spencer believes that "Race is real", and that "Race matters".<ref>https://youtu.be/LSgiCD-Asm8?t=351</ref> Spencer is a [[strong atheism|strong atheist]], though he says he does not believe that the separation of Church and State is entirely possible.{{citation needed}} Spencer does not believe that he is a [[white supremacist]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_6sISHnqQ&t=142s</ref> Spencer believes that [[black people]] are less smart than white people based on comparative [[IQ]] studies.<ref>https://youtu.be/H4WJeF2JS-8?t=331</ref>

Spencer's wife Nina Kouprianova has also gained prominence through her English-language translations of the works of [[Aleksandr Dugin]].<ref>[https://about.me/NinaByzantina NINA KOUPRIANOVA, Graphics and Geopolitics in Moscow, Russia]</ref>

Spencer's wife, Nina Kouprianova, has gained prominence through her English-language translations of the works of [[Aleksandr Dugin]].<ref>[https://about.me/NinaByzantina NINA KOUPRIANOVA, Graphics and Geopolitics in Moscow, Russia]</ref>

Although the alt-right universally considers the United States to be on the wrong side of the ongoing second [[Cold War]] with Russia, Spencer stands out by having implied that the United States was also on the wrong side in the ''first'' Cold War. In a 2015 interview, Spencer explained his pro-[[Soviet_Union|Soviet]] sympathies:<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/alt-right-dont-belong-american-conservatism-jamie-weinstein</ref>

Although the Alt-Right universally considers the United States to be on the wrong side of the ongoing second [[Cold War]] with Russia, Spencer stands out by having implied that the United States was also on the wrong side in the ''first'' Cold War. In a 2015 interview, Spencer explained his pro-[[Soviet_Union|Soviet]] sympathies.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/alt-right-dont-belong-american-conservatism-jamie-weinstein</ref>

 

Spencer is an advocate of abortion. He believes abortion would reduce the number of black and Hispanic people, which he says would be a "great boon" to white people.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/his-kampf/524505/</ref>

Spencer is an advocate of [[abortion]]. He believes abortion would reduce the number of black and Hispanic people, which he says would be a "great boon" to white people.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/his-kampf/524505/</ref>

Spencer supports the Nationalization of all healthcare for a universal single-payer government-run system.<ref>[https://altright.com/2017/03/23/why-trump-must-champion-universal-healthcare/ Why Trump Must Champion National Healthcare]</ref>

Spencer supports the nationalization of all healthcare, for a universal single-payer government-run system.<ref>[https://twitter.com/richardbspencer/status/836768241007673345?lang=en]</ref>

In an appearance on [[ABC]] talk show ''[[The View]]'' on January 8, 2020, Spencer showed his true leftist colors as he bashed President [[Donald Trump]] while the show's hosts and its leftist female studio audience, in their [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]], rooted him on.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/audience-view-literally-cheers-white-supremacist-anti-trump/ Audience of 'The View' Literally Cheers White Supremacist Because He's Anti-Trump]</ref> During his appearance, Spencer claimed to have "voted for" Trump in 2016 (although, in all likelihood, this may have been only a ruse concocted in collusion with the Democrats in an attempt to discredit Trump by falsely associating him with racism, white supremacism and anti-Semitism - all of which Trump and the Republican Party despise and are opposed to - and also falsely accusing him of being what the Democrats themselves have been for as long as the party has existed), which later drew heavy criticism on social media against him, the ''View'' hosts and its audience for their hypocrisy and Trump-hatred.

In a January 8, 2020 appearance on [[ABC]] talk show ''[[The View]]'', Spencer once again showed his true leftist colors, as he bashed President [[Donald Trump]], while the show's hosts and its leftist female studio audience, in their [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]], rooted him on.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/audience-view-literally-cheers-white-supremacist-anti-trump/ Audience of 'The View' Literally Cheers White Supremacist Because He's Anti-Trump]</ref> During his appearance, Spencer claimed to have voted for Trump in 2016 (although, in all likelihood, this may have been only a ruse concocted in collusion with the Democrats in an attempt to discredit Trump by falsely associating him with racism, white supremacism and anti-Semitism - all of which Trump and the Republican Party despise and are opposed to - and also falsely accusing him of being what the Democrats themselves have been for as long as the party has existed), which later drew heavy criticism on social media against him, the ''View'' hosts, and its audience, for their hypocrisy and Trump-hatred.

==Quotes==

==Quotes==

* "Let's just give people a [[single-payer]] healthcare system and stop having this stupid debate."<ref>[https://twitter.com/richardbspencer/status/836768241007673345?lang=en]</ref>

{{cquote|"Let's just give people a [[single-payer]] healthcare system and stop having this stupid debate."}}

{{cquote|I think the Soviet Union protected Russians from an even worse ideology, that is the liberalism of the United States and Western Europe.}}

 

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