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[[File:Riden with biden.png|right|300px|thumb|Richard Spencer officially "Riden' with Biden". Spencer organized the 2017 Charlottesville March.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/the-charlottesville-lie/698538344061850/</ref>]]

[[File:Riden with biden.png|right|300px|thumb|Richard Spencer officially "Riden' with Biden". Spencer organized the 2017 Charlottesville March.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/prageru/videos/the-charlottesville-lie/698538344061850/</ref>]]

'''Richard Bertrand Spencer''' (born May 11, 1978) is an American leftist operative, [[atheist]], [[CNN]] consultant, [[community organizer]] for [[left-wing]]  causes, and [[white nationalist]]. 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 former [[white nationalist]]. 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>

Spencer is known mainly for his role in organizing the ''Unite the Right'' rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. Spencer appeared and spoke at the rally, and was recorded after the event using racial epithets in a maniacal, hateful rant, saying: "Little f---ing kikes. They get ruled by people like me. Little f---ing octaroons. My ancestors f---ing enslaved those little pieces of f---ing s--t."<ref>https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/richard-spencer-s-leaked-racist-tirade-provides-a-look-into-the-fractured-state-of-the-us-alt-right-movement</ref> [[Neo-Nazis]], [[KKK]] members, and other violent white supremacists were present, as well as normal, peaceful attendees not affiliated with these groups, to protest the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue, resulting in much violence and culminating in self-identified white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of people, killing one woman, Heather Heyer, and injuring 35 other people.  

Spencer is known mainly for his role in organizing the ''Unite the Right'' rally in [[Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]]. Spencer appeared and spoke at the rally, and was recorded after the event using racial epithets in a maniacal, hateful rant, saying: "Little f---ing kikes. They get ruled by people like me. Little f---ing octaroons. My ancestors f---ing enslaved those little pieces of f---ing s--t."<ref>https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/richard-spencer-s-leaked-racist-tirade-provides-a-look-into-the-fractured-state-of-the-us-alt-right-movement</ref> [[Neo-Nazis]], [[KKK]] members, and other violent white supremacists were present, as well as normal, peaceful attendees not affiliated with these groups, to protest the removal of the [[Robert E. Lee]] statue, resulting in much violence and culminating in self-identified white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of people, killing one woman, Heather Heyer, and injuring 35 other people.  

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>  Former Alt-Right advocate [[Vox Day]] had rejected the notion that Spencer was Alt-Right, and provided evidence to Spencer being a [[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>  Former Alt-Right advocate [[Vox Day]] had rejected the notion that Spencer was Alt-Right, and provided evidence to Spencer being a [[leftist]].<ref>[https://voxday.blogspot.com/2017/10/dicky-spencers-dance-party.html Dicky Spencer's Dance Party]</ref>

In a January 8, 2020 episode of [[ABC]] talk show ''[[The View]]'', Spencer showed his true leftist colors in a Tweet bashing [[President 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 episode of [[ABC]] talk show ''[[The View]]'', a Spencer tweet bashing [[President Trump]] was highlighting. In response, the show's leftist female hosts and 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>  

Spencer has publicly feuded with [[Nick Fuentes]], and once issued violent, racist threats towards him over a phone call. He called Fuentes, who is part Mexican, a "Mexican peasant", and told him to "do my f---ing laundry, you little f---ing spic", as well as saying he "better hope and pray you never f---ing see me in public". Fuentes and Spencer later crossed paths in public, to which Spencer proved his threats to be empty.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfhPHkYeNwU</ref>  

 

Spencer has publicly feuded with conservative activist [[Nicholas Fuentes]], and once issued violent, racist threats towards him over a phone call. He called Fuentes, who is part Mexican, a "Mexican peasant", and told him to "do my f---ing laundry, you little f---ing spic", as well as saying he "better hope and pray you never f---ing see me in public". Fuentes and Spencer later crossed paths in public, to which Spencer proved his threats to be empty.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfhPHkYeNwU</ref>  

==Views==

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Spencer is a white nationalist, or wignat, and likens a white [[ethnic|ethnostate]] to [[Zionism]].<ref>https://cbs12.com/news/local/richard-spencer#:~:text=Spencer%20also%20spoke,it%20as%20such.%22</ref> Spencer is a [[strong atheism|strong atheist]], and holds Christians in contempt. Spencer does not believe that he is a [[white supremacist]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_6sISHnqQ&t=142s</ref>

Spencer is widely known for his period of fame around 2015-2017 as a white nationalist, or wignat, who advocated for a militant-enforced white [[ethnic|ethnostate]], likening it to [[Zionism]].<ref>https://cbs12.com/news/local/richard-spencer#:~:text=Spencer%20also%20spoke,it%20as%20such.%22</ref> In recent years, however, Spencer has since stated that he is no longer a white supremacist or white nationalist, and that on hot-button issues such as abortion and gun control, is "pretty much a liberal". On dating app Bumble, he lists himself as politically moderate, as well as "vaccinated" and includes his astrology sign. He also states that he and the entirety of the political right now share a mutual hatred for each other and that "listing my politics as 'conservative' makes me cringe". He often rants against conservatives on his [[Twitter]], especially when it comes to [[Covid-19]]. He ridicules those who valuing medical freedom rather than blindly taking and shilling for the useless experimental [[Covid vaccine]], like he does. When Biden swore at [[Fox News]] reporter Peter Doocy for asking a simple question on inflation, Spencer responded with, "My president".

 

Spencer is a [[strong atheism|strong atheist]], and holds Christians in contempt.  

 

Spencer supported [[Globalist]] incumbent [[Emmanuel Macron]] in the 2022 French Presidential election over populist conservative [[Marine Le Pen]].<ref>https://twitter.com/RichardBSpencer/status/1517157012378820610?cxt=HHwWhICp9faQg44qAAAA</ref>

 

Spencer's wife, Nina Kouprianova, 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 ex-wife, Nina Kouprianova, 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> Kouprianova, with whom he has two children, would separate from him in November 2016, and later accused him of domestic abuse as part of their divorce proceedings. Spencer denied guilt and faced no charges.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/24/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-accused-physically-abusing-wife-throughout-their-marriage/</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 economically left-wing, ideologically aligned with [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], and supports the nationalization of all healthcare for a free, universal, government run single-payer system.<ref>[https://twitter.com/richardbspencer/status/836768241007673345?lang=en]</ref>

Spencer is economically left-wing, ideologically aligned with [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], and supports the nationalization of all healthcare for a free, universal, government run single-payer system.<ref>[https://twitter.com/richardbspencer/status/836768241007673345?lang=en]</ref>

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