'No enemies to the right': DeSantis ally hosts debate hedging white nationalism

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Source: The Guardian

‘No enemies to the right’: DeSantis ally hosts debate hedging white nationalism

Christopher Rufo’s Twitter space discussed conservatives cooperating with extremists ‘to destroy the power of the left’

Jason Wilson
@jason_a_w
Sat 30 Sep 2023 11.00 BST
Last modified on Sat 30 Sep 2023 11.48 BST

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who is a close ally of Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, hosted a social media debate in which one participant argued that conservatives should cooperate with a hypothetical white nationalist dictator “in order to destroy the power of the left”.

Rufo, a Manhattan Institute fellow who has been a hugely influential figure in DeSantis’ culture war policies in Florida, did not disagree with the sentiments. Instead he commended speakers for their “thoughtful points” and presenting the discussion as a model for engagement with “the dissident right”.

Rufo is a high-profile conservative activist who in books, columns, media appearances and a Substack newsletter has encouraged conservatives to oppose “wokeness”. He has been credited with mobilizing conservatives against communities of color, first with a distorted version of critical race theory; then by linking LGBTQ-inclusive education practices to pedophilic “grooming”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/30/conservative-christopher-rufo-florida-twitter-debate

Alternate non-walled link: https://news.yahoo.com/no-enemies-desantis-ally-hosts-100011846.html

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