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PFAW And Allies Call On GOP Presidential Candidates To Distance Themselves From CPACs White Nationalist SponsorToday, People For the American Way, Americas Voice and ColorOfChange.org called on GOP presidential candidates to distance themselves from Conservative Political Action Conferences ties to ProEnglish, a group led by white nationalist Robert Vandervoort.
As we reported last week, ProEnglish is sponsoring a booth in the events exhibit hall, which costs $4,000. ProEnglish has been allowed to sponsor the event for the past several years, despite Vandervoorts well documented ties with white nationalist groups. Nearly every major Republican presidential contender is scheduled to speak at the event this weekend.
Here is the full text of the open letter from PFAW, Americas Voice and ColorOfChange.org:
Dear Gov. Jeb Bush, Dr. Ben Carson, Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Rand Paul, Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rick Santorum, and Gov. Scott Walker:
We understand that you are scheduled to speak at this weeks Conservative Political Action Conference, an event which is being partially sponsored by ProEnglish, a group led by white nationalist Bob Vandervoort. We urge you to decline to speak at CPAC unless it cuts ties with ProEnglish and Vandervoort.
ProEnglish has sponsored CPAC for the past several years, despite Vandervoorts well documented ties to the white nationalist movement. As the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights has reported, Vandervoort is the former leader of Chicagoland Friends of American Renaissance, a group dedicated to supporting the ideals of the infamous white nationalist publication American Renaissance. One member of the group described its mission as encouraging white survival and maintaining white majorities.
Vandervoorts own writings reflect these views. He has expressed concern about the need to halt the cultural and racial dispossession of the West's historic people and expounded on racial differences in intelligence and temperament. He has wondered how race realists and pro-Western Civ nationalists like himself can counter historical comparisons to the Holocaust and slavery.
CPAC has a troubling history of welcoming white nationalists. In 2012, the conference hosted a panel on race featuring Vandervoort and fellow white nationalist writer Peter Brimelow. And ProEnglish has continued to be allowed to sponsor the event even after civil rights groups have raised concerns.
Clearly, Robert Vandervoort and his group should have no place as a financial sponsor of the nations largest convention of conservatives. We urge you to distance yourself from Vandervoorts views and refuse to speak at CPAC unless ProEnglishs sponsorship is withdrawn.
Sincerely,
Michael Keegan, President
People For the American Way
Frank Sharry, Founder and Executive Director
Americas Voice
Rashad Robinson, Executive Director
ColorOfChange.org
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PFAW & Allies Call On GOP Prez Candidates To Distance Themselves From CPAC’s White Nationalist Spons (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2015
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Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Will Jeb bring the sanity and risk boos and catcalls, or also "turn up the crazy" and also agree to just hate?