Florida Governor Declares State of Emergency for White Nationalist Richard Spencers Visit

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-governor-declares-state-emergency-white-nationalist-richard-spencer-s-n811261

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency to help authorities prepare for white nationalist Richard Spencer's coming appearance at the University of Florida.

Spencer, an organizer of the violent August rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that ended with the killing of a counterprotester, is scheduled to speak Thursday at the university's Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The school administration has denounced Spencer and urged people to stay away, but it said it couldn't block the event because of free speech concerns.

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Richard Spencer in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18. Linda Davidson / The Washington Post/Getty Images file
Scott expressed the same conflicting principles.

"We live in a country where everyone has the right to voice their opinion," he said in a statement that announced the state of emergency. "However, we have zero tolerance for violence and public safety is always our number one priority."

Scott issued the order at the request of law enforcement authorities in Gainesville. The declaration put state authorities in charge of tamping down and responding to violence. Scott called his order "an additional step to ensure that the University of Florida and the entire community is prepared so everyone can stay safe."

[pbmus]

1. If this wasnt a real threat, it would be hilarious...

A repuker calling out for help against what he himself hath wrought...

this must be the Monday of Irony....no other way to describe this mayhem...

[RKP5637]

3. Yep, total irony!!! n/t

[elehhhhna]

2. Yo, you're not allowed to shout fire in a crowded theater.

Surround him with troops or National Guard, and cut his microphone.

If he wants trouble he should go yell naughty words directly at the people he hates. Y'all know who he hates the most. Cowardly blowhard should address his "enemies" directly. Tiki brigade can accompany him.

[RhodeIslandOne]

4. This is Rethugs framing shit again

"See what antifa is making us do!!!! Both sides are wrong!"

[LongTomH]

5. My God, those dead eyes!!!!

He's creepy!!! Mommy, make the bad man go away!!

[RKP5637]

6. Scary dude! n/t

[rockfordfile]

7. I consider this guy and others like him a terrorist. Americans died against people like him.

[RKP5637]

10. Yep, America uses a strange definition for what constitutes a terrorist. n/t

[JCMach1]

8. No,they the right to say no and the right to bill

Him in advance for security

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. There is free speech, but where does it say that the government must provide "safe spaces"

at enormous cost for these losers? If they want to have the right to talk that kind of shit, then they need to be ready suffer the possible consequences of it. I don't buy this heavy police protection of these nasty little bastards every time they crawl out from under a rock. Coddling these shits has gone too fucking far.

[RKP5637]

11. We go too far to protect evilness! n/t