Far-right “Groypers,” their old school white nationalist counterparts, and far-right personalities gathered in the ballroom of the Marriott hotel Friday night, bursting into applause as the face of their movement Nick Fuentes came out onto the stage. After calling for a round of applause for Russia the day after it invaded Ukraine, which was responded to with chants of “Putin,” he introduced the event’s mystery speaker.
“She is a standard bearer of Trumpism in the U.S. Congress, she is pro-life, she is proudly America First, and I want say a very special thank you to Milo Yiannopoulos for making this happen,” Fuentes said. “I think this is going to be the beginning of something great—the representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene!”
Greene walked out on the stage to a roar of applause. She shook Fuentes’ hand and blew a kiss to the crowd.
Greene’s appearance at AFPAC—while not all that surprising considering her history or racist, Islamophobic, and antisemitic comments—highlights the white nationalism creep into the Republican Party and CPAC’s willingness to participate.