White nationalist speaker heckled for denying Holocaust at Virginia gun march: ‘You are literally a neo-Nazi’

January 20, 2020By David Edwards


A white nationalist speaker who has been affiliated with neo-Nazi rhetoric was caught on video denying the Holocaust at a pro-Second Amendment march in Richmond, Virginia.

The remarks were made by former Proud Boy Jovanni Valle, who goes by the name Jovi Val. Video clips of Valle’s speech were shared on Twitter by writer Robert Evans.

“You wear a swastika and walk down the street,” a man can be heard telling Valle. “You took it off and now you are like, oh no. You are denying the existence of the Holocaust.”

“Why should I answer your questions when you haven’t answered any of mine?” Valle asks. “Why is it you say 6 million [died in the Holocaust], when 30 million die, when 70 million die, you don’t care.”
“You’re trying to hide the fact that you are literally a neo-Nazi!” someone shouts at Valle.

A right-wing protester is later seen complaining to Valle that supporting Adolf Hitler is a “liberal” position.

Watch some of the clips below.

Jovi Val here, denying the Holocaust. So we have a Nazi loudly expressing himself here. pic.twitter.com/Q9GFEec0QH

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

Jovi Val, admitting to being a National Socialist, here on camera. pic.twitter.com/VcX6kQHp9o

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

An interesting moment here, as a right wing demonstrator is incensed at Jovi and his friends expressing support for Hitler. He calls Jovi a "liberal". One of Jovi's people desperately tries to convince the man that Jovi is on the right. pic.twitter.com/VUQjQLuG0U

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

Happy MLK day everybody. pic.twitter.com/8fJZjMyZIP

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

It's like being back in Iraq, only no one knows how to use the weapons! pic.twitter.com/f5Kii8HyEk

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020


This man has decided today is the day to show off his $10,000 rifle. pic.twitter.com/vLHCQC3Ux3

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

"Rooftop Voter". I wonder what that means. pic.twitter.com/bmcUBbPYsO

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020


I ask one Proud Boy what his RWDS badge stands for. He is unwilling to answer. pic.twitter.com/iSd0HyqfXt

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020


Took a quick trip but I am back out in it. Notice the Confederate flag at the end. pic.twitter.com/JBvWMEqbuG

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020


"Slide it in like a gentleman." pic.twitter.com/I1u7Pzu8t4

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020


Finally, some Qanon. pic.twitter.com/fTRVoxOYSu

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 20, 2020

Conservatives rage after Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright compares armed protest to Klan rally

January 20, 2020 By Travis Gettys

Actor Jeffrey Wright kicked a hornet’s nest of conservative fury by comparing an armed protest in Virginia to a Ku Klux Klan rally.

The star of HBO’s Westworld three James Bond films mocked the Richmond gun rally in a tweet linking to a Washington Post article on the armed demonstration, and noted the event was scheduled on Martin Luther King Day.

“The organizers aren’t at all bothered that a gun circle jerk in Richmond, VA on #MLKDay has a Klan-rally smell to it?” Wright tweeted. “Wonder why.”

The organizers aren’t at all bothered that a gun circle jerk in Richmond, VA on #MLKDay has a Klan-rally smell to it? Wonder why. https://t.co/1kq9pu1is1

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 20, 2020

Conservatives howled in rage.

Jeffrey Wright – Pathetic human being.
— Patriot Trainer (@AmericasValues) January 20, 2020


Actor Jeffrey Wright sees a pro-2nd Amendment gathering and immediately labels it a Klan rally. Sensationalistic Hollywood gobshite, but the scenario makes for a cheap C-list movie. Haven't we seen that one before?? I'll just call Wright, 'Re-Run' from now onwards.
— Thomas Lane (@ThomasL16765780) January 20, 2020


Yeah, and Jeffrey Wright has a Commie smell to him! https://t.co/kevMenPc5v
— Samuel Sayer -"Are we not men?!" H.G. Wells (@SamuelTheSayer) January 20, 2020


HOW STUPID DO YOU FEEL NOW?
Actor Jeffrey Wright: Virginia Gun Rights Gathering Has a 'Klan Rally Smell to It' https://t.co/tECl7YoPIz

— Marci Newman Kitcho  

(@MarciKitcho) January 20, 2020

And Jeffrey Wright's Asinine comment has a 'Really Stupid Smell' to it. I wonder who wrote that comment for him? Maybe it was 'Slow Joe' Biden or the Idiot Governor of Virginia. https://t.co/nMog91EQWl
— Lakewood Bob (@lakewoodbob) January 20, 2020

Jeffrey Wright is just showing his own personal Blancophobic Racism. Hes a bigot, hes the face of prejudiced hate.
— NC Zero (@NC_Zero) January 20, 2020

Pretender Jeffrey Wright is a moron. https://t.co/4LD9tZ446R
— Pete Garcia  

(@Pete4709) January 20, 2020

Please enlightened one Jeffrey Wright, tell us what a Klan Rally smells like without showing your utter ignorance.
— Jeff McCutcheon (@jgmccut) January 20, 2020

Jeffrey Wright has a BullSh*t smell to him!
— I Party w/ Jesus (@ERBALIZT) January 20, 202

WHAT A BUNCH OF SNOWFLAKES

THE FBI ATTEMPTED TO HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND GOT ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Users noted that the FBI was involved in surveillance, the discrediting of King’s work, and attempts to stop him from organizing.

by Daniel Johnson    January 20, 2024

The FBI attempted to join the chorus of individuals and groups remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a post on X/Twitter on Jan. 15. However, the organization’s post would soon be served with a fact-checker’s version of a clapback. Using the social media platform’s Community Notes feature, users pointed out that the FBI had been involved in surveillance, the discrediting of King’s work, and attempts to stop him from organizing, before finally noting that the King family believed the FBI was responsible for his death. 

The FBI tweeted, “This MLKDay, the FBI honors one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights movement and reaffirms its commitment to Dr. King’s legacy of fairness and equal justice for all.”

Underneath the post was a community note reading, “The FBI engaged in surveillance of King, attempted to discredit him, and used manipulation tactics to influence him to stop organizing. King’s family believe the FBI was responsible for his death.”

Users of the platform also rated the note as helpful, saying it was a clear and concise rebuttal of the FBI’s post. 

One of the sources cited in the community note is a January 2021 article about Sam Pollard’s documentary regarding the FBI’s attempts to discredit King during 1968. MLK/FBI, Pollard said at the time, was about J. Edgar Hoover’s paranoia and preoccupation with discrediting King and his associates: “The first fear that [FBI director J. Edgar Hoover] had was that King was going to align himself with the Communist Party, which … J. Edgar Hoover was obsessed with destroying.” 

Pollard also commented on an anonymous letter sent to King that appeared to have been written by someone close to King. “They were trying to make it sound like it was not only a former associate but a ‘Negro’ who wrote that letter,” said Pollard. “This is supposed to be the nation’s police, that’s supposed to be doing the right thing, and this is the lengths they’ll go to destroy a human being? It’s awful.”

A second, older source cited a CBS News report from 1999, in which Coretta Scott King responded to a jury that determined Dr. King was the victim of a vast conspiracy against his life and not merely the actions of lone shooter James Earl Ray. Scott King implored the Justice Department to take up a new investigation into her husband’s murder, telling CBS’ “Early Show” anchor Bryant Gumbel, “I think that if people will look at the evidence that we have, it’s conclusive and I think the Justice Department has a responsibility to do what it feels is the right thing to do, the just thing to do.”

Dexter King, a son of Dr. King, led his family‘s search for the truth, telling CBS News at the time, “It’s been painful and also has been bittersweet. Bitter because of the tragedy, obviously, but liberating in the sense and sweet that we have been vindicated and ultimately that the significant of this historical verdict that really rewrites history is liberating. Now we can move on with our lives, have a sense of closure and healing.”

HuffPost contacted the FBI’s national press office for comment and received a statement from the organization reading, “The FBI has long acknowledged the abuses of power that took place under Director J. Edgar Hoover and the deplorable actions taken against Dr. King and others involved in the civil rights movement. Today, the FBI honors Dr. King’s life and legacy and uses those lessons from our past to reaffirm our commitment to equal justice, fairness, and diversity.”

Users on X/Twitter didn’t seem to buy the FBI’s attempts at honoring King. Nor were others with questionable commitments to the social justice espoused by the Civil Rights icon spared. President Joe Biden, Senator Mitch McConnell, and Texas Governor Greg Abbott were among the political figures who tweeted MLK posts and received pointed commentary from users on the social media platform. 

‘Embarrassingly incompetent’: NAACP official scolds Kellyanne Conway who can’t explain Trump’s diss of MLK Day

 January 20, 2020 By David Edwards


Sherrilyn Ifill, who serves as president of the NAACP Defense Fund, on Monday lashed out at presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway after she could not explain what President Donald Trump was doing to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

“He’s preparing for Davos,” Conway said in a Monday morning interview, “and agrees with many of the things that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for and agreed with for many years, including unity.”

“What an embarrassingly incompetent answer,” Ifill later told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “There’s is no answer that she can give that would be acceptable because he’s doing nothing to commemorate MLK Day, and frankly, it would be hypocritical if he tried to do that.”


“Just in the last week, the tweets that he’s put up, knowing that [the pro-gun rally in Virginia] was coming today, knowing that the governor of Virginia had declared a state of emergency today because of credible threats of violence given what happened in 2017 in Charlottesville,” she continued. “We’ve now reset what the president is supposed to do. He’s not supposed to call for calm and peace.

“He just gets to tweet whatever he wants,” Ifill pointed out. “He’s not doing anything to commemorate MLK Day and that’s why it’s important that we do that work. We don’t need Mr. Trump to lead us in knowing what to do around equality and justice.”

Watch the video below from MSNBC.

Trump likens himself to Martin Luther King Jr while boasting about low black unemployment

Kellyanne Conway claims civil rights leader would not support impeachment

Alex Woodward New York Tuesday 21 January 2020 

Donald Trump has linked his achievements on the anniversary of being sworn in as president with Martin Luther King Jr‘s birthday, as the he boasted of low unemployment among black Americans.

On Twitter, the US president wrote: “It was exactly three years ago today, January 20, 2017, that I was sworn into office. So appropriate that today is also MLK jr DAY. African-American Unemployment is the LOWEST in the history of our Country, by far. Also, best Poverty, Youth, and Employment numbers, ever. Great!”

Asked how Mr Trump is celebrating this year’s nationwide memorial recognising the murdered civil rights leader, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said the president “agrees with many of the things” Dr King stood for, including “unity and equality”.

Then she pivoted to the president’s upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, saying: ”He’s not the one trying to tear the country apart.”

Ms Conway said Dr King’s “vision” did not include “Americans dragged through the process where the president is not going to be removed from office”.

The adminisrion listed no public events celebrating Dr King on Monday. The president issued a proclamation on 17 January in advance of the federal holiday, writing that the administration “works each day to ensure that all Americans have every opportunity to realise a better life for themselves and their families regardless of race, class, gender, or any other barriers that have arbitrarily stood in their way”.

Mr Trump and Mike Pence, the vice president, did visit Dr King’s memorial marker in Washington DC. This year, his campaign’s Twitter account posted a photograph showing Mr Trump walking through the memorial – a photo taken at last year’s wreath-laying ceremony – to “honour the life” of Dr King, but it did not disclose that the image was from last year.

His campaign account also juxtaposed images of Dr King with footage of the president appearing with black Americans as part of a fundraising video.

Mr Trump largely spent the day in Washington in 2019 because of a government shutdown that effectively grounded the first family. In 2018, he was in Palm Beach, Florida. He spent this weekend in Florida and Texas, where he addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Ms Conway said she spent the morning “reading some of the lesser-known passages by Dr King” and said that she appreciates that “we as a nation respect him by giving him his own day”.

This morning, the White House issued a message on Twitter, saying the president will “pause to honour the incredible life and accomplishments” of Dr King, who was assassinated on 4 April 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he was addressing striking sanitation workers amid preparations for a Poor People’s Campaign.

Minutes later, the president wrote his support for a “Lobby Day” rally in which thousands of gun rights activists – including far-right militia members – gathered in Virginia to protest gun control legislation in the state.

The president accused Democrats of “working hard to take away” Second Amendment rights. “This is just the beginning. Don’t let it happen, VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2020!”

   Martin Luther King's daughter calls out  Kellyanne Conway for saying her father would oppose Trump's impeachment

The youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr has condemned Kellyanne Conway after she claimed that the impeachment of Donald Trump would have been against King's values. 

Speaking to NBC News on Martin Luther King Day, Conway was asked what the president is doing to commemorate the day. In reply, she said:

I can tell you that the president is preparing for Davos and agrees with many of the things that Dr King stood for including unity and equality and he's not the one trying to tear the country apart through an impeachment process and lack of substance which is really very shameful at this point. 

I've held my opinion on it for a very long time but when you see the articles of impeachment that came out, I don't think it was within Dr King's vision to have Americans dragged through a process where the president is not going to be removed from office, is not going to be charged with bribery, extortion or high crimes and misdemeanours.

Conway's egregious and completely baseless comments on King's values sparked a strong reply from Bernice King, who is now the CEO of the King Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. 

The 56-year-old quote retweeted the above video, asking Conway and the Trump administration to refrain from using King's name to somehow justify their own issues. 

Unfortunately, Conway wasn't the only Trump loyalist to invoke King's name on Monday, as a way of almost trying to prove that nothing they have ever said could be interpreted as bigoted. 

Jeff Sessions, a former senator for Alabama and member of the Trump administration tweeted a King quote that said:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Journalist Britanny Packnett Cunningham then quote retweeted Sessions with a quote from Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr's wife, where she strongly criticised the appointment of Sessions to government. 

As an almost perfect tonic to this level of hypocrisy from modern-day Republicans, Bernice King delivered a speech complaining that due to the resurgence in racism and white supremacism, a day to celebrate the legacy of her father "is not enough."

Watch more
The story behind Martin Luther King Jr Day

 MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech


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Martin Luther King Voice of the Working Class

HAPPY MARTIN LUTHER KING II DAY

WHITE AMERICA

Martin Luther King Voice of the Working Class

What is often forgotten about Martin Luther King was that he was the voice the working class in America, black and white. Which is what the conservatives in the United States will never forgive him for.

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