NBC Journalist Shows CPAC Head Matt Schlapp The Nazis Who Attended
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The head honcho of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) went scorched-earth on an NBC News report that noted the number of Nazis at its annual gathering this weekend.
But Matt Schlapp’s furious denial of a Nazi presence at CPAC seemed to fall apart after the reporter who wrote the article brought the receipts.
Ben Goggin’s article noted that, unlike in previous years, when conference organizers ejected well-known neo-Nazis and white supremacists, such as Nick Fuentes, the extremists didn’t face any resistance this time.
Goggin’s article, published Saturday, included photos from the event that showed people who’ve admitted being Nazis.
Nazis, antisemitism, the great replacement theory, Fuentes, have become so common among conservatives that I think attendees, even journalists, didn’t think too deeply about them being at CPAC.
There was very much an “oh them” attitude about the nazis.https://t.co/GxszahWw7q— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 24, 2024
But even though Goggin’s article linked to a video of a self-proclaimed Nazi, Ryan Sanchez, giving the Nazi salute in the hotel lobby, CPAC angrily denied that white supremacists had a presence at CPAC in separate posts on X:
“NBC’s claim that there was a Nazi presence at CPAC 2024 is false, misleading, and grossly manipulative — especially coming from a writer who has carried the water for Hamas in much of his reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.”
NBC’s claim that there was a Nazi presence at CPAC 2024 is false, misleading, and grossly manipulative—especially coming from a writer who has carried the water for Hamas in much of his reporting on the Israel-Gaza war.”
“CPAC has made it absolutely clear that we stand with… https://t.co/2hZPiJ6x7C— CPAC (@CPAC) February 25, 2024
In a separate post, Schlapp claimed “the real Neo-Nazis in our midst are the ones controlling our college campuses and major institutions and grossly populate the newsrooms of corporate media, calling for an Israeli surrender.”
Yawn. This is a tired old cliche. The Neo-Nazis in our midst are the ones controlling our college campuses and major institutions and grossly populate the newsrooms of corporate media, calling for an Israeli surrender. @CPAC approved a resolution and joined our CPAC… https://t.co/Wg6c4Vbrzb
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) February 25, 2024
However, Goggin showed Schlapp that, yeah, actually there were Nazis at CPAC.
The Nazis introduced themselves to me at a mixer and said they were national socialists, started talking about skull measurements and pushing the conspiracy theory that all races were being controlled Jewish people.
They were posting about their presence at CPAC online. https://t.co/iA0Hcw8Eel— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024
Here’s a post from one mentioned in my piece wearing a cpac badge. In the next video, he’s giving a Nazi salute in the lobby of the conference hotel.
There was a notable presence at the conference whether CPAC was aware of it or not. pic.twitter.com/6diHfoGpMU— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024
Schlapp had yet to respond to Goggin’s evidence as of Monday afternoon.
Still, Goggin continued to add details on Monday, including that Politico also noticed a white supremacist presence at CPAC.
Oh, and there’s video of Schlapp responding to questions at CPAC about Fuentes.
CPAC is continuing to call our reporting about Nazis at the conference “fake news.”
They haven’t responded to the video and photo evidence.
This is Ryan Sanchez, a known and public neo-Nazi, giving a Nazi salute at CPAC.
Greg Conte, who is also a public Nazi, is on his left. https://t.co/jsSF4hwnr8pic.twitter.com/WjixBopcxd— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024
It’s hard for me to imagine that @mschlapp didn’t know @CPAC had a Nazi problem when he was literally confronted on Friday with someone asking why Nick Fuentes wasn’t allowed at the conference pic.twitter.com/ozAI8N83IT
— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024
Politico documented that another white supremacist was at CPAC along with the Nazis: Bryan Betancur.
As @ryanjreilly write, Betancur is a Jan 6er accused of flashing a white power hand gesture at an FBI agent and yelling racial slurs on public transport.https://t.co/1AMTP3fOTo— Ben Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) February 26, 2024