Trump Doral event has speakers who espouse anti-Semitic views, far-right conspiracies
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Trump Doral event has speakers who espouse anti-Semitic views, far-right conspiracies
Grethel Aguila 4-6 minutes 5/11/2023
Starting Thursday evening, crowds are expected to gather at former President Donald Trump’s Doral resort for a weekend conference of conservative figures, some of whom have praised Hitler or espoused debunked claims about elections and vaccines.
Thousands are meeting at Trump National Doral Miami for the latest stop of the ReAwaken America Tour, an event that features Christian themes and appearances around the country by some of Trump’s inner circle. According to its founder, the gathering seeks to save the nation by exposing the truth about fraud in elections, healthcare and the media.
The event shows the extent to which election deniers, anti-vaxxers and Jan. 6 sympathizers continue to surround Trump, the leading candidate to secure the 2024 Republican nomination for president.
The tour, which began in 2021, has promoted conspiracy theories , such as the idea that the 2020 election was rigged against Trump and that “elites” operating a child sex-trafficking ring conspired against the former president . The event’s founder Clay Clark, an entrepreneur and former candidate for mayor of Tulsa, has described the COVID-19 vaccine as a “bio-weapon” on Rumble, an alternative to YouTube that gained popularity with conservatives during the pandemic.
Some of the speakers are part of Trump’s inner circle, including son Eric Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump and Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes.
A spokesman for the former president did not respond to a request for comment. Nor did the ReAwaken America Tour, which in a promotional video mocks descriptions of the event’s speakers as extremists.
Here are some of the speakers on the conference’s lineup.
▪ Alex Jones is the founder of InfoWars, a website that promotes conspiracy theories. Jones claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, in which 26 elementary school students and school professionals were killed, was a hoax. Jones was ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to families of victims in 2022.
▪ Roger Stone is a Trump ally and conservative political consultant. Stone supported the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
▪ Michael Flynn is a U.S. Army lieutenant general who briefly served as national security advisor during the Trump administration. Flynn, who lives in Sarasota, is a key figure in the far-right Christian nationalist movement.
▪ Mike Lindell is the CEO of My Pillow and a fervent supporter of Trump. Lindell was at the forefront of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and continues to promote false claims related to voting fraud .
▪ Sidney Powell is a former federal prosecutor on Trump’s legal team that tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
▪ Leila Centner is the CEO of Centner Academy, a private school in Miami. Centner made headlines when she said she wouldn’t employ people who had been vaccinated against COVID-19.
▪ Peter Navarro is a politician who served as assistant to the president during the Trump administration. Navarro condemned policies to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. His speech during the conference is entitled: “Why Dr. [Anthony] Fauci Needs to Be Fired and In Jail.”
▪ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy is known for spreading anti-vax misinformation , including the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism, ADHD, cancer and autoimmune conditions.
▪ Charlie Ward is a personality on Rumble who has praised Hitler for “warning us” about Judaism and claimed that “VIRUSES are Man (JEW) made,” according to screenshots from his Telegram channel published by MediaMatters For America.
▪ Scott McKay hosts a show on Rumble in which he has said that Hitler was “fighting the same people that we’re trying to take down today.”
Following critical coverage of the event’s controversial speakers this week by liberal MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, Eric Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to defend his family, pointing to how his sister Ivanka Trump and brother-in-law Jared Kushner are Jewish.
“We are the most pro-Israel family in American political history — from the Abraham Accords, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights to sanctioning Iran,” he said on Twitter . “No one has done more for Israel than our family.”
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