Socialist white supremacist Richard Spencer endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over the weekend.
“I plan to vote for Biden and a straight democratic ticket,” Spencer tweeted on Sunday. “It’s not based on ‘accelerationism’ or anything like that; the liberals are clearly more competent people.”
“The MAGA/Alt-Right moment is over. I made mistakes; Trump is an obvious disaster; but mainly the paradigm contained flaws that we now are able to perceive. And it needs to end,” he added. “So be patient. We’ll have another day in the sun. We need to recover and return in a new form.”
— Richard ? Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 24, 2020
When Joe Biden says we are in a battle for the soul of our nation against vile forces of hate who have come crawling out from under rocks, you are the epitome of what he means. What you stand for is absolutely repugnant. Your support is 10,000% percent unwelcome here. https://t.co/86reJEoTCd
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) August 24, 2020
Biden’s campaign was quick to denounce the endorsement, saying Spencer’s beliefs are “repugnant.”
“When Joe Biden says we are in a battle for the soul of our nation against vile forces of hate who have come crawling out from under rocks, you are the epitome of what he means,” tweeted Andrew Bates, the director of rapid response for the Biden campaign. “What you stand for is absolutely repugnant. Your support is 10,000% percent unwelcome here.”
Spencer is known for organizing the Unite the Right rally in 2017, which sparked the Charlottesville protest that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer after she was struck by a car.
The noted white supremacist has made repeated comments showing support for socialist agendas.
“Look, Marx was kinda right. Bourgeoisie capitalism (and not the Soviet Union) created an undiferentiated, alienated proletarian mass,” he tweeted in 2017.
Spencer previously endorsed President Trump ahead of the 2016 election, saying, “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” during a 2016 salute to attendees at an annual conference of the National Policy Institute.
