CRNC tells white nationalists to step down: No place in the Republican Party for racism

The call to purge racism from the CRNC ranks began with a series of tweets from Thornton concluding that anyone holding white nationalist views should step down from leadership positions immediately.

Not long after, the CRNC put out a statement echoing Chairman Thornton’s sentiments. 

“The National Executive Board for the College Republican National Committee calls on leaders in our organization who may support or condone these events to resign immediately,” the release read in part.

The tweets from Thornton and the CRNC came just hours after the Twitter account @YesYoureRacist highlighted College Republican leader James Allsup’s involvement in the Charlottesville gathering of white nationalists. Allsup, in addition to serving as president of the Washington State University College Republicans, is a YouTube partner who often tackles issues of race and nationality in politics.

There is no question that Allsup is a member of the alt-right; he runs in the same circles as Baked Alaska and Richard Spencer – noted white nationalists and ‘Unite the Right’ organizers. Allsup also was slated to speak at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally but was unable to when violence broke out.

While in Virginia for the rally, Allsup shared an Uber ride with “Millennial Matt” and Baked Alaska, where they were eventually kicked out of the car for calling the National African American History Museum ugly, according to their account of the event. Millennial Matt is famous for saying “Hitler did nothing wrong” while pointing his index finger in the air — a symbol featured in Allsup’s Twitter handle.

The alt-right crew didn’t just tweet about the incident. They chose to film their Uber driver while harassing her for abruptly ending their ride.

Watch video footage of the three race warriors getting triggered by a vendor who chose to refuse them service:

“What the f*ck just happened? I’m so confused,” says Baked Alaska in the video.

This isn’t the first time the now former College Republican leader has sparked controversy online. Allsup previously asked if the Civil Rights Act was a mistake, identified his Deploraball attacker as “likely Jewish” because of the shape of his nose, and changed his profile picture to include a gallon of milk when reports emerged that it might be a white supremacist dog-whistle.

When initial reports of Allsup’s involvement at the rally hit, Allsup’s Facebook account strangely disappeared. Now, Allsup is claiming on Twitter that he’s not actually a racist and that he actually disavows racism. Although, disavowing doesn’t mean much when it is constantly used in a sarcastic tone. He tweeted on Monday that he had already planned to step down from his leadership role, but that he is now expediting the process.

Watch archived video footage (uploaded to the web, but later deleted) of Allsup and crew walking through Charlottesville and screaming racist profanities.

In the past month, Allsup has stepped up his anti-black and anti-Jewish sentiments via his YouTube channel. A few of his latests videos are titled, “Debating ‘Diversity’…,” “America is not a ‘Melting Pot’,” and “20 More Answers for Black People.”

The CRNC statement made a point that it represents more than 250,000 College Republicans which find the Charlottesville rally to be “vile, racist, and cowardly.” Allsup (and his views) is certainly an outlier to the organization as a whole.