Trump staffer fired from Republican party for being a white supremacist

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Tue 5 Nov 2024 06.22 EST


A Donald Trump staffer who worked as a regional field director for the western Pennsylvania Republican party was fired on Friday after it was revealed that he was a white supremacist. Politico reported it had identified Luke Meyer, 24, a Pennsylvania-based field staffer who worked for five months for the former president, as the online white nationalist who used the pseudonym Alberto Barbarossa.

Meyer reportedly co-hosts the Alexandria podcast with Richard Spencer, the organiser of the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and regularly shared racist views. “Why can’t we make New York, for example, white again? Why can’t we clear out and reclaim Miami?” Barbarossa asked during a podcast recording in June.

“I’m not saying we need to be 100% homogeneous. I’m not saying we need to be North Korea or Japan or anything like that. A return to 80%, 90% white would probably be, probably the best we could hope for, to some degree.” After being presented with evidence by Politico linking him to the Barbarossa alias, Meyer admitted the connection and confessed that he had been concealing his online identity from fellow members of Trump Force 47, the arm of the Trump campaign overseeing volunteer mobilisation efforts.

“I am glad you pieced these little clues together like an antifa Nancy Drew,” Meyer wrote in an email to Politico. “It made me realise how draining it has been having to conceal my true thoughts for as long as I have.” Meyer was hired in June by the Pennsylvania Republican party, which fired him on Friday, in a move confirmed in a text message by the GOP to the Washington Post.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/trump-staffer-fired-from-republican-party-for-being-a-white-supremacist

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His "work" is now successfully done to identify and target the racist slime of western PA to get out to vote, and his "services" are no longer needed (coupled with the necessary feigned outrage).

[groundloop]

1. Yet it's perfectly OK to have a white supremacist at the top of the ballot

[mpcamb]

11. Theater. It's all for show and in hopes of a headline.

[Boomerproud]

2. A tad late isn't it?

Just asking an obvious question.

[Scrivener7]

3. Also: just the one? Bullshit.

[Vogon_Glory]

6. The Rethuglies will welcome him back after Election Day

and put him back to work.

[onetexan]

8. Exactly. Just over a week ago the Con stood with 20k nazis at MSG

And he had no problem. Now they're trying to change that image? I dont think so.

[Island Blue]

4. I mean, aren't they all?

Including Donnie himself?

[catrose]

13. I thought it was a job requirement

[Farmer-Rick]

20. Yeah, all Trump humpers are Nazis

Even the people of color who support him; even Clarance Thomas on the Supremes.

If they were to kick out all white supremecists, there would be only about 50 MAGAs left.

[PJMcK]

5. What a coward!

Meyer admits he created a fake online persona so he could express his true feelings but he couldn’t openly admit his views.

A pathetic coward hiding behind the anonymity of the internet.

[angrychair]

7. What?!?

Trump staffer fired from Republican party for being a white supremacist

The Republican Party fired everyone on Trump's staff for being white supremacists? Including themselves?

[niyad]

9. There would be nobody remaining if they kicked out all the white supremicists.

[Oliver Bolliver Butt]

10. Did they say why he was fired? n/t

[3Hotdogs]

12. I bet he's hoping to replace Stephen Miller as Nazi-in-Chief at the next administration.

[tanyev]

14. For being publicly identified as a white supremacist.

[Grins]

15. There is NO WAY the GOP didn't know who he was years ago - and ignored it.

"...regional field director for the western Pennsylvania Republican party?" "Regional. Director?"

C'mon.

He was hired - for western Pennsylvania - because they knew exactly who he was.

[reACTIONary]

16. Original Politico article....

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/04/white-nationalist-trump-campaign-00187282

[ananda]

17. LOL. That's rich...

They're all white supremacists.

So, OK, let's fire as many Republicans as we can...
at the ballot box!

[relayerbob]

18. I thought they meant their candidate

[PSPS]

19. "Trump staffer 'fired' from Republican party for letting himself be discovered as a white supremacist" - fixed it.

He'll always have a job on Miller's staff.

[TygrBright]

21. LOL... "Too little, too late" doesn't even BEGIN to cover it. n/t

[live love laugh]

22. Aren't they all?

I wonder what was his “tell”?

[Harker]

23. Sounds like a clear case of wrongful termination. n/t

[cstanleytech]

24. I thought that was a requirement to be a Republican.

[turbinetree]

25. The entire "maga party" should / will be fired...........oh yeah it will be 11/5/2024 ....................

[Beartracks]

26. OMG, they found him, the one racist Trumper!!!!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

27. I thought it was a qualification for employment?

[FakeNoose]

28. Good job Politico

“I am glad you pieced these little clues together like an antifa Nancy Drew,” Meyer wrote in an email to Politico. “It made me realise how draining it has been having to conceal my true thoughts for as long as I have.”

What an asshole! I bet he tries to push a big lawsuit on Politico, and it gets thrown out of court in 10 seconds.

By the way ... unrelated to the news story ... this guy's name is "Meyer" and some people might assume it's a Jewish name. It's not Jewish, it's German. So he might be from a Pennsylvania Dutch family or some other German-American ancestry. Thanks for making us all look bad, you asshole!

[Martin68]

29. Sounds like MAGAts are beginning to worry about the election. This is quite a turn-around by a party that had been

courting and praising white supremacists. Too little, too late.

[BlueKota]

30. They probably gave him a medal in secret

[JoseBalow]

32. Yes, he'll show up in another position

after a cooling-off period.

[JoseBalow]

31. His sin was getting found out and exposed

The Nazi party doesn't care if he's a Nazi, they just don't like bad press.

[alarimer]

33. I wish I could say I was shocked.

But I'm just surprised it was only one.

[Kennah]

34. He's negotiating a contract. Has OAN, Newsmax, and RT lined up with offers.