Kamala Harris receives surprising support from Alt-Right’s Richard Spencer

Richard Spencer, who is credited with coining the term “alt-right,” publicly endorsed the vice president Kamala Harris And Democrats Voting took place in Montana on Friday evening.

Spencer, one of the fourteen organizers was ordered to pay millions in a civil lawsuit after organizing the deadly 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, told his 93,500 followers on Tweet“I want you all to know that I am voting for Kamala Harris, and I hope you will too.”

Given the somewhat surprising endorsement, both for his politics and past comments about women, Spencer clarified in a phone interview with Newsweek on Saturday morning: “I just want someone competent to be in charge so that something can happen, instead of demonizing the other side.”

Spencer, who was described by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis,” added that “there is a complete lack of policy among The GOP is the ‘no’ party, it’s an almost nihilistic party’, in contrast to how he views the Democrats as ‘more competent’, ‘capable of being reasonable’ and ‘wanting to rule the entire country’.

Spencer clarified that he is not affiliated with any political party.

In the interview with Newsweek on saturday he specifically mentioned the bipartisan border bill That Republicans shot earlier this year as an example. “If you don’t want things to get better, then you’re kind of a bad person,” he said.

Spencer announced his support for Harris in a nearly twelve-minute video posted to X, saying, “This is not a troll or a joke; this is a genuine voice.”

In the video, he discussed what voting for a candidate means to him, saying you should consider “who best provides stability, security and continuity and is most likely the best manager of the American empire.”

He continued: “When I put it this way, the choice is very clear. I think Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement brings nothing but stupidity and chaos.”

Newsweek contacted Harris and Trump’s campaign via email on Saturday for comment.

Spencer previously praised Trump’s victory over the former US secretary of state in 2016 Hillary Clinton with the battle cry: “Hail Trump, Hail our people, Hail victory!”

At the request of Newsweek On why he supported Trump in 2016, Spencer said: “Trump was sounding really politically incorrect, nationalistic notes. And there was this idea that everything was going to change,” adding that there was “a kind of beauty in chaos.”

Now he says: “If we fully implement what they (Trump and his allies) are talking about, it will be a catastrophe for everyone.”

He noted that a Trump administration would be “very eager to dismantle” what he describes as the “American empire,” which includes military bases abroad, the dollar system and major commitments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.NATO), and more. “I just don’t support that,” he said of the dismantling.

Spencer only supported Trump’s first run, and in 2020 he endorsed the then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Biden’s campaign manager, Andrew Bates, rejected Spencer’s endorsement on Twitter.

Looking back on Biden’s presidency, Spencer shared Newsweek, “I don’t think Biden was great, but I think he was a pretty good president,” citing the CHIPS Act and the ideas of “Build Back Better.”

Spencer is the former co-editor of the now defunct Altright.com and the former president of the National Policy Institute. He has repeatedly promoted white supremacist, racist and misogynistic ideologies.

His support for a female candidate for president contrasts with his 2016 comments about Clinton on Twitter, in which he said at the time: “Women should never decide foreign policy. It’s not that they are ‘weak’. On the contrary, their desire for revenge knows no bounds.”

Moreover, he told earlier Newsweek in a 2017 interview: “I’m not very enthusiastic about voting in general. I think mass democracy is a bit of a joke, to be honest.” He added, “I don’t necessarily think that’s a great thing,” regarding women voting in U.S. elections.

When asked about his apparent changing stance and his vote for what could be the first female president of the United States, Spencer shared Newsweek, “Women are on average as smart as men, if not smarter than men. I have full confidence in Harris and her administration as competent administrators. That has never really been a problem.”

In his X post on Friday announcing his support for Harris, Spencer wrote, “I’m going to protect women… whether they like it or not!” The post echoes Trump’s comments at a rally in Wisconsin last Wednesday Trump said his aides advised him to do so don’t use the term “protector” because it is “inappropriate.”

Spencer, a resident of Whitefish, Montana, said in the video that he is “sincerely going to vote Democrats.” The state, that one Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte and a Republican-controlled Legislature have an R+11 partisan voting index, according to the Cook Political Report. Democratic Senator Jon Tester is running in a contested race for the US Senate seat, with most polls favoring Republican challenger Tim Sheehy.

He told it Newsweek“Tester and Monica Tranel are just true centrists,” adding, “They’re not crazy woke liberals or anything, they’re just completely reasonable people.” Tranel is running to represent Montana’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Spencer said his biggest problem is Ukraine and continued American support in its war against Russia.

Earlier this year, he responded to an attack on Harris by right-wing political commentator Tim Pool, who called Harris a “communazi despot” who came to place conservatives in bargaining camps.

Replying to Pool’s X post, Spencer wrote: “A bit much?”