“A nation based on freedom is just another place to go shopping.”

—  Richard Bertrand Spencer

11 April 2016 [James, Kirchick, https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2016/04/11/donald-trump-white-supremacist-supporters/, Why White-Nationalist Thugs Thrill to Trump, National Review, April 11, 2016]
2016

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