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The Orlando Sentinel reports:
The Orlando World Center Marriott on Friday night was the scene of white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ America First Political Action Conference, or AFPAC, according to HuffPost. Fuentes was involved in the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 and has been subpoenaed over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
Speakers at his event this year praised “Western white culture” and called for White House advisor Anthony Fauci to be hanged. Attendees also chanted, “Putin! Putin!” and cheered the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Calls to the Marriott to ask about the event were cut off or immediately sent to voicemail. A request for comment from a corporate Marriott spokesperson was not immediately returned.
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Orlando Marriott hosts a white nationalist conference with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, report says https://t.co/Jw2GzRd1vR pic.twitter.com/n6ZjEk3hkQ
— Orlando Sentinel (@orlandosentinel) February 26, 2022
A Orlando World Center Marriott representative confirmed to me that their hotel is hosting the white nationalist CPAC-alternative, AFPAC, tonight. However, the hotel representative declined to comment on if welcoming white nationalists goes against Marriott’s policy.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) February 26, 2022
At the Orlando Marriott, right-wing radio host Stew Peters asks the CPAC alternative white nationalist AFPAC gathering why Dr. Fauci isn’t “hanging by the end of a noose somewhere?” The crowd responds by chanting, “Hang him up! Hang him up!”
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) February 26, 2022
Great to know that @Marriott isn’t just allowing real Nazis and white supremacists to hold a convention at their hotels, but are actively protecting them. https://t.co/lQ4AVBUbUc
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) February 26, 2022
As CPAC winds down, the America First PAC organized by the white nationalist Groyper group kicks off. Orange County Sheriffs are here guarding the walkway that leads to the event at the Orlando World Center Marriott. One journalist tells me they were threatened with trespassing. pic.twitter.com/e67R6dwNFL
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) February 26, 2022