The Detroit News reports:
A man disrupted an already tense Michigan Senate committee hearing Thursday on whether guns should be permanently banned from the state Capitol building by using a racial slur to refer to people in Detroit while testifying. The individual identified himself as Avi Rachlin and said he was representing “Groypers for America,” referring to a far-right extremist movement, according to the testimony card he submitted.
“This is legislation that targets White people,” Rachlin said. “It is racial because the people who carry in the Capitol are primarily White people and this is retaliation for the only demographic that overwhelmingly voted to support Donald Trump.” Rachlin said lawmakers should focus on people who shoot others in places like Detroit. Rachlin then said the individuals are “overwhelmingly 13 to 34 year old Sub-Saharan African n——.”
Read the full article. Groypers, should you be blissfully unaware, are followers of neo-Nazi and avowed Hitler fan Nick Fuentes, who was Trump’s luncheon guest at Mar-A-Lago in 2022. Groypers are part of Trump’s much-heralded “disaffected” young white male base.
Avi Rachlin, a white supremacist, used the N-word during a racist rant during a Michigan Senate committee hearing on a proposed gun ban at the state Capitolhttps://t.co/YF3eQmemib pic.twitter.com/5ILmsjoZep
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 15, 2024
“We’re here to advocate for the 2nd Amendment for everybody, we don’t want to see anybody go to jail over victimless crimes” Avi Rachlin, 21, discusses getting an AR-15 & Glock 17 in MI, the 2019 prosecution of MSU shooter Anthony McRae, and voicing opposition to new gun laws pic.twitter.com/rZL9jHMkZb
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 15, 2023
“We’re concealed carrying everywhere that we go, and you’re safer for it. When you’re at the grocery store, where we’re behind you, if there was ever an incident that took place, we would put our lives on the line to defend you” Avi discussing concealed carry in public spaces pic.twitter.com/pStwr1LBaW
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) March 15, 2023