Nazis at Turning Point USA

You may have seen stories on this. There were Neo-Nazis outside Turning Point USA in Tampa. These are becoming more common, by the way. This link is through the Orlando Sentinel:

A Holocaust center in Florida and others condemned the presence of protesters holding Nazi flags and posters with antisemitic imagery outside a convention of young conservative activists that drew as speakers President Donald Trump, Florida Gov, Ron DeSantis and several Republican U.S. senators.

Florida Holocaust Museum chairman Mike Igel said that the demonstration represented “a direct threat” to the Jewish community in the area. The museum is based in St. Petersburg, across the bay from the Tampa Convention Center, where the protesters showed up Saturday outside where the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit convention was being held.

People showed up outside the Turning Points USA event, a student conservative movement with Nazi flags. This is not isolated, and we need to look at this not just through the present lens but also through a historical one.

These people are part of the modern base of the Republican Party, never mind the organizers put out a statement a day later. It’s also a breakdown in social mores when far-right elements like these are not welcomed. In some ways, the modern-day America First movement is back to its 1930s…