Protesters drowned out white nationalist Richard Spencer’s remarks on Thursday at the University of Florida, chanting, “Fuck you, Spencer!” and “Nazis are not welcome here!”
“Fuck you, Spencer!” members of the crowd chanted as he took the stage, and later drowned out his remarks by shouting, “Go home, Spencer!”
“Well, I’m not going home!” Spencer replied from the stage, and accused protesters of “ganging up like some mob.”
Audience members chanted, “It’s your fault!” as Spencer talked about Heather Heyer, a woman who died when a driver rammed his car into counter-protesters at a violent white nationalist protest in August in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Complaint doesn’t work that way,” Spencer replied. “If you can self-righteously say, ‘It’s your fault,’ and what? What, are they going to throw me into moral prison?”
“Say it loud, say it clear; Nazis are not welcome here,” members of the audience chanted over Spencer’s remarks.
“I guess my question for you is, how did it feel to get punched in the face?” an attendee asked Spencer, referring to an incident in January, to cheering and applause.
“It hurt. It hurt when someone punches you in the face,” Spencer replied, according to the attendee, but when pressed, added, “I was fine actually.”
Chants of FUCK YOU SPENCER as he takes the stage #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/lcyolc2vhd
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
Majority of Gainesville audience stands, fists raised and begins chanting "Go home Spencer!" pic.twitter.com/hG7bzC3znY
— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) October 19, 2017
They're still going. Now it's SAY IT LOUD SAY IT CLEAR NAZIS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/pNKd4QyaJV
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
Chants of “Go home Spencer” breaking out in the Philips Center drowning out everything he has to say: pic.twitter.com/Xk4CqmITtE
— Victor Oquendo (@VictorOquendo) October 19, 2017
Spencer just bitching & whining at protesters now. $500,000 in university money to do this. #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/z4hYqkMZGT
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
Chants of IT'S YOUR FAULT goes up as Richard Spencer talks about Heather Heyer, killed in Charlottesville #SpencerAtUF pic.twitter.com/T22t2MZyOA
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
Crowd goes wild when young woman asks Richard Spencer how it felt to get punched in a face pic.twitter.com/Jn9O83FCVd
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) October 19, 2017
“…how did it feel to get punched in the face”
I shouldn’t laugh but HAAAAAAA!!
“But…But Free Speech!..
(sniff)Waaaaahhhhh…”.
Tough toenail, Spencer
Good answer. Let him come. Shout him down.
Hopefully lots of schools/venues will think long and hard about spending $500,000 to host more of these RWNJ morons. (looking at you, Milo)
Yeah! It’s not Berkeley!
(I live in Berkeley)