- Marjorie Taylor Greene made a surprise appearance at AFPAC, a far-right conference.
- Nick Fuentes, a leading alt-right figure, organized the event.
- Fuentes has repeatedly espoused racist and anti-Semitic views.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made a surprise appearance Friday night at a far-right conference organized by Nick Fuentes, a leading alt-right figure who has questioned the existence of the Holocaust, criticized interracial marriage, and praised Jim Crow-era segregation.
"Well, hello canceled Americans," Greene said to a chorus of applause, according to footage of the event, known as the American First Political Action Conference. "You know I am thrilled to be here tonight and I'll tell you why, I think I need to talk to you about who I am, what I see as the future of our country, and the future for all of you."
The Anti-Defamation League has labeled Fuentes a "well-known white supremacist pundit and organizer."
"AFPAC demonstrates the increasing acceptance of extreme views by those who once identified with the conservative movement," the ADL wrote in a post previewing the event, which is billed as an alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference
Fuentes has repeatedly espoused views that have been explicitly called out as antisemitic or racist. For example, Fuentes called The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh a "race traitor" and used a slur against Jewish people after Walsh condemned the El Paso gunman who killed 23 people, according to Vox. The gunman said he specifically targeted Latinos in his attack, authorities said.
In one instance, Fuentes wrote in a tweet: "The next big frontier for populist and conservative inc to coopt [sic] is discussing Jewish Power. Somehow I don't think they'll broach that one!"
Portraying Jewish people as some secret power operating behind the scenes is a long-held anti-Semitic trope. Fuentes has also pushed the "Great Replacement Theory," a racist conspiracy theory that people of color are trying to replace white populations.
Like others in the alt-right, Fuentes sometimes pleads ignorance by arguing his bigoted views are made in jest, the ADL previously said.
On other occasions, he argued that segregation wasn't bad and Jim Crow was "better" for Black people.
They had to drink out of a different water fountain," Fuentes said, according to Mother Jones. "Oh no, they had to go to different schools. Their water fountain in that famous picture was worse. Who cares? Grow up, drink out of the fucking water fountain. It's water, it's the same. Even it was bad, who cares. We all agree, it's better for them, it's better for us. It's better in general."
Greene, who questioned whether 9/11 was real and pushed the QAnon conspiracy theory before her election, once compared mask mandates to the Holocaust. She apologized and later visited the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
A representative for Greene did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.