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American Conservative Union head says 'the alt-right is not a voice in the conservative movement'; Spencer slams fellow persona non grata Yiannopoulous.

Richard Spencer, the white nationalist and founder of the alt-right movement, was ejected from the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee on Thursday.

They threw me out, its pathetic, Spencer said, as he was escorted out of the D.C. venue. I guess that they just discovered who I was, because the truth is that people want to talk to me, not to other conservatives.

Matt Schlapp, head of host organization American Conservative Union, defended the decision to remove Spencer in a statement to Politico. You are welcome to come down here, we will have civil conversation about things we disagree with but there are boundaries, one of those boundaries is having respect for people, peoples heritage, peoples race, and the alt-right is not a voice in the conservative movement.

The conference has been plagued by controversy since the weekend, when the events organizers were forced to disinvite alt-right fellow traveler Milo Yiannopoulos, after old recordings in which he seemed to condone pedophilia surfaced.

Spencer slammed his fellow persona non grata on Thursday, saying of Yiannopoulos, I was willing to tolerate him or maybe be ambivalent about him but after his video clips, theres no way that I could support Milo in any way I totally reject Milo and am glad that he was disinvited.

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'Alt-right' Founder Richard Spencer Kicked Out From CPAC - Haaretz