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In Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon, the two camps of the pro-Trump far-right showed just how much they hated each other.

They held their own separate diminutive events, just a mile apart, with leaders of each rally taking time to insult or diminish the attendees and organizers of the other.

People attend a rally about free speech outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2017.

In Lafayette Park, just a stones throw away from the White House, the Rally Against Political Violence took place under the beating afternoon sun. It was advertised as an opportunity for speakers to condemn the recent shooting of GOP Rep. Steve Scalise at a congressional baseball practice as well as the graphic depictions of President Trumps death in both a Shakespeare in the Park production of Julius Caesar and a generally loathed Kathy Griffin photoshoot.

The sparse crowd of a couple hundred spread out across the lawn, some carrying CNN is ISIS placards while one man lifted a banner for the fictional country Kekistan and discussed the proper pronunciation of covfefe, a tweet from the president with a noticeable typo that has taken on mythic status.

The speakers themselves, from Gateway Pundits White House Correspondent Lucian Wintrich to Mike Cernovich, something of a pro-Trump media celebrity reporter and a recent addition to the InfoWars lineup, mingled in the crowd before taking the podium for brief speeches. Michael Flynn Jr., the son of the former national security adviser, paraded the grounds Periscoping the event as the day went on.

Rhys Baker of Washington, DC reacts to U.S. Park Police instruction to remove himself from the vicinity of a demonstration organized by self-proclaimed White Nationalists and members of the "Alt-Right" during what right-wing factions called a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017.

Organized and emceed by Jack Posobiec, a previous employee of therebel.media who became a viral sensation when he interrupted a recent production of the aforementioned Julius Caesar, the event included a host of speeches from these primarily pro-Trump media figures, often decrying fake news.

Jack Posobiec attends a rally about free speech outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2017.

But one of the main potential draws to the event, longtime Trump ally and ratfucker himself Roger Stone, did not actually make it in person. Posobiec attributed his absence to security concerns and instead read supportive texts from him to the crowd toward the end of the event.

This conspicuous absence provided fuel for the most prominent speaker of the competing event at the Lincoln Memorial.

Mike Cernovich speaks during a rally about free speech outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2017.

Richard Spencer, the man who raised his media profile last year to become one of the figureheads of the alt-right, spoke at the Freedom of Speech Rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where he contended more people showed up than at Posobiecs event.

And he took the opportunity to trash the other rally in the process, saying that it was just a movement based on these fairly repulsive and creepy minor league celebrities.

Roger Stone bailed because the whole thing is so pathetic, Spencer said laughing during a phone interview with The Daily Beast. It was actually far more pathetic than I had imagined.

People attend a rally about free speech outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2017.

Despite the small crowd, and a few technical difficulties in which various songs unintentionally played out of the speaker at Lafayette Park during some of the attendees speeches, Posobiec didnt seem deterred after the event.

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It was a great event! I got a crowd of Trump supporters to sing Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon and thats a testament to our commitment to peace and our stand against violence and violent rhetoric, Posobiec said in a private message to The Daily Beast.

This supposed turf war, egged on by Spencer, between the more ideological nativist far-right wing and the pro-Trump media figures whose followings have grown exponentially since his election, has been fought essentially since the day Trump won last November.

White Nationalist and supremacist leader Richard Spencer (C) finishes addressing self proclaimed "White Nationalists" and "Alt-Right" supporters gathered for what they called a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017

It bubbled to the surface last December over the organization of an inaugural event called The Deplora-Ball, in which social media personality Baked Alaska (also in attendance at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday) was asked not to attend the event. From there, Spencer began to dub the likes of Posobiec and Cernovich, the alt-lite, nothing more than what he believed to be ideologically vacant people just out to promote themselves.

I think a lot of those people are really against intelligent people, Spencer said of the other rally to The Daily Beast. If youre a total goofball or someone who has no connection with the facts and reality, its like ok youre fucking based. Theyre all just bad human beings. So many of them are just physically ugly people.

Nathan Damigo speaks to self-proclaimed White Nationalists and members of the "Alt-Right" gathered for what they called a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017.

He claimed that the divergent events on Sunday were actually helpful for the alt-right because it helped determine who to essentially weed out from the movement.

Posobiec and Cernovich, who have managed to be featured prominently in national news outlets in the last few months through a series of hoaxy antics and, in Cernovichs case, real reporting, want nothing to do with Spencers ilk either, especially after a highly publicized event in Washington, D.C., in which some individuals were caught on video giving a Nazi salute.

Posobiec was equally dismissive of the people attending Spencers event and said that their concurrent timing didnt diminish his crowd size.

Nah not our crowd, he said when asked about people potentially choosing Spencers event over his. Asked specifically what he thinks of Spencer, Posobiec said, Dont really follow him.

A masked demonstrator in a Donald Trump "Make America Great Again" hat wipes his brow as self proclaimed "White Nationalists", white supremacists and members of the "Alt-Right" gather for what they called a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017

Posobiec said that at future rallies, hed like to invite Donald Trump Jr., Sheriff David Clarke, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and of course POTUS himself.

A small step toward that lofty dream arrived in the presence of failed Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart, who spoke at the Lafayette Park event on Sunday. He used the platform as a run-up to his potential entrance into a Senate race against Tim Kaine in 2018, who Stewart said on Sunday he would send to the curb.

No such politician spoke at Spencers event despite the fact that Stewart, who devoted a large portion of his campaign to preserving Confederate statues in Virginia, is no stranger to controversy.

Don Folden, the founder of an African-American history tour company (R) argues with a man named Justin from western New York state during a demonstration organized by self-proclaimed White Nationalists and members of the "Alt-Right" which they described as a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017.

As both of the events winded down, both organizers and attendees seemed to think that they were on the right side of the moment; Spencer and his crowd focused on the preservation and prioritization of white identity and Posobiec and his allies focused on providing an alternative to the lying, fake news media while promoting Trumps agenda.

White Nationalist leader Richard Spencer (C) chants back at counter-protestors as self-proclaimed "White Nationalists" and "Alt-Right" supporters gather for what they called a "Freedom of Speech" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, U.S. June 25, 2017.

This is the just the beginning for us, Spencer said. I think it would be possible to have a rally on the mall for tens of thousands of people.

I want to have rallies all across the country, we are organizing and growing by leaps and bounds, Posobiec told The Daily Beast.

And sometimes, theyll just end up happening at the same exact time.

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WASHINGTON In Washington, D.C., on Sunday, the so-called "alt-right" held two competing rallies led by different factions fighting over ownership of the movement and its message.

At one rally were the media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists famous for interrupting Shakespeare plays and spreading anti-Democrat conspiracy theories, like Laura Loomer and Mike Cernovich. At the other were the hard-line nationalists like Richard Spencer who are sick of the fame-seeking, and want the group to get back to defending white identity and holding Trump accountable to his most far right base.

At that second rally, held at the Lincoln Memorial, top white nationalist leaders proclaimed the difference between the alt-right and what they termed the "alt-light." The first, they said, wants political change.The latter is just glomming onto the movement for fame.

Calling anyone a member of the "alt-right" is a minefield. The movement contains many factional ideologies, along with individuals who only espouse such beliefs as a means of causing upset. But for Spencer, one of the most visible leaders of the white nationalist bent of the alt-right movement, defining the alt right is simple: It's a movement that is building a home for white identity.

White nationalists mixed with trolls, militiamen and confederates in Washington D.C., on Sunday.

"White people are encouraged to be citizens they're encouraged to disintegrate into nothingness, or disintegrate into individualism or atomization," Spencer said before the rally. "The alt-right is really about being a part of a family, being a part of something bigger than one's individual self."

At the Lincoln Memorial "Freedom of Speech Rally," which drew over 300 attendees, the most common theme was grievance over what many felt was an assault on white males.

"When you hear the word 'diversity,' what does the word 'diversity' mean?" white nationalist blogger Mike Enoch asked the audience.

"Anti-white!" they shouted in response.

Speakers led chants of "You will not replace us" the "you" being people of color, and the "us" being whites and rally attendees were overheard trying to rope Lincoln Memorial tourists into discussions about declining white birth rates.

James Allsup, a right-wing YouTuber and member of the College Republicans who is careful about directly associating with the alt-right, had another vision of purpose for the rally attendees.

For Allsup, the "alt-light" conspiracy theorists and provocateurs like Cernovich are uncritical Trump hangers-on. The business of the right, he insisted, should be holding their president to task for his campaign pledges, like building a border wall or eliminating protections for children who enter the country as undocumented immigrants.

"When we see President Trump in office, it's our job to hold him accountable," Allsup said during the rally. "Since we were the ones who supported those positions, no one else will hold him accountable."

White nationalist Richard Spencer was the main attraction at the Lincoln Memorial rally.

A few blocks away near the White House, the group Allsup called the "alt-light" had its rally. Even with a little star-power from its speakers like Loomer and Jack Posobiec, who made news for interrupting a controversial performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar the rally didn't pull away enough attention from the better-attended alt-right rally, and had about half the attendance. There, Spencer held court surrounded by an ad hoc security detail made up of members of the white nationalist group Identity Evropa.

Though Spencer has spent the past week on Twitter tearing into the far-right media provocateurs who he called "losers," "freaks" and "liars," he didn't give them too much attention at the rally, writing them off to a crowd of reporters before the rally.

"They're utter cucks," Spencer said.

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The Anti-Defamation League, the nation's most prominent advocate against anti-Semitism, said it was 'deeply troubled' by rallies staged near in Washington D.C., Sunday by so-called "alt-right" groups.

The ADL argued the events were helping to bring white supremacist beliefs into the mainstream.

"White supremacy and hate, and those who exist in that orbit, need to be rejected. When white supremacists and their apologists feel their messages are getting mainstream attention and have an audience, that should raise alarm bells for all Americans across the political spectrum who reject hatred and bigotry," said ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt.

Alt-right is a catch-all term for certain conservative activist groups, in particular the people associated with the groups who have used racially-charged or xenophobic rhetoric. The groups tend to be supporters of President Trump's anti-immigration policies.

The ADL, which has long monitored extremist groups on the left and far right, said such "public rallies are increasingly common." The statement was not in reaction to anything said at the rallies. It was issued in advance of the events.

Two separate groups announced rallies for Sunday. Roger Stone, a longtime advisor to President Trump who had a falling out with the the president during the campaign, spokes remotely to a "Rally Against Political Violence" near the White House to condemn the shooting of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others during a June 14 baseball practice in northern Virginia.

A second event, called the "Freedom of Speech" rally, was held near the Lincoln Memorial and featured Richard Spencer, a highly controversial figure who is widely credited with coining the term alt-right.

Many of the people involved in Stone's event were set to participate in the Lincoln Memorial one, but decided to hold a different event once they learned of Spencer's involvement.

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Eric Trump appeared on FOX News on Sunday to discuss his father's presidential platform with network host Maria Bartiromo, revealing an interesting new hair cut.

As President Trump's son talked 401(k) figures and partisan divide, Twitter users quickly called out the similarities between Eric Trump's new style and that of alt-right leader Richard Spencer.

For context, here is Richard Spencer's hair:

And here is Eric Trump's new look:

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.@EricTrump rocking a new hair cut. https://t.co/wEpuQ5z5iQ

@mcspocky Looks like Eric Trump has adopted the Alt-right official hair style.

hair dresser: what do you want eric trump: I want to be mistaken for Richard Spencer on the street hair dresser: https://t.co/J2Q5YmPxQY

If his dad is really worth billions of dollars then why does eric trump cut his own hair? https://t.co/KKEa8Dz8mo

@RealDonalDrumpf @EricTrump Just like a person who represents themselves has a fool for a lawyer, a person who cuts https://t.co/Vj0hK5OpKd

ok even if you ignore the um, high and tight, element here -- this is like a six dollar haircut from a barber with https://t.co/roIPuEt7s5

@KFILE @EricTrump looks like a hair mistake ....

@KFILE @ParkerMolloy @EricTrump Nice. The alt-right hair style.

@KFILE @EricTrump Looks like someone accepted an invitation to a sleepover at Richard Spencer's house, where they p https://t.co/eVLxs7Szfn

@Bencjacobs @KFILE @EricTrump Requires less "hair goop"? Mobster look (not Manhattan!)

@owillis Nice nazi hair cut @EricTrump.

Eric Trump has a fascist haircut. This cannot possibly be unintentional. https://t.co/9mqUbwENqQ

@KFILE @EricTrump Makes him look more like Richard Spencer, which is fitting.

@RealDonalDrumpf @Evildoer_Esq @EricTrump Why does he look like Richard Spencer?

Um @EricTrump what's going on with that Richard Spencer coiffure? https://t.co/uh1i5gIwZH

Eric Trump sporting the Richard Spencer fascist hairdo https://t.co/KUXLhuSfm1

@Trump @EricTrump @MariaBartiromo @FoxNews Nice haircut, Eric. What did you ask for, the Richard Spencer?

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Spencer is credited with coming up with the term alt-right, the name for the far-right racist fringe movement that often subscribes to anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic and anti-feminist ideologies. Spencer was punched in the face during a live interview at President Trump's inauguration last January, a moment that immediately went viral. Spencer was also notably kicked out of the Conservative Political Action Conference in February.

Eric Trump focused on praising President Trump's Oval Office performance during his Sunday FOX News interview, saying he "couldn't be more proud" of his father.

"He's doing everything that he says," Eric Trump stated. "He's been in office for 150-something days, and I think he's accomplished more than any president arguably in history has over that same period of time."

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A conference held Friday and today in Bozeman that, organizers say, promotes freedom of choice, has been criticized by human rights proponents as an alt-right recruiting attempt.

The Red Pill Expo, according to the conferences website, features speakers who will help you to break free from the avalanche of propaganda, fake news and outright deception, and to embrace reality for a better life.

The speakers include authors, public relations directors, journalists and activists. The conference schedule covers topics including health care, finance, climate science, globalization and politics, according to the website.

But Rachel Carroll Rivas, co-director of the Montana Human Rights Network, said the wide-ranging topics are purposefully designed to recruit people to white supremacist or alt-right causes.

Alt-right is a term embraced by some white supremacists and white nationalists to refer to their ideology, which emphasizes preserving and protecting the white race in the United States.

Carroll Rivas said in a statement Thursday that the organizers for the event hope to find people who will attend due to being interested in one topic and then be exposed to the wider right-wing agenda.

Folks should know what they are paying for when they walk in the door, Carroll Rivas wrote. Many well-meaning people may not have had their guard up about this event, but they should.

Debbie Bacigalupi, a volunteer for the conference who is listed on its website as manager for exhibitors and sponsors, said she didnt even know what the term alt-right meant.

Bacigalupi said the event welcomed people of all political backgrounds and that people should not be criticizing the event before they attend and see whats going on.

That person should come down here before they spew hatred, Bacigalupi said.

Bacigalupi said the Montana Human Rights Networks accusations against the expo were untrue. She said people attending Friday flew from different parts of the world and were there on their free will.

These people believe in individual choice, Bacigalupi said.

The conventions chairman, G. Edward Griffin, is the founder of Freedom Force International, which, according to its website, is a network of men and women who are concerned over loss of personal liberty and growth of government power. The name of the expo is taken from a line in the reality-bending sci-fi movie, The Matrix.

In spite of differences in culture, nationality, race, religion, life style, education and economic status, we are in solidarity with the Creed of Freedom, which is a statement of principles that guide us in our mission, the website said.

A link on the organizations website says, Red-Pill Expo: Because you know something is wrong. The event in Bozeman is being held at the Commons at Baxter and Love; organizers said tickets are sold out.

Carroll Rivas said the term red pill taps into a ready-made crowd of extremists. In her written statement, she said, The name of the event is frequently used by the alt-right to indicate that its followers are the only ones who know the truth about what is really going on in America today.

There is no reason Bozeman needs to put out the welcome mat for a gathering like the Rep Pill Expo that builds off of conspiratorial tendencies and props up extremists, she said.

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