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We have determined that Matthew Q. Gebert, a U.S. State Department official since 2013, oversaw a Washington D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists in his home & published white nationalist propaganda online. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019…
Gebert operated under the alias “Coach Finstock,” based on a character from the 1985 movie Teen Wolf. His wife, Anna Vukovic, is also active in online white nationalist forums. She uses the pseudonym “Wolfie James,” possibly a reference to the same movie.
To report this story, @MichaelEHayden studied “Coach Finstock’s” online presence & spoke with Gebert’s neighbors, wife & sources who have attended gatherings of white nationalists at Gebert’s home.
We also tried to reach out to a lawyer representing Michael Peinovich of “The Right Stuff” and Gebert himself. splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
“Coach Finstock” contributed to The Fatherland, a white nationalist podcast in Peinovich’s “The Right Stuff” network.
In May 2018, Gebert as “Coach Finstock” said on the podcast, “[Whites] need a country of our own with nukes and we will retake this thing lickety split.”
In May 2018, Gebert as “Coach Finstock” said on the podcast, “[Whites] need a country of our own with nukes and we will retake this thing lickety split.”
On an earlier episode of the same podcast, Gebert as “Coach Finstock” talked about his experience at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in #Charlottesville. He also said, “[T]he only question is whether this is valuable accelerationism or whether we just provoked the red guard.”
“Accelerationism” is a phrase used by white nationalists & neo-Nazis to imply that Western civilization must collapse before they can achieve their goal of building an all-white country for non-Jews. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019…
Gebert also contributed to WI Congressional candidate Paul Nehlen's campaign. Nehlen is a white nationalist & proponent of "accelerationism." He is one of the most high-profile advocates of terrorism in America today. splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
