Greg Conte, a white supremacist who attended Unite the Right rally & worked w/ Richard Spencer, tried infiltrating an anti-war rally in Schenley Plaza on Sat., but got forced out by Pittsburgh protesters. They shouted "Nazis out!" repeatedly until he left pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/hig…
Conte and a group of 3-4 other white supremacists shouted "no war with Iran" while holding antisemitic signs across street from main rally. When Conte tried to sneak into the main rally, a group of Pittsburghers wasn't having it.
Here's video by @MikeElk that went viral. Because it was seen by so many, people recognized who Conte was, and then a local reporter who spoke to him confirmed it was Conte. Without video going viral, Conte probably doesn't get identified, so bravo Mike!
@MikeElk Who is Conte? He was the former director of operations for National Policy Institute, a white supremacist "think tank" run by Richard Spencer. But after his white supremacy was discovered, he lost his substitute teaching job in Maryland. Womp womp pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/hig…
@MikeElk What's he doing in PGH? Likely meeting w/ fellow white supremacist Warren Balogh, a Mt. Wash resident who once wrote a letter to editor complaining community groups were reporting hate speech to FBI. Conte & Balogh are suing Virginia, after Unite the Right pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/hig…
@MikeElk End thread w/ an interaction from rally that makes me swoon
“You had better listen to the truth. We could have a discussion. Are you that afraid of what I have to say?” asked Conte as the crowd continued to drown him out with chants of 'Nazis out.'" pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/hig…
“You had better listen to the truth. We could have a discussion. Are you that afraid of what I have to say?” asked Conte as the crowd continued to drown him out with chants of 'Nazis out.'" pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/hig…
