Thread by @NicDawes

How did a proponent of the white genocide myth, and spokesperson for the South African hard right get into the US despite Covid travel restrictions? Was he granted a National Interest Exemption? If so, why?

https://twitter.com/chrisroper/status/1411598269453635585

Ernst Roets has already been on Tucker's show once, feeding the white rage machine with tales from South Africa. Not hard to guess what he is here for now huffingtonpost.co.uk/2018/05/16/afr…

Grounds for SA travelers seeking a National Interest Exception to enter the US: journalists, students, academics, work on infrastructure, public health and national security. Roets fits none of these categories travel.state.gov/content/travel…

The Schengen area is also on the US red list ...

Flying through Dar won't help you, unless you quarantine for 14 days, which he clearly didn't, based on these date stamps

I mean, maybe he's here to promote dodgy Covid treatments?

Lots of people on here pointing out that Roets and Afriforum vigorously deny any association with the White Genocide theory. I'd argue that their rhetoric is the "respectable" or perhaps entryist end of a spectrum that leads to the Suidlanders and white identity movements.

But if you prefer, I can rephrase the question: how did the spokesperson for a South African right wing group, who promotes the claim that white farmers are facing racially motivated attacks, get into the US right now?

"'A systematic process of ethnic cleansing is a looming threat in South Africa,' says Ernst Roets" edition.cnn.com/interactive/20…

So we don't really need to get distracted by Roets' self-characterization. What he is about is clear, and the question of his travel despite covid restrictions remains unanswered.

And no, people's ability to travel shouldn't be restricted based on their political views, but if people are given travel privileges based on their political views, or if a public figure evades restrictions, we should ask why.

Personally, I'm disgusted and ashamed that South Africans are feeding the program of America's white right. But I think I'll head out celebrate July 4 now.

So the story from Solidarity is that Roets quarantined in Tanzania after a few days hanging out with Victor Orban's henchmen in Hungary. So perhaps the travel rules question is answered, but so are many others. /ends