{"id":19969,"date":"2017-01-21T06:23:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=19969"},"modified":"2017-01-21T06:25:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:25:55","slug":"white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched-during-d-c-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched-during-d-c-protests.html","title":{"rendered":"White nationalist Richard Spencer punched during D.C. protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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White nationalist Richard Spencer punched during D.C. protests<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

White nationalist Richard Spencer punched during D.C. protests:-<\/strong> White nationalist Richard Spencer, whose appearances have sparked controversy and protests, was twice punched by a masked protester in Washington D.C., following Trump’s inauguration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video footage posted online shows Spencer, a leader of the alt-right movement, speaking near the corner of 14th and K Street around 2:30 p.m. when he is suddenly approached and punched twice. On Twitter, Spencer at first brushed off the assault, saying he can take a punch.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was just physically assaulted twice by antifas. No serious damage. I can take a punch,” he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spencer then went live in a 10-minute video in which he called the assault “a really terrible thing.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Spencer said he was walking with two people from the “Stateless Media” who are doing a documentary on him and the alt-right when they happened upon a “serious demonstration” in Franklin Square. He said he was recognized, people started gathering around him and suddenly a masked man punched him. “But he didn’t really land it, and it didn’t really hurt,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said he was then being interviewed when the man returned and sucker-punched him on the side of his head. Spencer said others moved in and protected him, but someone else got near and spat on him.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They occurred in the most cowardly fashion possible,” he said of the assaults. He noted that it was hard to hear from one ear and suggested he may have a mild concussion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spencer said he’s used to “anti-fascists” confronting him, but that the attacks have escalated. He said he’s now considering getting security.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter reinstates white nationalist Richard Spencer<\/span>
\nIn November, Spencer was in D.C. for a white nationalist gathering, when he was caught on video shouting \u201cHail Trump!\u201d to a crowd that responded with Nazi salutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The same month, Spencer was banned from Twitter, but the social media channel later reinstated his account.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/01\/20\/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-punched-during-dc-protests\/96859496\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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