James Allsup
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| Born | James Orien Allsup September 7, 1995 Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Pullman, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Washington State University |
| Occupation | Activist, YouTuber |
| Known for | YouTube, Unite the Right rally |
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James Orien Allsup (born September 7, 1995) is an American paleoconservative political commentator, podcaster and former YouTube personality. He officially describes himself an American nationalist.[1] Allsup was a member of the American Identity Movement until it disbanded in 2020.
In 2015, Allsup was elected president of Washington State University's chapter of the College Republicans. In August 2017, Allsup attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, mainly to record events for his YouTube channel. He resigned as president of the College Republicans at WSU in 2017, before being re-elected later in November of the same year.[2] He was unable to take the position per university rules as he was set to graduate.[2]
In June 2018, he was elected to the minor position of a precinct committee officer for the Whitman County, Washington Republican Party.[3][4] On January 7, 2019, the Whitman County Republican Central Committee voted unanimously to eject Allsup from the party. Although he will officially keep the title of precinct committee officer, all of his power in that position has been stripped, including his voting right.
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Early life and education
Allsup was born in Beaverton, Oregon on September 7, 1995.[5] He graduated from Bothell High School in 2014,[6][7] and then enrolled at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington,[8] graduating in 2017.[9] While attending WSU, he was president of WSU College Republicans and hosted events that brought Republican candidates such as Bill Bryant[10] and Chris Vance[11] to the university.
Activities
President of the WSU's College Republicans
Allsup was elected president of the WSU's College Republicans chapter in 2015, and remained president until resigning on August 14, 2017. According to one student who attended meetings of the organisation, Allsup changed the nature of the group dramatically.[12][13]
In January 2017 Allsup arranged for Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at WSU, though the event ended up being canceled due to weather.[13] The President of the WSU Young Democrats, Gavin Pielow, continued to host a "Civics 101" program that was planned as an "alternative event" to Yianopolous' planned visit.[14]
As President of the College Republicans, Allsup consistently participated in public forum debates with his counterpart Pielow. In the spring of 2017, ASWSU Senator Kevin Schilling moderated a debate between Allsup and Pielow in which the two discussed Russia's involvement in President Donald Trump's Administration, Supreme Court confirmations, U.S. foreign policy, the proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, the national budget, and health care.[15]
In 2016, Allsup served as the Washington coordinator for Students for Rand, the youth division of Rand Paul's presidential campaign.[16]
Students for Trump
Following the suspension of Paul's campaign, Allsup was hired by Ryan Fournier to serve as the Senior Advisor at Students for Trump,[16] a non-profit political organization based in Campbell, North Carolina supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, unaffiliated with the official campaign organization.[16]
Allsup helped to organize the May 9, 2016 construction of the "Trump Wall" at the University of Washington. The wall was 10 by 8 ft (3.0 by 2.4 m) and built out of plywood, painted to resemble a brick wall, with the phrases "Blue Lives Matter" and "Make America Great Again" painted on the front.[17] The event, which was co-hosted by UW Students for Trump and UW College Republicans, was met with "about 100" protesters.[18] Allsup stated that the intended message of the event was "that we need to have a strong immigration policy and enforce the law," and regarding the exposure the event generated, that "the reason people demonstrate is for exposure, media or otherwise."[19]
In January 2017, he attended an inauguration celebration outside the National Press Club in downtown Washington, D.C., where he stated he had been attacked by a protester with a flagpole.[20]
Unite the Right rally and aftermath
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Allsup attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017. At the rally, he documented events and delivered a speech defending the protesters there.[13] Allsup was open about his participation in the rally, including his plan to speak, which was disrupted by protesters.[21] On the Monday after the rally, he resigned from his position as head of the College Republicans group at WSU, a move he said he had been planned in advance but had subsequently expedited.[22][21] In an interview with KREM, he said that he attended the rally "in a media capacity" and was unexpectedly asked to speak by one of its organizers. He also said that he disagreed with the violence that occurred there and with the hateful symbols, such as swastikas, that were being displayed by some of the rally's attendees.[23] After attending the rally in Charlottesville, it was reported by unnamed sources that he uploaded a video documenting his experiences there, which was almost immediately taken down.[13]
Images of Allsup attending the rally posted on social media led to demands on social media platforms that WSU expel Allsup,[13] including a petition.[24] Allsup stated on Twitter that if college administrators did expel him, it would result in a "huge civil rights lawsuit win for me."[23] As of the week of August 14, he was not enrolled in classes for the fall semester at WSU.[25]
Allsup's account on Twitter was suspended on Christmas Day 2017.[26] At the time he had amassed about 24,000 followers.[27]
Election to local Republican Party position
In an uncontested election in June 2018, Allsup was elected to be the Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) for Precinct #129, a minor "hyperlocal" position of the Washington State Republican Party. PCOs elect the Republican leadership in their respective counties.[3][4][9] Allsup was unopposed for the position and the party rules state that an unopposed candidate automatically wins. His election was criticized by many Republican leaders in Whitman County.[28]
Writing
On 22 May 2019, Allsup announced his new position as editor at large at What's on Politics.[29][30] The site characterizes itself as dedicated to the goal of giving "the American people a voice," as opposed to "media pundits" or "American elites."[31]
Podcasting
Since 12 September 2019, Allsup has been a co-host, along with nationalist commentator Jazzhands McFeels, of the podcast Fash the Nation.[32][33][34]
Deplatforming
On 15 November 2017, Twitter announced that they were changing their rules surrounding the use of a blue check mark, which was used to verify the authenticity of accounts belonging to public figures. After some users complained about Twitter's verification of Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler, Twitter claimed that users now believed the mark to be an endorsement of certain views, and so removed it from the accounts of several prominent figures including Kessler, Allsup, Richard Spencer, and Wife With a Purpose.[35][36] On December 25, 2017 Allsup was suspended from Twitter due to unspecified violations.[37]
In August 2018, Allsup was banned from Patreon due to his alleged association with "hate groups."[38]
On 7 January 2019, the Whitman County Republican Party Central Committee voted unanimously to eject Allsup from the party ranks. As his election for PCO was publicly held and the party is a private organization, they are unable to officially strip him of his title. He will remain a PCO but all of his powers have been taken away, including his right to vote within the party. Several party officials, including County Commissioners Art Swannack and Michael Largent, commented that Allsup was hardly a Republican. They pointed to the fact that Allsup himself has denied being a Republican.[28]
On 27 August 2019 Allsup released a video on Bitchute announcing that his accounts on Facebook and Instagram had been suspended on 12 August and his YouTube account had been deleted on 26 August. According to a Facebook spokesperson, his Facebook and Instagram accounts were banned "for violating our policies against dangerous organizations and individuals."[39] He attributed the YouTube decision to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a Jewish pressure group which has been advising YouTube on censorship decisions. The ADL had listed Allsup's channel in a list of YouTube channels which disseminated "anti-Semitic and white supremacist content."[40][41]
Views
Allsup has described himself as an American nationalist,[1] a paleoconservative and a right-wing libertarian.[42] He is a former Liberty Conservative writer.[43]
Identity issues
He has expressed sympathy for the white population of the United States and defended traditional masculinity and gender roles[44], criticizing the influence of anti-white[45] and anti-male thinking.[46] In reference to issues such as homosexuality, transgenderism and masculinity, he notes that "so much of the left's politics today revolve around inverting your relationship between normal and abnormal. They want to stigmatize healthy and normal behaviors, while encouraging and endorsing unnatural and abnormal behaviors and relationships."[44]
In May 2019, Allsup addressed a conference of the white identitarian group American Renaissance. In the speech, he criticized President Trump's failure to deliver results on immigration policy, as well as the current elites who he believes support irresponsible immigration policies out of a desire for low wages and more consumers. He also called for the construction of support networks among whites, suggesting that they have the opportunity to create an "American Renaissance."[47][48]
In May 2017, he expressed support for the views of psychologist Richard Lynn, a professor at the University of Ulster known for his controversial research on racial differences in intelligence.[49]
He has also criticized the influence of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC and advocated that "we should eliminate all foreign lobbying from our government."[50]
References
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External links
- Official channel on YouTube
- Channel on Bitchute: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
