Judd Blevins, elected last year, had attended the 'Unite the Right' rally and posted to white nationalist forums online.
A recall election in Enid, Oklahoma, a small community about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City, was successful in removing a noted white supremacist from the city commission.
, saying he had done so to bring “attention to the same issues that got Donald Trump elected in 2016.” He also said his rally attendance was based in part on his beliefs that there is “anti-white hatred” within “media entertainment.”In addition to his participation in the “Unite the Right” events, Blevins also posted racist and antisemitic screeds in white nationalist forums online, and was an active organizer with Identity Evropa, a far right group that advocates for white nationalism.
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