Gracey Van Der Mark is the latest in a long line of bombastic conservative O.C. politicians. But there’s never been one like her, a Horatio Alger fable come to life.
Critics of Huntington Beach Mayor Gracey Van Der Mark have called her many things during her short but chaotic political career. She has been accused of antisemitism because she once created a YouTube playlist titled “Holocaust hoax?” that featured videos questioning the Shoah. A racist, for using the term 'colored people' to refer to Black attendees at a racial justice workshop in Santa Monica where she and Proud Boys showed up.
“They were at rallies and protests, and I didn't ask them, ‘What are you guys? Who do you believe in? Who do you like?’” Van Der Mark replied. “I was observing, I was learning, I was ...' “Taking photos with them,” I interjected. “Well, they were just people,” she shot back. “I didn't even know what Proud Boys were. They were just people that would just jump in a picture. And it was like, pictures with like, 200 people. I'm not going to go and vet everyone.
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