Extremist Group Announces Speech by Congressman
The Robert A. Taft Club, a group headed by a man with a network of racist connections, has announced that a U.S. congressman, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), will address the group this Thursday at a restaurant in Arlington, Va.
The Taft Club is led by Marcus Epstein (right), who serves as the executive director of both white nationalist Pat Buchanan鈥檚 and the , which is run by Buchanan鈥檚 sister, Bay Buchanan. Epstein writes for the anti-immigrant and he advocates for white supremacist organizations. He is of 鈥� a white supremacist journal that has suggested that blacks have 鈥減sychopathic personalities鈥� 鈥� and attends the journal鈥檚 biannual conferences. In 2006, Epstein invited the head of American Renaissance鈥檚 parent organization, Jared Taylor, to on the issue of 鈥淩ace and Conservatism.鈥�
Taylor isn鈥檛 the only extremist Epstein has invited to speak at the Taft Club鈥檚 meetings. Both Paul Gottfried, who has gatherings, and Robert Stacy McCain, a who is an editor at The Washington Times, have spoken to the club. (Epstein is listed as one of McCain鈥檚 friends on ). This past February, Epstein invited two members of a racist and anti-immigrant Belgian party, Vlaams Belang, to speak to his group. In 2004, an earlier incarnation of the Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, was banned on the grounds that it incited racial hatred.
It is unclear if Paul, who will be speaking about American foreign policy, is aware of Epstein鈥檚 racist ties.
