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    A Journalist Discovered the Most Awfully Racist Wifi Username at a Recent "Alt-Right" Event

    "America at the end of the day belongs to white men."

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    On Tuesday night, around 400 people gathered at Texas AM University to hear the speech of Richard Spencer, the leader of the white nationalist think tank National Policy Institute. Spencer, who is a prominent figure in the white supremacist "alt-right" movement, began his speech by celebrating Donald Trump's electoral win as a victory for the white nationalist movement.

    "Whether its nice to say that or not, we won, and we got to define what America means. We got to define what this continent means. America at the end of the day belongs to white men," Spencer said. "Once Europeans stop farting around with all this equality and democracy nonsense, I think we will go to the stars, I think we will rival the ancients as far of our greatness."

    "This is what Hillary Clinton was talking about when she said she wanted a 'hemispheric open market,'" he continued. "They want an undifferentiated, global population. A raceless, genderless, identityless, meaningless population consuming sugar, consuming drugs, while watching porn on VR goggles while they max out their credit card."

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    One of the speech attendees was Jeff Paul, a reporter for KTVT and CBS, who posted a disturbing photo on his Twitter account that showed one of the usernames that popped up when he tried to connect to wifi inside the room.

    Found this when I went to connect to a wifi connection inside room for Alt Right speaker Richard Spencer at Texas AM @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/daV8oJhtJWDecember 7, 2016

    Spencer's controversial appearance was met with hundreds of protesters from the student body.

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    huge aggie protest against a white-supremacist speaker on campus today... never been more proud. #AGGIES #thanksandgigem #RichardSpencer pic.twitter.com/3n161Jx0R0December 7, 2016

    Several people inside the room dressed as clowns and held up signs that read, "He's the real Bozo."

    One held up a sign with an image of a gun pointed toward Adolf Hitler's face and the words "Follow Your Leader."

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    Student shows Spencer a sign of Hitler committing suicide @TheBattOnline #BattLive #RichardSpencer pic.twitter.com/QfEHuLPuoYDecember 7, 2016

    huge aggie protest against a white-supremacist speaker on campus today... never been more proud. #AGGIES #thanksandgigem #RichardSpencer pic.twitter.com/3n161Jx0R0December 7, 2016

    Some students raised fists when he took questions.

    Students raise fists as Alt-Right leader Richard Spencer answers questions at Texas AM @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/08ucsAQto6December 7, 2016

    Others stood in line to pose questions about his thoughts on the Hitler salute and what he plans on doing with all of the people of color in America.

    A student walks off as #RichardSpencer attempts to answer his question @TheBattOnline #BattLive pic.twitter.com/1OVilRI1s9December 7, 2016

    #RichardSpencer discusses the Hitler salute after an attendee asks about it. @TheBattOnline #BattLive pic.twitter.com/1lvA4DqFGvDecember 7, 2016

    A student questions #RichardSpencer and his concept of history. He did not respond initially. @TheBattOnline #BattLive pic.twitter.com/ft2V4KzQiMDecember 7, 2016

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