I saw that Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey are self-quarantining after possibly being exposed to the coronavirus. And then I saw that the suspected culprit is Santiago Abascal, the leader of the neo-falangist Vox Party in Spain. Ted Cruz also met with Abascal and is now self-quarantining for a second time. Why were they meeting with this man? I had to go to the Daily Caller to get my answer.
Abascal attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the end of Febuary, but he told the Daily Caller that he believes he contracted the coronavirus on March 8th at a massive poltical rally in Spain that [Vox General Secreatry Javier] Ortega Smith also attended. Video surfaced of Ortega Smith coughing near Abascal at the event.
Abascal says he attended CPAC February 26th-28th during his visit to Washington D.C.
So, Ortega-Smith came down with the coronavirus on March 10, and this led Abascal to get tested on March 12 even though he wasn’t suffering any symptoms. He tested positive, and now says that he was probably infected at the March 8th rally. If true, the test is pretty sensitive and can pick up an infection after only four days of incubation. This would also be good news for anyone who interacted with Abascal at the CPAC conference at the end of February.
So, my main interest in telling you about this is that CPAC welcomed Abascal in the first place. If you look at the ideology of the Vox Party, it’s a familiar mix of ultranationalism and genetic/cultural supremacy, rooted in the particularly Spanish tradition of melding their fascism with hardline conservative Catholicism. Abascal has called for the complete expulsion of Muslims from Iberia–a program he calls “Reconquista.”
This is seen as compatible with the modern conservative movement. So, it’s not surprising that Abascal was welcomed at CPAC or that he was hobnobbing with Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson and Rep. Chris Smith.
These folks have no shame.
Karma. To be stricken by the virus they were calling a hoax.
More conservative ideology on display. The elites are hypocrites. Self-quarantined based on a “hoax”, like they told their base the coronavirus was. Too bad their base is trained to listen to the words and not draw conclusions based on the actions of their leaders.
The “Reconquista”. The man knows his history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista
Nothing like wanting to repeat 800 years of forced conversions, racism, mass murders, virulent nationalism, expulsions, and colonialism.