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October 19, 2017

Florida: Thousands Expected to Protest Richard Spencer Speech at UF-Gainesville
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In Florida, Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in
Alachua County ahead of today's scheduled speech by white supremacist
Richard Spencer at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Thousands
of people are expected to attend protests aimed at preventing Spencer
from speaking this afternoon. Richard Spencer was one of the headline
speakers during the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville,
Virginia, in August, where the white nationalists and neo-Nazis killed
one anti-racist protester and injured dozens more.


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