Oklahoma official facing recall vote says his activism was motivated by issues ‘that got Trump elected’

Judd Blevins, a City Council member in Enid, Oklahoma, faced questions about his connections to white nationalist groups ahead of an April 2 recall election.

A City Council member in Enid, Oklahoma, defended marching alongside white nationalists in Virginia in 2017 at a public forum Tuesday night where he was questioned about his connections to racist groups. 

Judd Blevins, who faces a recall election next week, declined to provide details of his prior white nationalist activism. Asked about the groups he was affiliated with, including Identity Evropa, once one of the largest U.S. white nationalist organizations, Blevins said those groups no longer exist. He also defended his actions. 

“If speaking out against what was being done to this country, what is continuing to be done to this country, is a crime, then I would gladly plead guilty to that,” he said. 

Answering a follow-up question, Blevins, a former Marine, said the purpose of his prior activism was “the same issues that got Donald Trump elected in 2016: securing America’s borders, reforming our legal immigration system and frankly, pushing back on this anti-white hatred that is so common in media and entertainment.”

He said he has never identified as a white nationalist or a white supremacist.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-judd-blevins-recall-white-nationalist-ties-rcna144027

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