Virginia Governor: Virginia and Confederate Monument

virginia governor: What brings us together is that we are white, we are a people, we will not be replaced, Spencer said at the first of two rallies he led in the college town where he once attended the University of Virginia, according to Hamilton Spectator. At the second rally, dozens of torch-bearing protesters gathered in a city park in the evening and chanted You will not replace us and Russia is our friend, local television footage shows. Self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer led a large group carrying torches and chanting You will not replace us Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, protesting plans to remove a Confederate monument that has played an outsize role in this year's race for Virginia governor. Spencer was not shown addressing that gathering, but he tweeted a photo of himself standing in the crowd carrying what appeared to be a bamboo tiki torch. About 10 minutes into it, an altercation between Spencer's group and counterprotesters drew police to the scene, and the crowd quickly dispersed, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported. The evening protest was short-lived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.