The Robert A. Taft Club, a group headed by a man with a network of racist connections, has announced that a U.S. congressman, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), will address the group this Thursday at a restaurant in Arlington, Va.
The Taft Club is led by Marcus Epstein (right), who serves as the executive director of both white nationalist Pat Buchananâs
The American Cause and the
Team America PAC, which is run by Buchananâs sister, Bay Buchanan. Epstein writes for the anti-immigrant
hate site vdare.com and he advocates for white supremacist organizations. He is
especially fond of
American Renaissance â a white supremacist journal that has suggested that blacks have âpsychopathic personalitiesâ â and attends the journalâs biannual conferences. In 2006, Epstein invited the head of
American Renaissanceâs parent organization, Jared Taylor, to
speak to the Taft Club on the issue of âRace and Conservatism.â
Taylor isnât the only extremist Epstein has invited to speak at the Taft Clubâs meetings. Both Paul Gottfried, who has
spoken at American Renaissance gatherings, and Robert Stacy McCain, a
foe of interracial marriage who is an editor at
The Washington Times, have spoken to the club. (Epstein is listed as one of McCainâs friends on
McCainâs Facebook Internet page). This past February, Epstein invited two members of a racist and anti-immigrant Belgian party, Vlaams Belang, to speak to his group. In 2004, an earlier incarnation of the Vlaams Belang, Vlaams Blok, was banned on the grounds that it incited racial hatred.
It is unclear if Paul, who will be speaking about American foreign policy, is aware of Epsteinâs racist ties.