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The annual confab was put on by a group founded by arch-paleoconservative and anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly. The St. Louis gathering was co-organized by Phyllis Schlafly鈥檚 Eagles and the far-right conspiracy theory website, The Gateway Pundit. Following Schlafly鈥檚 death in 2016, her group, originally called Eagle Forum, splintered into two. The most ardently pro-Donald Trump faction formed Phyllis Schlafly鈥檚 Eagles. Last weekend鈥檚 event should not be confused with the annual Eagle Council of the other group, which still retains the Eagle Forum name, scheduled for later this month in Washington, D.C.

While Schlafly may be gone, her legacy of anti-LGBT and anti-feminist activism, as well as her fear of immigrants and penchant for promoting conspiracy theories, lived on during the St. Louis Eagle Council. The event featured breakout sessions on topics such as 鈥淭he fraud of transgenderism鈥� and 鈥淗ow feminism is failing men, women 鈥� and the country.鈥� The conference also welcomed extreme figures, some whom have been involved in the racist 鈥渁lt-right鈥� universe.

On Friday night, attendees were treated to an exclusive screening of 鈥淗oaxed,鈥� the latest film by male supremacist and rape apologist Mike Cernovich. Cernovich鈥檚 project argues that the mainstream media 鈥� not his Pizzagate-promoting conspiracy theory cohorts 鈥� are the real fake news. Prior to the screening, Cernovich participated in a panel discussion featuring Canadian alt-right personality and vlogger Stefan Molyneux听and Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit鈥檚 founder. During the session, Cernovich discussed how Trump brought him into politics. He also 听in getting director James Gunn fired and said he aspired to recruit 鈥淐hristian moms鈥� to his troll army.

Molyneux shared a similar story of being inspired by Trump鈥檚 presidential run. He said, 鈥淵ou know, the demographics are changing, and immigration, and you know, everyone in America panicked,鈥� and, he said, they voted for Trump in hope that 鈥渉e solves all the problems.鈥� However, he warned Trump鈥檚 election was a 鈥渄ead cat bounce鈥� at best and that Western civilization remains under threat.

Molyneux appeared on other panels throughout the conference. One of which, titled 鈥淭he People鈥檚 media won鈥檛 be stopped,鈥� was moderated by anti-Muslim firebrand Pamela Geller听and also featured Hoft and far-right Twitter troll Jack Posobiec. Geller served less as a moderator and instead used the panel as her own personal platform.

She complained her work has supposedly been 鈥渃ompletely scrubbed from Google search.鈥� Geller also claimed social media companies are now enforcing Sharia blasphemy laws, lamenting that 鈥淭witter shadow bans me, YouTube deleted me.鈥� In a diatribe about liberals allegedly having control of the public education system, she said: 鈥淲e have failed our children. Keep them out of public schools.鈥� That comment was well-received by the pro-home schooling Eagle Forum crowd.

Right-wing provocateur James O鈥橩eefe was also featured at the event. O鈥橩eefe 鈥� known for his brand of 鈥渏ournalism鈥� that includes secretly recording his subjects 鈥� has become a regular on the right-wing speaking circuit. During the event, he discussed his latest project: unmasking the so-called 鈥渄eep state鈥� in Washington, D.C. O鈥橩eefe showed a quick teaser for a series of videos that will supposedly expose these government officials. 鈥淲e're gonna search for every rotten, crooked, no-good deep state federal official, we're going to release them one at a time,鈥� he said to applause. 鈥淲e're going to unmask you.鈥�

Per usual, various right-wing political figures and personalities were honored during the event. During the luncheon on September 15, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a longtime ally of Eagle Forum, was with the 鈥淧hyllis Schlafly Award for Excellence in Leadership.鈥� A couple days prior to the conference, King was the 听for once again retweeting a prominent white nationalist. King鈥檚 racial and cultural anxieties, however, were embraced by conference leadership. When introducing King, Phyllis鈥� son John Schlafly cited a 2017 听from the Iowa congressman that stated, 鈥淲e can鈥檛 restore our civilization with somebody else鈥檚 babies.鈥�

The quote set the tone for King, who during his speech spouted rhetoric that was very much in line with white nationalist thinking. While addressing what he called the 鈥渋mmigration question,鈥� he warned, 鈥淲henever you import a person from another country or culture, even one person, you鈥檙e importing the culture as well.鈥�

King claimed that even with assimilation efforts, immigration 鈥渁lways changes the recipient country.鈥� He continued, 鈥淲e want to resist that because we love our country, we love the culture we are, and we want people that embrace the American civilization, the American culture.鈥� To illustrate his point, he outlined a hypothetical scenario where Japan and Mexico trade countries. Trying to prove culture, not geographic region, defines a people, he claimed the Japanese 鈥渨ould bring their technology and their science and their work ethic,鈥� while Mexicans 鈥渨ould bring their crime rate.鈥�

He warned, 鈥淲hen you import young men from a country like that, that are 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, you鈥檙e importing the most violent demographic from any civilization.鈥�

U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) was also recognized at the conference, as were two far-right European politicians. Dominik Tarczynski of the Polish Law and Justice party and Petr Bystron of Alternative for Germany were presented with Eagle awards.

Another award recipient at the event was Charlie Kirk, founder and president of the conservative student group Turning Point USA. Kirk was presented with the group鈥檚 Eagle Award. In early September, Kirk at the anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America鈥檚 national conference, and his group has come under fire for white nationalist rhetoric among its ranks.

The conference wrapped up with a luncheon featuring former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who put the final touches on the conspiracy theory-laden weekend. Arpaio used his time to revive the racist birther conspiracy theory about former President Barack Obama, calling his birth certificate a 鈥渇ake government document.鈥�