▁with ▁a ▁Naz i ▁sal ute . ▁ ▁To ▁protest ▁Sp encer ’ s ▁not or iety ▁and ▁anti - imm igration ▁views , ▁his ▁SM ▁class m ates ▁began ▁an ▁online ▁fund ra iser ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁to ▁assist ▁refuge es ▁to ▁Dallas . ▁As ▁of ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁fund ra iser ▁had ▁raised ▁$ 6 4 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁App alled ▁by ▁Sp encer ' s ▁on going ▁influence , ▁Gra eme ▁Wood ▁‘ 9 7 , ▁wrote ▁a ▁length y ▁article , ▁“ Rich ard ▁Sp encer ▁Was ▁My ▁High ▁School ▁Class mate ,” ▁for ▁the ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁The ▁Atlantic , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁editor . ▁ ▁Another ▁al umn us , ▁Kurt ▁E ichen wald ▁‘ 7 9 , ▁wrote ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁News week ▁cover ▁stories ▁critical ▁of ▁candidate ▁Donald ▁Trump ▁and ▁then ▁spoke ▁crit ically ▁of ▁President - elect ▁Trump ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁during ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁T ucker ▁Carl son ▁on ▁Fox ▁television . ▁Later ▁that ▁evening , ▁knowing ▁that ▁E ichen wald ▁had ▁a ▁self - document ed ▁se iz ure ▁dis order , ▁a ▁white ▁national ist ▁ret ali ated ▁by ▁sending ▁E ichen wald ▁ep ile pt ogen ic ▁G IF s ▁over ▁Twitter . ▁The ▁en su ing ▁se iz ure ▁last ed ▁ 8 ▁hours ▁and ▁was ▁life - th re aten ing