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Rick Tyler

For the DC Comics character, see Hourman (Rick Tyler).
Rick Tyler
Richard Tyler Jr., July 7, 2020 mug shot
Born
Richard Seburn Tyler, Jr.

(1957-10-10) October 10, 1957 (age 67)
Miami, Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forwhite nationalism
Political partyIndependent (before 2019)
American Freedom Party (2019 - present)

Richard Seburn Tyler Jr.[1] (born October 10, 1957) is an American pastor and far-right political candidate from Tennessee. Tyler first attracted significant media attention in 2016 when he erected a billboard that read "Make America White Again" when running for the United States House of Representatives as an independent. He has unsuccessfully run for multiple offices since 2010, and announced that he would run for President in 2020 on the American Freedom Party ticket.

Early life

Rick Tyler was born on October 10, 1957, in Miami, Florida, the youngest of three children of Richard Seburn "Dick" Tyler (1926-2020) and Felecie Chapin Tyler.[2] His parents were raised in Nashville during the 1930s and 1940s. Tyler's father served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and attended the University of Tennessee on the G.I. Bill where he received an engineering degree from the University of Tennessee. He worked for 37 years with Florida Power and Light. Tyler describes his upbringing as "solidly middle class and conservatively traditional."[3]

Tyler claims that he became a Christian on July 4, 1979. He states that he moved from Miami to Rock Hill, South Carolina in 1981 to become the operations manager of a Belk department store. He states that he then moved to Fort Myers, Florida, in 1983.[4]

Political campaigns

Rick Tyler ran for U.S. Senate as an independent in Florida in 2010, and received 7,394 votes, or 0.14% of all votes cast.[5] The seat was won by Republican Marco Rubio. Tyler ran for U.S. Senate in Tennessee in 2014, again as an independent, and received 5,759 votes, or 0.42% of all of the votes cast.[6]

Rick Tyler ran as an independent in Tennessee's 3rd congressional district in 2016, a seat which has been held by Republican Chuck Fleischmann since 2011. During his campaign, Tyler erected a billboard that said "Make America White Again" along U.S. Route 411 near Ocoee, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Polk County. This sign attracted national media attention and controversy, and was condemned by many.[7] The billboard, as well as Tyler's views, also received attention from the Southern Poverty Law Center.[8] The billboard, which was removed shortly thereafter, was a pun on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign slogan "Make America Great Again." Another billboard included the words "I Have A Dream" next to a picture of the White House surrounded by Confederate flags.[7] Tyler claimed that the billboard was not intended to be racist, and that he has no hatred or dislike for racial and ethnic minorities, but rather believes that the United States should remain majority white.[9] He claimed that the purpose of the billboard was a reflection of his desire for the United States to return to the "1960s, Ozzie and Harriet, Leave it to Beaver time when there were no break-ins, no violent crime, no mass immigration."[9] Tyler also cited Ann Coulter and her book Adios, America as helping to influence his white nationalist views.[10] Tyler also announced plans for other billboards, including one that would say, "Mama's, don't let your babies grow up to be miscegenators".[11][12] Tyler cited Donald Trump as an inspiration, but also criticized him as a "stalking horse entity".[13][14]

In the general election, Tyler received 5,098 votes, or 1.9% of the total number of votes cast.[15] Tyler ran for the same seat in 2018, and received 4,522 votes, or 1.84% of the total number of votes cast.[16]

On May 28, 2019, Rick Tyler spoke at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The event was heavily condemned, and protesters reportedly outnumbered attendees 10 to one.[17] During the event, Tyler announced that he is running for President in 2020 on the ticket of the American Freedom Party,[18] a group which advocates for white nationalism.[19]

Tyler ran for a 3rd time as an independent in Tennessee's 3rd congressional district in 2022 and received 1,736 votes, or 0.8% of the total number of votes cast.

Other activities

In the 1990s, Tyler was pastor of the Church of the Remnant in Epworth, Georgia, and hosted a shortwave radio program called the "Voice of Liberty" on WWCR in Nashville, Tennessee. The program, which is reported to have been used for white supremacist and antisemitic rants, was also reported to have promoted conspiracy theories.[20] Tyler is also reported to have run groups called the Voice of Liberty Patriots and the Georgia Taxpayer's Association.[21]

In 2019, in an interview with The Political Cesspool, Tyler told host James Edwards of a desire to turn Polk County into a "whitetopia" and a "virtually all-white county." He also described Polk County, which already has a population that is approximately 97.5% white, as having a reputation "for being the most racially-minded county in the state, historically."[22]

In July 2020, Tyler was arrested and charged with tax evasion and property theft after an investigation by the Tennessee Department of Revenue.[23][24] The indictment states that Tyler knowingly refused to withhold and pay approximately $38,000 in sales taxes between April 1, 2015, and March 31, 2016.[1] It was also reported at the same time that Tyler's former landlord is suing him for unpaid rent.[25]

On May 12, 2022, Tyler plead guilty and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation, to be converted to unsupervised probation upon full payment of the restitution amount of $38,224.90.[26]

Views and ideology

Racial views

Tyler is a follower of Christian identity, a racist interpretation of Christianity and the Bible that holds that white people are superior to people of other races.[8] Tyler has expressed a belief on multiple occasions that white people should remain the super-majority racial group in the U.S., and a desire for the country to return to 1960s-era demographics.[27] Tyler blames immigration policies enacted in the 1960s, such as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, for the changes in the demography of the United States, and supports a return to pre-1960s immigration policies, as well as deporting the millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States, ending policies that he claims subsidize minority birth rates, securing the southern border of the US, and encouraging mass immigration from majority white countries.[28] Tyler is also opposed to interracial marriages.[28]

Other views

Tyler self-identifies as conservative.[29] He supports Second Amendment rights and believes that any attempt by the government to regulate guns is a criminal act. He is opposed to abortion and believes that God is punishing the US for legalizing the procedure. Tyler believes that income taxes are unconstitutional and claims that the source of the progressive income tax is the Communist Manifesto. Tyler opposes the Federal Reserve and public schools. He opposes same sex marriage and believes that homosexuality is a sin. He opposes the War on Terror and the Patriot Act and claims that the War on Terror is a distraction technique to keep the US southern border open and enter the US into a New World Order. Tyler has also expressed belief in 9/11 conspiracy theories and believes that the events of September 11, 2001, should be re-investigated to determine what really happened. He has expressed opposition to the Council on Foreign Relations and the Department of Homeland Security and believes that individual states should have the right to secede from the union.[28]

Personal life

Tyler owned the former Whitewater Grill in Ocoee, which closed in 2018 when he was evicted.[25] After his congressional campaign and beliefs became public knowledge, locals began boycotting the restaurant.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b Lehr, Dan (July 6, 2020). "State of Tennessee, Polk County - Criminal Court for Said County, July, Term, 2020". Scribd. Scribd Inc. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Richard S. Tyler". dignitymemorial.com. SCI Shared Resources, LLC. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ "Who Is Rick Tyler? Part 1". ricktylerforcongress.com. Rick Tyler For Congress. January 16, 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  4. ^ "Fighting Criminal Government: Who Is Rick Tyler, Part 4". ricktylerforcongress.com. Rick Tyler for Congress. June 2, 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Archived from the original on May 21, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. ^ "State of Tennessee November 4, 2014 State General" (PDF). sos.tn.gov. Tennessee Secretary of State. December 3, 2014. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  7. ^ a b "'Make America White Again': Tenn. congressional candidate's billboard ignites uproar". WTVC. Chattanooga, Tennessee. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  8. ^ a b Viets, Sarah (July 26, 2016). "Rick Tyler: Tennessee's Racist Third Congressional District Candidate". splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  9. ^ a b Cleary, Tom (June 26, 2016). "Rick Tyler: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Heavy, Inc. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  10. ^ Evon, Dan (June 22, 2016). "Make America White Again". Snopes. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  11. ^ Gutierrez, Lisa (June 23, 2016). "Congressional candidate's 'Make America White Again' billboard stirs up outrage". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  12. ^ a b "'Make America White Again': Tenn. congressional candidate's billboard ignites uproar". 22 June 2016.
  13. ^ Jaffe, Alexandra; Siemaszko, Corky (June 23, 2016). "Outrage as Trump Inspired Candidate Wants to 'Make America White Again'". NBC News. New York City. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  14. ^ "'Make America White Again' billboard sparks outrage in US". The Indian Express. Chicago. June 26, 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  15. ^ "Election Results". sos.tn.gov. Tennessee Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  16. ^ "State of Tennessee - Totals - November 6, 2018" (PDF). sos.tn.gov. Office of the Tennessee Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  17. ^ Dorman, Travis; Kast, Monica (May 28, 2019). "White nationalist event at UT brings heavy police presence, protesters". Knoxville News Sentinel. Knoxville, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  18. ^ Mangan, Katherine (May 30, 2019). "Public Colleges Seek Ways to Pull Up the Welcome Mat for White-Nationalist and Other Extremist Speakers". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  19. ^ "American Freedom Party". splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  20. ^ Rimer, Sarah (April 27, 1995). "New Medium for the Far Right". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  21. ^ "Yeah, We Know the Racist Congressional Candidate With the Racist Billboard!". One People's Project. June 22, 2016. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  22. ^ Burkhalter, Eddie (September 18, 2019). "Tennessee-based racist, antisemitic radio show reveals reality TV pilot starring prominent white supremacists". Alabama Political Reporter. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  23. ^ "Grand Jury Indicts Former Owner Of Whitewater Grill At Ocoee On Tax Evasion Charge".
  24. ^ Siniard, Tim (July 8, 2020). "State arrests Rick Tyler: property theft, tax evasion". Cleveland Daily Banner. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  25. ^ a b "Former Congressional candidate in Polk County charged with tax evasion, theft". WTVC-TV. July 7, 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  26. ^ "Polk County Resident Pleads Guilty to Theft and Tax Evasion". www.tn.gov. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  27. ^ Bever, Lindsey (June 23, 2016). "'Make America White Again': A politician's billboard ignites uproar". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
  28. ^ a b c "Positions". ricktylerforcongress.com. Rick Tyler for Congress. 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  29. ^ Nicholson, Ken (June 27, 2016). "UPDATE: "Make America White Again" campaign signs removed". WRCB-TV. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

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