Ripple effect of outing the campaign contributors of David Duke is spreading...

Nazis, KKK 'can fuck straight off': Huge Improv Theater issues statement on controversial landlord

Fallout continues from Tuesday's City Pages story about Clubhouse Jäger owner Julius Jaeger De Roma, the Minneapolis businessman who donated $500 to the U.S. Senate campaign of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke.

DJ Jake Rudh pulled his popular Transmission dance night from Clubhouse Jäger; some of the North Loop bar's 20ish employees are apparently quitting in protest (and a GoFundMe account was launched to support those who do); and Huge Improv Theater, which rents its Lyn-Lake space from De Roma, issued a statement distancing itself from its landlord.

Here's the full statement, courtesy of the Huge board of directors:

"As everyone else learned the news, we at HUGE Theater were made aware that our landlord made a $500 donation to David Duke in 2016.

HUGE is a nonprofit theater dedicated to building a healthy and diverse improv community. We are in year 3 of a 10-year lease on our building, which has housed our theater from the time we opened in December 2010 – in the middle of a snowstorm and during a recession. What held HUGE Theater together then, and now, is our incredibly supportive and expansive community.

From our first days we have worked to build an inclusive community and to illuminate the path from student to stage so we could share this art form we love. Improv is a deeply personal art form and a multitude of voices are needed to tell new and interesting stories. We are proud to host and give our ongoing support to the Tiny Funny Women Fest, the Black & Funny Festival, monthly POC jams, monthly Queer jams, monthly 40+ jams, and two Women-Trans-Femme classes. We have worked thoughtfully with other theaters nationally to form a Student Bill of Rights and Boundaries guidelines to make sure our classes and stage are inclusive and free of threat or intimidation of any kind.

For these reasons and more, we would like to formally tell Nazis and the KKK that they can fuck straight off."

California Restaurant Closes After Owner’s Donation To David Duke Revealed
August 30, 2017

https://theintellectualist.co/california-restaurant-closes-owners-donation-david-duke-revealed/

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Racist Restaurant Owner Goes Full Stupid After Boycott Shuts KKK-Financing Doors
Caleb R. Newton - August 30, 2017

https://bipartisanreport.com/2017/08/30/racist-restaurant-owner-goes-full-stupid-after-boycott-shuts-kkk-financing-doors/

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Chinese restaurant closes after owner is outed for supporting White Nationalist David Duke
BY Anderson 08/30/2017 0 Comments

https://www.yomyomf.com/chinese-restaurant-closes-after-owner-is-outed-for-supporting-white-nationalist-david-duke/

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Peoples comments after it was revealed that Roger Grigsby contributed $500 to David Duke’s failed Senate campaign in 2016

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Omei-Restaurant/113741031992689

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O’Mei Closed After Wrath Over Owner’s Support for David Duke
August 30, 2017

http://goodtimes.sc/santa-cruz-news/omei-closed-wrath-owners-support-david-duke/

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California restaurant owner blames ‘war on whites’ after customers flee over his David Duke donation

Travis Gettys
30 Aug 2017 at 12:46 ET 

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/california-restaurant-owner-blames-war-on-whites-after-customers-flee-over-his-david-duke-donation/

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(SF Gate)
Santa Cruz restaurant shutters after reports of owner's contribution to David Duke campaign
By Michelle Robertson, SFGATE
Updated 12:42 pm, Wednesday, August 30, 2017

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/david-duke-omei-santa-cruz-contributions-campaign-12161721.php

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(Owner blames political terrorism)

(KPIX TV)
Santa Cruz Restaurant Closes After Owner’s Support Of KKK Leader Revealed
August 29, 2017 11:32 PM

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/08/29/santa-cruz-restaurant-closed-records-reveal-owner-kkk/

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Santa Cruz Restaurant Closed After Records Reveal Owner Supports KKK Leader
August 30, 2017

http://trueviralnews.com/santa-cruz-restaurant-closed-after-records-reveal-owner-supports-kkk-leader/

http://www.america.easybranches.com/california/Santa-Cruz-Restaurant-Closed-After-Records-Reveal-Owner-Supports-KKK-Leader-33680

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Quick Bites: O’mei temporarily closed after boycott

Posted: 08/29/17, 10:40 AM PDT | Updated: 8 mins ago
7 Comments

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20170829/FEATURES/170829651

https://article.wn.com/view/2017/08/29/Quick_Bites_Omei_temporarily_closed_after_boycott/

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Political fallout after it was reported by Lynda Carson that Julius De Roma gave $500 to David Duke

Exposing KKK fascist David Duke supporters in Minneapolis, Massachusetts and beyond
by Lynda Carson — Saturday Aug 26th, 2017

Click below for full story…

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/08/26/18802258.php

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People respond to revelation that Julius De Roma gave $500 to David Duke…

https://www.facebook.com/clubjager/?rf=382903395138716

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(Minnesota Public Radio)
Daily Digest: What next with vetoes?
Mike Mulcahy August 30, 2017, 6:47 AM 0
Good morning, and happy Wednesday. Here’s the Digest.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/capitol-view/2017/08/daily-digest-what-next-with-vetoes/

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Community pushes back from bar owner who donated to former KKK leader
By Eric Best
August 30, 2017
Updated: August 30, 2017 - 1:23 pm

http://www.journalmpls.com/news/2017/08/community-pushes-back-from-bar-owner-who-donated-to-former-kkk-leader/

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Julius De Roma on David Duke donation: 'It's just free speech... whatever'
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 by Mike Mullen in News

http://www.citypages.com/news/julius-de-roma-on-david-duke-donation-its-just-free-speech-whatever/442229233

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Club Jager owner Julius De Roma on David Duke donation: 'It's free speech... whatever'

6 hr ago Minneapolis City Pages
What a thoughtful response. [Read More]

http://newsbout.com/id/17359571004

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Club Jager owner facing backlash after donating to David Duke campaign
August 29, 2017

http://www.fox9.com/news/277330496-story

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Club Jager Owner On His Donation To David Duke: 'It's Just Free Speech'

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBpcD4oxS7U

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(news video)
Julius De Roma contributed $500 to the former KKK leader's senate campaign in 2016, Jennifer Mayerle reports (1:56). WCCO 4 News At 10 –

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/club-jager-owner-on-his-donation-to-david-duke-its-just-free-speech/vp-AAqXAmW

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Club Jager owner facing backlash after donating to David Duke campaign
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?219751-Club-Jager-owner-facing-backlash-after-donating-to-David-Duke-campaign

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Patrons, performer protest Minneapolis bar owner's contribution to ex-KKK leader

By Mary Lynn Smith , Star Tribune 
August 29, 2017 - 9:23 PM

DJ Jake Rudh announced on Facebook that he won’t host Transmission, his long-standing weekly dance night, at Club Jäger on Wednesday, or ever again at the bar. “I was shocked and appalled to hear the news about the venue’s owner this morning,” Rudh wrote in his Tuesday morning post. “I refuse to stay at a venue where the owner supports the likes of David Duke and his messages of hate.”

The 90s Preservation Society followed with their own Facebook post to say they were canceling their standing Thursday gig at the bar for the same reason. Instead, the group directed fans to a gofundme page where they could donate money to support the bar’s staff “who will be out of work soon.”

http://m.startribune.com/patrons-performer-protest-minneapolis-bar-owner-s-contribution-to-ex-kkk-leader/442187173/?section=local

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Club Jager Owner On His Donation To David Duke: ‘It’s Just Free Speech’
August 29, 2017 10:06 PM By Jennifer Mayerle

“It’s just basically free speech,” De Roma said.
His response to some of the fallout, “Well whatever. What do you expect it’s basically something that is blown up beyond what it should be,” De Roma said.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/08/29/club-jager-david-duke/

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Twin Cities artist J. Otis Powell‽ has died; Beau and Emily Bridges to perform at the Illusion
By Pamela Espeland | 08:39 am

No more Transmission at Club Jäger; HUGE in a tough spot
Once more, DJ Jake Rudh will have to find a new home for Transmission, his popular weekly dance night held Wednesdays at Club Jäger. (It’s so popular that several couples have met there and later married.) Soon after City Pages broke the news Tuesday that bar owner Julius De Roma had donated $500 to David Duke’s 2016 Senate campaign, Rudh posted this on Facebook:

https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2017/08/twin-cities-artist-j-otis-powell-has-died-beau-and-emily-bridges-perform-illusion

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Music News: Outcry follows revelation that Club Jager owner donated to David Duke
by Jay Gabler 
August 29, 2017

http://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2017/08/29/club-jager-owner-donation

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90s Preservation Society

https://www.facebook.com/90sPreservationSociety/

https://www.gofundme.com/support-the-staff-clubhouse-jager

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Nazis, KKK 'can fuck straight off': Huge Improv Theater issues statement on controversial landlord

https://demu.gr/10595808

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(GOMN Radio)
Minneapolis bar owner donated to former KKK leader David Duke
The $500 donation went to Duke's 2016 senate campaign.
Adam Uren
6 hours ago

https://www.gomn.com/news/minneapolis-bar-owner-donated-to-former-kkk-leader-david-duke

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(KLFD Radio)
Minneapolis bar owner donated to former KKK leader David Duke
August 29, 2017

http://www.klfdradio.com/news/minneapolis-bar-owner-donated-to-former-kkk-leader-david-duke

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Club Jäger bar owner donated to David Duke's campaign
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 by Mike Mullen in News

http://www.citypages.com/news/club-jager-bar-owner-donated-to-david-dukes-campaign/442117033

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‘Shocked and appalled’ Jake Rudh pulls Transmission from Clubhouse Jäger
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 by Keith Harris in Music

http://www.citypages.com/music/shocked-and-appalled-jake-rudh-pulls-transmission-from-clubhouse-jager/442142373

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Nazis, KKK 'can fuck straight off': Huge Improv Theater issues statement on controversial landlord
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 by Jay Boller in News

http://www.citypages.com/news/nazis-kkk-can-fuck-straight-off-huge-improv-theater-issues-statement-on-controversial-landlord/442153343

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