A substitute teacher and field hockey coach at an all-girls Catholic school in Maryland was fired after his "alt-right" views were discovered by students.
Gregory Conte was fired this week from the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington after students discovered his personal Twitter profile in which he made remarks such as “Hitler did not commit any crimes,” FOX 5 DC reported.
The Twitter account, in which Conte used the name Gregory Ritter, said he was the director of operations at the National Policy Institute, which is run by high profile white supremacist Richard Spencer. Conte's Twitter account was still active when this article was published.
The students also found footage of Conte at the deadly August white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va.
The school issued a statement to parents in which they claimed that Conte's views did not seem to have a negative impact on his students.
Oddly enough the school learned about Conte's troubling alter ego in October, but did not notify the parents until January.
As for Conte, he does not seem to have had his beliefs shaken in the least.
Well that's a troubling tweet.It's wonderful to see all these people coming out in support of me on Twitter. Thank you, all. Now... once the Alt-Right takes over IRL, we cannot be stopped!— Gregory Ritter (@Real_Greg_Conte) January 6, 2018
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