Sen. Eric Schmitt lets his extremist flag fly in racist speech at NatCon The Missouri senator suggested true Americans are “the sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims that poured out from Europe’s shores.”

Sept. 3, 2025, 5:40 PM EDT

By Ja'han Jones

The stench of racism is emanating from Sen. Eric Schmitt’s office.

I wrote in June about the Missouri senator hiring Nathan Hochman, who was fired from Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign after he circulated a promotional video that included Nazi imagery. On Monday, Hochman posted on social media to tease what proved to be unmistakably white supremacist speech by Schmitt at Tuesday’s National Conservatism Conference, a gathering where Republicans have been known to commingle with avowed racists .

Schmitt unleashed a diatrib

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