Right-wing activist sparks anger in Port

that Adolf Hitler was “built,” “created by” the Khazarian Mafia and “was actually fighting the same people that we’re trying to take down today.”

Believers claim Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s incursion into Ukraine was a means to help the country counter ad dispel an invasion of “Khazar Jews.”

McKay also said on Rumble that the Khazarian Mafia was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

McKay’s previous comments led to opposi- tion to his appearance in Port Washington.

The Port Washington Democratic Club and members of the North Hempstead Town Board gave statements condemning McKay’s rhetoric.

One resident, Doug D’Arrigo, told the board at their Aug. 8 meeting his family was the target of attacks on social media by McKay’s supporters.

D’Arrigo, married to Progressive Democrat Melanie D’Arrigo, who has run for Congress twice, said the McKay camp had made “a direct call to action to their followers to harass us.”

D’Arrigo said his family, children and wife’s LGBTQ+ nonprofit Be the Rainbow were labeled alongside the Democratic club as pedophiles who trafficked children.

Shurka said McKay’s comments were taken out of context.

An hour into the event, the two men spoke on what they called The Light System, underground tunnels and child trafficking.

“There are superhighway systems,” McKay said on the alleged underground child trafficking system. “There are fully built unoccupied

“It’s one thing when you’re commenting on a national story, it’s quite another when someone is bringing this to your town and is a neighbor,” D’Arrigo said.

Keiserman said the Port Washington Democratic Club has supported D’Arrigo in the wake of the events and applaud her and her husband for speaking out against the alleged harassment.

Upon filing the police report, D’Arrigo said the police department asked Shurka to remove her name from his social media post. Shurka confirmed the police did ask him to do so, but that it was a request and not a demand.

Shurka said he is not upset with the community members in Port Washington who were in opposition to the event.

“As a matter of fact I totally understand where they are coming from because they don’t know better,” Shurka said. “Because they read something on CNN, they read something on the media that showed them something, and they believed it because that’s what they were taught to do.”

Shurka said in response to the event and the controversy, Rays of Light has doubled in size, their Instagram following quadrupled and more new customers have come to the center.

“Because inadvertently by trying to shut us down, they made us bigger than we’ve ever been,” Shurka said. “And that’s a lesson in and of itself. They call it what you resist persists. We never resisted them, they resisted us and in turn, they helped us.” cities under this country and around the world.”

Shurka said the event, viewed by 15,000 people via live stream, was filled with unity and love.

He said many community members silently praised him and his event, but are not speaking out loud. He said this included politicians, authorities and residents, but would not provide names.

D’Arrigo said she is an outspoken advocate against hate and injustice so she wasn’t pleased to hear that McKay would be speaking at a local event.

She said she found this event upsetting along with fellow community members. She said people were taking down their pride flags and signs out of fear of also being targeted.

D’Arrigo said that while every town has the need to expand upon its inclusivity, she said Port Washington is a community that has an emphasis on fostering inclusivity and safety for all individuals.

“So it was pretty shocking to see someone with so much well-documented hate be invited,” D’Arrigo said.

D’Arrigo said that she hopes there is more thought into the types of events brought to this town and reflect the interests of the community.

“Hate has no home here, so if it has no home here then let’s make sure that is true in all facets,” D’Arrigo said.

The conversation stemmed from a discussion on the movie “Sound of Freedom,” which Shurka said he was an executive producer of and was funded in part by the Energy Enhancement System.

Sound of Freedom, a movie about a former federal agent rescuing children from trafficking, premiered in theaters in July and has grossed over $100 million in revenue, according to multiple reports.

When asked in a Q&A how McKay got his map of the apparent tunnels, he said he doesn’t remember and that he got it from someone else.