Right-wing activist sparks anger in Port

Social media figure linked to QAnon conspiracies speaks at wellness center

BY BRANDON DUFFY

An event in Port Washington on Sunday featuring Scott McKay, a social media figure who is accused of spreading QAnon conspiracies and what the Anti-Defamation League describes as antisemitic rhetoric, focused on an alleged underground child trafficking plot around the world.

The gathering at Rays of Light on 168 Main St. was organized by Jason Shurka, a Port Washington native who founded UNIFYD, a “nonprofit faith-based” organization that offers a streaming service and alternative medicine products, according to its website.

The tour included conferences that featured QAnon influencers, anti-vax activists and election fraud conspiracy theorists, the ADL said.

“In this intriguing event, we will dive into the secrets of the Under Ground Tunnels and explore fascinating insights,” the event’s online description said. “Plus, we’ll address the crucial issue of child trafficking and pleading to protect and safeguard our most vulnerable assets.”

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Rays of Light, along with other “UNIFYD Healing Centers” like McKay’s in Dallas, Shurka said, offer clients the Energy Enhancement System, a supposed technology that can treat cancer and autism, among other illnesses, according to online testimonials. Shurka’s family owns the Port Washington center.

McKay is a self-proclaimed “Patriot Streetfighter” who hosts a show on the social media platform Rumble with 228,000 followers and was part of the Reawaken America Tour.

McKay, a 36-yearold from Dallas, Texas, made comments previously that the ADL describes as antisemitic on the Khazarian Mafia, a group of Jews traced back to the 8th century.

The Khazars, McKay said, were marauders, thieves and Satanists who chose Judaism out of the three major religions in the world when they were threatened to be killed off completely.

“For the next 1,400 years, they’re infiltrating every institution and agency of civilization,” McKay said Sunday, according to an online recording posted by McKay of the event. “The central banks, the royal families. They breed their way in, they kill their way in.”

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