Review: 2024 American Renaissance Conference

Trump won ? pic.twitter.com/8sEFs7MbtP

— Hunter Wallace (@LutherEnjoyer) November 16, 2024

I’m relieved.

This sums up my take on the 2024 American Renaissance conference.

Last year, I was full of dark and foreboding thoughts about the 2024 presidential election. Looking ahead, I was worried about a more violent repeat of the 2020 election. At the time, there was a real possibility that Donald Trump could have been convicted and sent to prison ahead of the 2024 election. I was worried about the lawfare against Trump sparking a post-election legitimacy crisis. I could imagine the 2024 American Renaissance conference taking place against a backdrop of civil unrest.

Nothing of the sort happened and Donald Trump shrugged off the lawfare, easily defeated Kamala Harris and won the popular vote. Far from sparking a violent resistance, Resistance libs are demoralized and turning off MSNBC. The streets are quiet. It seemed like the annual Antifa demonstration this year was smaller and more pathetic than usual. I didn’t see Daryle Lamont Jenkins. I felt secure enough to bring the entire family this year. My son went out on the balcony during the protest and asked me, “Dad, are those the people who voted for Kamala Harris?” I told him yes and that they were sore losers.

Everyone appeared to me to be in high spirits. It seemed like turnout was a lot higher this year than in the previous two years. The speakers were mostly positive about Donald Trump winning the 2024 election although no one interpreted it as any kind of final victory. In particular, the European speakers were buoyed by the outcome and hoped that remigration would gain further momentum in Europe with the United States leading the way. All the speeches should be up on Amren later this week.

It was challenging to bring our kids to Amren with the extra packing and stops. I am used to going with just my wife, but next year I will be coming with three kids. Looking ahead to Trump’s second term, I anticipate the old taboos will continue to erode and our views will become even more normalized. As the legacy media fades, I think our days as a highly controversial, underground movement are nearly over. A few years from now, I wouldn’t be surprised if the conference eventually moved out of Montgomery Bell State Park and back to regular corporate hotel chains. In the future, I would like to go to these conferences like the Griswolds. It would just be something normal families do once a year.

What’s the point at screaming outside at Amren when Hitler is the president?