Suhayda was a member of the
World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists and the
National Association for the Advancement of White People, and subsequently founded his own organization under the name of the American Nazi Party. Suhayda's organization claims a connection to the American Nazi Party founded by
George Lincoln Rockwell in 1959, but it is officially a separate entity. He has held the office since at least 1999. He and his group are based in
Michigan. As of January 2022, the American Nazi Party's website named him as chairman, updated by February 2022 to list as chairman
Axl Hess. Hess was previously the group's spokesman. Suhayda formerly ran the European American Education Association. He was a member of the National White People's Party in 1976, but resigned some point before 1979. From 1979 until the 1980's, he was the Chairman of a 12-member group called The National Front. On September 10, 1989, he held a "White Vigil", which he said was to "honor all of our comrades who have died for our cause and who face living death"; it was in an effort to unify white power groups. Members from six groups attended. Following
white supremacist activist
Alex Curtis being indicted in 2000, Suhayda appealed for legal donations for Curtis. Shortly after the
September 11 attacks, Suhayda stated that "if we were one-tenth as serious as the
bin Laden terrorists, we just might start getting somewhere", and that the hijackers had "put our great White Movement to SHAME". During the
2008 United States presidential election, he stated that he preferred
Barack Obama, despite him being black, saying that: "White people are faced with either a negro or a total nutter who happens to have a pale face. Personally, I’d prefer the negro." His ANP allows non-White or Jewish "supporters". In 2016, Suhayda stated on his radio show that a
Donald Trump presidency could give American Nazis the chance to build a 'pro-white' political caucus similar to the
Congressional Black Caucus. He publicly supported the appointment of
Steve Bannon to the position of chief strategist in Donald Trump's White House. == References ==