You Can Thank Trump For The White Nationalist Rampage

[homersapien 11,371]

The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it.

 

It was hilarious and telling to see No. 45 Trump tweet that he condemns “all that hate stands for” following the racial-fomented violence by white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA.

 

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Donald J. Trump 

 

✔@realDonaldTrump

We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!

 

The hilarity is that one would have to reach back to presidential candidate George Wallace in 1964, and maybe toss in GOP presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, to find someone who aspired to sit in the Oval Office who so blatantly, nakedly and shamefully pandered to racial bigots to snatch the office as Trump did. His broadsides against Hispanics, Muslims, immigrants, blacks and women are almost the stuff of political legend. They need not be repeated here.

Now, here’s what’s telling about his supposed condemnation of hate. He carefully and calculatingly did not utter the words “white” and “nationalists” or “alt-right” in his phony denunciation. He did not call out and lambaste any one organization or leader that precipitated the racial violence in Virginia ― and that included the KKK, which brazenly said it would be there. He was certainly not tongue tied when it came to pillorying Black Lives Matter for their alleged racism and egging on violence against police. Even more telling, he lumped the counter protesters against the white nationalists in the same hate mongering boat together.

Trump deftly sent yet another clear signal that when it comes to stoking racial hate and fomenting racial violence, there’s no difference between a white nationalist true believer and those who stand against what they stand for. Then again, Trump is just following a well-worn template that the GOP has used for ages when it comes to a racist crack, dig, slur, or in this case a racist ― and very violent ― march by white racists.

The ploy goes like this: Issue a pious, indignant statement denouncing the racist quip or act while at the same time being careful not to make any connection between the racist actions and the GOP. During the campaign, for instance, Trump refused at first to reject former Klan Kleagle David Duke’s endorsement, nor any other support from the Klan. But he then proceeded to stare down a supporter wearing a Klan-lettered t-shirt at a campaign rally. Trump was simply following the “shame on you for being an open racist but not the racism” script.

Trump learned from the GOP masters on this score. In 2010, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell flatly refused several direct, angled and nuanced efforts to discuss racism in the tea party. McConnell’s none-too-subtle refusal to weigh in on the issue was in direct response to the NAACP’s resolution demanding that the tea party speak out ― and speak out loudly ― against the racists among them. Long before the NAACP stirred debate on tea party racism with its resolution, a legion of Democrats, civil rights leaders, and even an online petition from an advocacy group, had begged the GOP to speak out against its naked bigots.

No go. The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it. The shouts, taunts, spitting, catcalls, Obama as Joker posters, n-word slurs, Confederate and Texas Lone Star flag waved by some tea party activists ― and the deafening silence from GOP leaders during Obama’s early years in office ― was and still very much is an indispensable political necessity for the party.

GOP leaders have long known that blue collar and a significant percent of college-educated, white male voters who are professionals can be easily aroused to vote and shout loudly on the emotional wedge issues: abortion, family values, anti-gay marriage and tax cuts. They whipped up their hysteria and borderline racism against the Affordable Care Act ― and, by extension, Obama. These are the very voters that GOP presidents and aspiring presidents ― Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and George W. Bush, McCain and Romney ― and an endless line of GOP governors, senators and congresspersons have banked on for victory and to seize and maintain regional and national political dominance. The GOP banks on them again in 2018 to keep congressional and state offices control.

It’s no coincidence that the “alt-right” and white nationalist movement has become, big, bold, and violent in the last few years. It cut its teeth and honed its attacks on Obama. It then quickly found and latched tightly onto the move by some Southern cities and states to remove the insulting and odious, racist Confederate statutes and monuments and other relics that for a century and a half have rubbed slavery in the face of the nation. Trump is no fool. He knows that politically, the loudmouths who spew “alt-right” garbage have the quiet ear of legions, and those are the exact legions that he and the GOP count as their shock troops to maintain their political edge.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thank-trump-for-the-white-nationalist-rampage_us_598f8601e4b063e2ae058033

[RunInRed 16,407]

[homersapien 11,371]

From the "Daily Stormer",  www.dailystormer.com

3:46 PM:

Trump comments were good. He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us.

He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate… on both sides!

So he implied the antifa are haters.

There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all.

He said he loves us all.

Also refused to answer a question about White Nationalists supporting him.

No condemnation at all.

When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room.

Really, really good.

God bless him.

[RunInRed 16,407]

See, the thing about that is ...

 

[Grumps 3,704]

That makes as much sense as blaming the Ferguson riots on Obama.

[homersapien 11,371]

29 minutes ago, Grumps said:

That makes as much sense as blaming the Ferguson riots on Obama.

  

[Grumps 3,704]

3 minutes ago, homersapien said:

  

I apologize if I am incorrect. I assumed that your title was implying that Trump as POTUS was making white supremacists feel empowered to be vocal with their racist views. Based on that assumption, I used similar reasoning to imply that Obama as POTUS was making black cop haters feel empowered to be vocal with their racist views. Please explain all (or some) of my errors.

[Mikey 16,589]

40 minutes ago, Grumps said:

That makes as much sense as blaming the Ferguson riots on Obama.

Here's how all this works: It's Trump's fault that Obamacare is imploding. It's to Obama's credit that the stock market and jobs reports are up. It's Trump's fault that the three previous presidents tried appeasement and failed with North Korea. The daily murders in Chicago are Trump's fault, the relative peace and tranquility of Lineville, Alabama is due to Obama's wisdom and great leadership. That's how it goes, just ask your local Demmie.

[homersapien 11,371]

6 minutes ago, Grumps said:

I apologize if I am incorrect. I assumed that your title was implying that Trump as POTUS was making white supremacists feel empowered to be vocal with their racist views. Based on that assumption, I used similar reasoning to imply that Obama as POTUS was making black cop haters feel empowered to be vocal with their racist views. Please explain all (or some) of my errors.

Obama never supported  or appealed to "black cop haters".    Trump, on the other hand...

Trump’s presidential campaign had been endorsed by a number of white supremacists, including former KKK leader David Duke, who attended the Charlottesville rally.

In an interview with The Indianapolis Star on Saturday, Duke said the gathering of white supremacists represented “a turning point for the people of this country.”

“We are determined to take our country back. We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in, that’s why we voted for Donald Trump. Because he said he’s going to take our country back. That’s what we gotta do,” he told the Star.

Duke on Saturday later took to twitter to respond to a tweet by Trump that encouraged everyone to “condemn all that hate stands for.”

“I would recommend you take a good look in the mirror & remember it was White Americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists,” he responded.

 

Trump refused to single out the activity of white supremacists, however, arguing that there was blame to go around on “many sides.”

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides ― on many sides,” Trump said at a ceremony for the signing of a bill to reform the Veterans Affairs health care system. “It’s been going on for a long time in our country, not Donald Trump, not Barack Obama. It’s been going on for a long, long time.”

“It has no place in America,” he added. “What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives.”

Trump went on to emphasize that he loves “all the people of our country,” and called for Americans of different races and backgrounds to remember their shared Americanness.

“We want to get the situation straightened out in Charlottesville and we want to study it,” he said. “We want to see what we’re doing wrong as a country where things like this can happen.”

Trump’s comments were his third attempt at addressing the unrest in Virginia. Earlier on Saturday, he’d condemned “hate” and “violence” via Twitter, but didn’t mention Charlottesville by name or directly address any of the groups demonstrating there. 

David Duke, a white nationalist and supporter of Trump, criticized the president’s initial statement, arguing that “it was White Americans who put you in the presidency.”

[homersapien 11,371]

9 minutes ago, Mikey said:

Here's how all this works: It's Trump's fault that Obamacare is imploding. It's to Obama's credit that the stock market and jobs reports are up. It's Trump's fault that the three previous presidents tried appeasement and failed with North Korea. The daily murders in Chicago are Trump's fault, the relative peace and tranquility of Lineville, Alabama is due to Obama's wisdom and great leadership. That's how it goes, just ask your local Demmie.

There you go Grumps.  

You've got at least one supporter.  Congratulations. 

[PUB78 1,358]

33 minutes ago, homersapien said:

There you go Grumps.  

You've got at least one supporter.  Congratulations. 

Make it two.

[homersapien 11,371]

3 minutes ago, PUB78 said:

Make it two.

I'm sure it will comfort Grumps to know you agree with him, but it sure as hell doesn't make him look any better.

[TitanTiger 20,481]

4 hours ago, homersapien said:

From the "Daily Stormer",  www.dailystormer.com

3:46 PM:

Trump comments were good. He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us.

He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate… on both sides!

So he implied the antifa are haters.

There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all.

He said he loves us all.

Also refused to answer a question about White Nationalists supporting him.

No condemnation at all.

When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room.

Really, really good.

God bless him.

The racists know what's what.  That people would try to act like Trump's weak ass statement was reasonable and fair is laughable.

Thought experiment:

An ISIS recruit mows down a crowd of Christian protesters, killing one. Trump responds by condemning "this degree of hatred, bigotry and violence, on many sides." Reporters ask him about his thoughts specifically on ISIS, and he walks out of the room. 

How's that feel to you? Fine? Liberal press blowing things out of proportion?

[TexasTiger 12,852]

50 minutes ago, PUB78 said:

Make it two.

Folks are finding it harder to hide who they really are these days.

[PUB78 1,358]

27 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

Folks are finding it harder to hide who they really are these days.

And we know who you really are and for what you support.

[Mikey 16,589]

If this is Trump's fault, then all the crimes and violent acts committed by the racist organization Black Lives Matter must be Obama's fault, right? The logic is the same.

How long did it take Obama to make any comment at all on the killing of Kathryn Steinle? That was shameful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-silence-on-kathryn-steinle-killing-is-deafening/2015/07/13/06f5730e-2959-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?utm_term=.0c8b535c7f37

[TexasTiger 12,852]

29 minutes ago, PUB78 said:

And we know who you really are and for what you support.

Yeah. Decency.

[TexasTiger 12,852]

8 minutes ago, Mikey said:

If this is Trump's fault, then all the crimes and violent acts committed by the racist organization Black Lives Matter must be Obama's fault, right? The logic is the same.

How long did it take Obama to make any comment at all on the killing of Kathryn Steinle? That was shameful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-silence-on-kathryn-steinle-killing-is-deafening/2015/07/13/06f5730e-2959-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html?utm_term=.0c8b535c7f37

That's delusional. 

[SaltyTiger 7,795]

20 hours ago, homersapien said:

The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it.

 

It was hilarious and telling to see No. 45 Trump tweet that he condemns “all that hate stands for” following the racial-fomented violence by white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA.

 

 Follow

Donald J. Trump 

 

✔@realDonaldTrump

We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets come together as one!

 

The hilarity is that one would have to reach back to presidential candidate George Wallace in 1964, and maybe toss in GOP presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, to find someone who aspired to sit in the Oval Office who so blatantly, nakedly and shamefully pandered to racial bigots to snatch the office as Trump did. His broadsides against Hispanics, Muslims, immigrants, blacks and women are almost the stuff of political legend. They need not be repeated here.

Now, here’s what’s telling about his supposed condemnation of hate. He carefully and calculatingly did not utter the words “white” and “nationalists” or “alt-right” in his phony denunciation. He did not call out and lambaste any one organization or leader that precipitated the racial violence in Virginia ― and that included the KKK, which brazenly said it would be there. He was certainly not tongue tied when it came to pillorying Black Lives Matter for their alleged racism and egging on violence against police. Even more telling, he lumped the counter protesters against the white nationalists in the same hate mongering boat together.

Trump deftly sent yet another clear signal that when it comes to stoking racial hate and fomenting racial violence, there’s no difference between a white nationalist true believer and those who stand against what they stand for. Then again, Trump is just following a well-worn template that the GOP has used for ages when it comes to a racist crack, dig, slur, or in this case a racist ― and very violent ― march by white racists.

The ploy goes like this: Issue a pious, indignant statement denouncing the racist quip or act while at the same time being careful not to make any connection between the racist actions and the GOP. During the campaign, for instance, Trump refused at first to reject former Klan Kleagle David Duke’s endorsement, nor any other support from the Klan. But he then proceeded to stare down a supporter wearing a Klan-lettered t-shirt at a campaign rally. Trump was simply following the “shame on you for being an open racist but not the racism” script.

Trump learned from the GOP masters on this score. In 2010, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell flatly refused several direct, angled and nuanced efforts to discuss racism in the tea party. McConnell’s none-too-subtle refusal to weigh in on the issue was in direct response to the NAACP’s resolution demanding that the tea party speak out ― and speak out loudly ― against the racists among them. Long before the NAACP stirred debate on tea party racism with its resolution, a legion of Democrats, civil rights leaders, and even an online petition from an advocacy group, had begged the GOP to speak out against its naked bigots.

No go. The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it. The shouts, taunts, spitting, catcalls, Obama as Joker posters, n-word slurs, Confederate and Texas Lone Star flag waved by some tea party activists ― and the deafening silence from GOP leaders during Obama’s early years in office ― was and still very much is an indispensable political necessity for the party.

GOP leaders have long known that blue collar and a significant percent of college-educated, white male voters who are professionals can be easily aroused to vote and shout loudly on the emotional wedge issues: abortion, family values, anti-gay marriage and tax cuts. They whipped up their hysteria and borderline racism against the Affordable Care Act ― and, by extension, Obama. These are the very voters that GOP presidents and aspiring presidents ― Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and George W. Bush, McCain and Romney ― and an endless line of GOP governors, senators and congresspersons have banked on for victory and to seize and maintain regional and national political dominance. The GOP banks on them again in 2018 to keep congressional and state offices control.

It’s no coincidence that the “alt-right” and white nationalist movement has become, big, bold, and violent in the last few years. It cut its teeth and honed its attacks on Obama. It then quickly found and latched tightly onto the move by some Southern cities and states to remove the insulting and odious, racist Confederate statutes and monuments and other relics that for a century and a half have rubbed slavery in the face of the nation. Trump is no fool. He knows that politically, the loudmouths who spew “alt-right” garbage have the quiet ear of legions, and those are the exact legions that he and the GOP count as their shock troops to maintain their political edge.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thank-trump-for-the-white-nationalist-rampage_us_598f8601e4b063e2ae058033

Hell, you folks will blame President Trump if it rains on Homecoming at Auburn.

[augolf1716 21,123]

7 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Hell, you folks will blame President Trump if it rains on Homecoming at Auburn.

lol that is a funny

[TexasTiger 12,852]

8 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Hell, you folks will blame President Trump if it rains on Homecoming at Auburn.

 

8 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Hell, you folks will blame President Trump if it rains on Homecoming at Auburn.

You're such a whiny little excuse maker-- like your cult leader.

[TexasTiger 12,852]

Just now, augolf1716 said:

lol that is a funny

You must be drinking.

[GiveEmElle 1,559]

6 hours ago, homersapien said:

From the "Daily Stormer",  www.dailystormer.com

3:46 PM:

Trump comments were good. He didn’t attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us.

He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate… on both sides!

So he implied the antifa are haters.

There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all.

He said he loves us all.

Also refused to answer a question about White Nationalists supporting him.

No condemnation at all.

When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room.

Really, really good.

God bless him.

This is absolutely disgusting. The President just received praise from a neo Nazi. Can't wait to see how the local Trump supporters here defend this one. 

[AU64 10,122]

15 minutes ago, SaltyTiger said:

Hell, you folks will blame President Trump if it rains on Homecoming at Auburn.

No..that will because of global warming....

[AUFAN78 3,894]

10 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

You must be drinking.

Truth hurts.