Yesterday, we saw a focused, scripted Donald Trump attempt to put our minds at ease and convince us that, despite what it might have looked like in the days following the attack on Charlottesville, he really shares our believe that white supremacists are repugnant. Well, as that particular speech didn’t yield the results that our […]
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Having attempted unsuccessfully to convince us that his sympathies don’t lie with Nazis, Trump returns to racist form
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alt Right, birther, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, George Washington, Heather Heyer, lies, Nazi, post-fact, post-truth, racism, racist dog whistle, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Terry McAuliffe, The Central Park Five, Thomas Jefferson, white nationalism, white power, white supremacist 45 Comments
Donald Trump and American’s “cherished history” of white supremacy
As we discussed yesterday, included in Donald Trump’s scripted comments about the domestic terrorist attack that left one woman dead and nineteen injured over this past weekend in Charlottesville, was the phrase, “cherish our history.” It’s something that stood out to me when I first heard the President say it, and it’s something that I’ve […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Charlottesville, cherish our history, Confederate statue, Donald Trump, fascism, Invisible Empire, Joe Arpiao, KKK, Nazi, race, racist dog whistle, Robert E. Lee, Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, white nationalism, white supremacy 14 Comments