April Ryan: Yes I asked the president "Are You a racist?"

[deminks]

on MSNBC just now. This was the question she shouted on the devil at the signing ceremony for MLK proclamation.

finally, they get it.

Andrea Mitchell just said shithole. What a day.

/rant off

[Paladin]

1. Thank you, April Ryan. Keep shouting that question. (nt)

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Chief traitor is making it clear we have two countries and sadly there is no room for that

so some very very painful days are ahead.

[thegoose]

3. Angry voices on CNN and MSNBC

Finally! And crickets from the GOP except for a couple of liars going on TV and denying he said what he said.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. The crickets are important, the GOP is officially on record as opposing the United States

it cant be clearer.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. really!

Isn't it amazing that when the repugs finally get power in all 3 branches of government, that this is their tune/music? A huge failure to govern for the people, by the people, all the people.

It's time to take the gloves off and go after this POS and his cronies...

We will take NO MORE! Until we are in power, lawsuits right and left on ALL presidential actions and all repug legislative actions to stop their racist agenda. When Nov. 2018 elections roll around, bring down ALL repugs...All of them. None of them deserve any respect, votes, or power, forevermore...

If we don't now, who's next ? Females (remember tRUMP the pus** grabber)? Asians? Gays? Jews? Etc.

NO one is safe anymore...

[Hugin]

6. Eh... She should've asked, "How much of a racist are you?"

Because at this point we're dickering about scale.

It's good she spoke up, tho.

[0rganism]

11. is there actually a scale for that? if not, let's make one

kind of like the F-scale for tornado severity
we can call it the "Trump scale" or just "T" for short, as in
"i just had lunch with a T4 racist"
"oh man, i bet that sucked ass"

something like this:
T1 = garden variety passive bigotry - one of our "forgotten" snowflakes
T2 = enthusiastic active bigotry, posts and tweets racially offensive shit anonymously
T3 = KKK-style racism, makes bigoted public statements on the record and participates in possibly violent demonstrations/marches
T4= full-on Nazi racism, advocates ethnic cleansing, demonstrates publicly, publishes racist flyers and newsletters
T5 = dedicated Nazi racist with political power used to promote intolerance. Hitler wannabe.

[Hugin]

12. I bet this Tom Eaton guy could help calibrate the Trump Bigotry Scale.

He's an expert.

Have you seen this open letter? It's right to the point.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2018-01-12-trump-wins-the-race-to-the-bottom/

[nadine_mn]

7. I don't understand how shouting "are you a racist" helps...it's not like he is going to say yes

Don't get me wrong - I think every single person should call him a racist to his face, on tv, on radio, on every interview etc.

Que up the "I am, like, the least racist person ever" response that will be tweeted or whatever.

Its just shouting questions like that only fuel his narrative to his base that the media hates him.

[Progressive dog]

9. He is a racist

and he has earned any hatred from the media. He has been claiming for years that the media is trying to get him, calling him the racist that he is will make no difference. Besides, the news media have an obligation to report facts.

[nadine_mn]

10. I agree - he is a racist. I just dont

Understand asking him if he is one. Of course he is - we all know it and he knows it. He’ll never admit it.

It’s just a pet peeve of mine with all journalists when they shout out questions like that - ones they know aren’t going to be answered

[mstinamotorcity2]

8. we knew

that before she asked.