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https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/31/trump-has-made-gop-complicit-in-white-supremacism/Trump Has Made GOP Complicit In White Supremacism
July 31, 2020 at 7:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Michael Gerson: In Trumps approach to politics, all is flexible, all is negotiable, except the driving instinct of us vs. them. And it is not just a coincidence that the us is overwhelmingly White. Trumps most consistent, defining goal has been the preservation of white supremacy against growing diversity. As we now see fully, he holds out the promise of a suburban, segregated promised land.
Those who dismiss this criticism as playing the race card must ignore Trumps constant employment of the racism card. Those who dismiss these concerns as identity politics must somehow overlook the White identity politics that drives his public appeal. Trumps approach is apostasy from the American ideal. It is the kind of thing that can lead to the breaking of nations.
Those who dismiss this criticism as playing the race card must ignore Trumps constant employment of the racism card. Those who dismiss these concerns as identity politics must somehow overlook the White identity politics that drives his public appeal. Trumps approach is apostasy from the American ideal. It is the kind of thing that can lead to the breaking of nations.
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Trump Has Made GOP Complicit In White Supremacism (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jul 2020
OP
The GOP has been the symbol of white supremacy for decades, all on its own...
Guilded Lilly
Jul 2020
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Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)1. The GOP has been the symbol of white supremacy for decades, all on its own...
they just now have a twisted narcissist frontman stooge to hide behind while flourishing their treachery.
They will not go quietly into the night.
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)2. The GOP is the world's largest white supremacist organization.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)3. Dumb Persists
Go back far enough and we are all related. People of Color are of color because they had various percentages of ancestors who lived where it was seriously hot and over time their bodies turned darker to protect them from the hot Sun.
But so many on the Right dont comprehend that or want to believe that.
People are people..... have two long time Gal Pals, one of color one Jewish. Salt of the earth ladies.
We must fight fiercely to beat back Trump and his fellow Neo Fascists.
crickets
(25,968 posts)4. I disagree. Support for white supremacy has always been part of the GOP way.
Trump is just making them own it out loud.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. I don't think that was a hard sell