Trump, Jr in Philadelphia, Mississippi

[madaboutharry]

Supporting the Confederate Flag on the state emblem because he "is for tradition."

A family of creeps.

[guillaumeb]

1. Site of many Klan rallies.

Channeling Ronald Reagan, who began his campaign in the same place?

[madaboutharry]

2. And notorious murders

of three civil rights workers.

[dawg]

3. Site of a murder.

Three of them, actually.

[guillaumeb]

9. Goodman, Schwermer, and Chaney.

And Reagan campaigned on a slogan of "states rights".

Trump truly is the heir of Racist Ronald Reagan.

[Mc Mike]

14. Exactly. Dog whistling about state's rights.

Maddow covered how dRumpf did exactly the same thing when he held a rally in Long Island in the primary, where a bunch of white kids assaulted and stabbed hispanics, even killed one. He held the event down the block on the same street.

[guillaumeb]

17. I was not aware of that. But I am not surprised. eom

[Mc Mike]

18. Sorry I can't provide the link. I miss Galraedia's Maddow posting. nt.

[Mc Mike]

33. The title is "Provocateur Donald Trump Speaks At Hate Crime Site".

Maddow's coverage is from 3 months ago, during the NY primary. I can't get a link from MSNBC, though you might be able to, but here's a yahoo one.

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0LEVxprnpxXNgQAIMNXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA3lmcC10LXMEZ3ByaWQDeEpHU004TXdRVXFfR2M5ckVNM2ZDQQRuX3JzbHQDMARuX3N1Z2cDMQRvcmlnaW4Dc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMQRwcXN0cgNtYWRkb3cgcmVhZ2FuIHBoaWxhZGVscGhpYSBtBHBxc3RybAMyOARxc3RybAM0NARxdWVyeQNtYWRkb3clMjByZWFnYW4lMjBwaGlsYWRlbHBoaWElMjBtaXNzaXNzaXBwaQR0X3N0bXADMTQ2OTg4MTk4OQ--?p=maddow+reagan+philadelphia+mississippi&fr2=sa-gp-search&fr=yfp-t-s&fp=1

It's a 20 min video, up to about min 11:45, it talks about Raygun dog-whistling in MS. The second half talks about the incidents in Patchogue, Suffolk County, Long Island.

Summary is that 4 days after Obama was elected on 11/4, a bunch of white teens went 'wilding', looking for Hispanic victims, attacked 4 people in 3 separate attacks, and wound up killing Marcello Lucero. The Daily News called them the "Long Island Lynch Mob". The Hispanic population there said that this was just one incident in years of unprovoked racist attacks, which the Suffolk County police did nothing about. In '09, the Justice Dept entered into an oversight agreement with the Suffolk County police, forcing them to investigate and prevent hate crime attacks.

dRumpf campaigned in the NY primary there, on the same street where Lucero was killed, 2 1/2 blocks away, and was introduced by Carl Palladino whipping up the crowd to chant about building the wall to keep Mexicans out.

[edhopper]

4. they must really think

the white bigot vote is enough.

[LuvNewcastle]

21. He's trying to win the George Wallace states.

The Deep South is his stronghold. A lot of people are saying Johnson's going to pick off some western states. That doesn't leave a lot of room for Trump. The old Confederacy, and not even all of that.

[woolldog]

23. He's already going to win those states though

This is odd.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Oh that bastard is a singular shit for brains.

That specimen is is one nasty brownshirt.

[Chasstev365]

6. Dog Whistle: Just like Reagan, who kicked off his 1980 campaign there

He mumbled about States Rights, but everyone knew why he was there.

[Island Blue]

11. Not so much a dog whistle,

more like standing on the front porch, banging on the food bowl, and yelling for Fido to "Come here boy!"

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Mississippi Burning. Nixon. Reagan.

Now Trump.

[longship]

22. The movie is damned good.

Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Brad Dourif, and the always incredible Frances McDormand.

Yes, it is a fictionalized account. Yet it nevertheless tells a truth.

A powerful film like Mississippi Burning always tells a truth.

Trailer:

What's the matter with these people?

[Aristus]

8. Jesus Christ! Doubling down to get the white supramacist vote...

[guillaumeb]

10. So Trump is aiming for the racist AND the stupid vote?

One hopes this is a losing strategy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. That's not a dog whistle; it's a siren.

This is the town where the three civil rights workers were murdered in 1964, and where Reagan gave his first post-convention speech after being chosen as the Republican nominee in 1980. Comrade Trumpsky is trying to pull a Reagan but he's even less subtle.

[pinboy3niner]

13. +1

[madaboutharry]

19. 1964

[Zambero]

29. Mississippi is not even in play

There is dog whistling going on here, but it's being done for a much broader audience outside of this state. The symbolism for white supremacists in the other 49 states is that Trump is their guy, so by all means send money.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Exactly - just like Reagan did.

[mentalsolstice]

15. Why not Philadelphia, MS?

They have great (tacky, but glamorized for TV) casinos there. Their ads show bus loads of poor people from surrounding states coming in hoping they'll hit the big jackpot. It's a Trump wet dream!

[dflprincess]

25. And it sends a clear message to racists

that the Trumps are with them.

Reagan used Neshoba County, Mississippi as dog whistle too.

[trueblue2007]

16. because he "is for tradition" Rump Jr prob supports slavery,the Earth is Flat, bloodletting the ill

Rumps family members are not too bright.

[mcar]

20. Ugh

No surprise there.

[uponit7771]

24. They are so needlessly ugly... I hate to get on the demonize bandwagon but damn at some

... point this shit aint cause they're totally stupid

[maryellen99]

26. I have a friend who lives in the South

She told me that if Trump came out against the confederate flag,he would lose the South.

[Skittles]

27. so your friend is saying

candidates need to be bigots, in order to win the bigot vote

[maryellen99]

28. No it was just her opinion. She believes that the flag should only be displayed in museums nt

[Skittles]

32. sometimes you have to do what is right

and to HELL with the bigots

[Lord Magus]

30. The Trump family loves all "traditions" of racism.

This is a Klan family we're talking about.