'Lifting Up White Supremacy:' Leaked Doc Shows Trumpian 'America First' Caucus Too Crazy For GOP

[Rhiannon12866]

Multiple pro-Trump Republicans are under fire and backpedaling after a leaked document sparked accusations of racism. The document describes plans for creating an “America First” caucus, which calls for the protection of “Anglo-Saxon political traditions.” MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by MSNBC’s Juanita Tolliver to discuss the fallout and what this document signals about the GOP in the post-Trump era. Aired on 04/19/2021.

[msongs]

1. its wha the gop is they are just pissed cuz she spilled the beans in such a public way and got

all that media attention

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2. What's with this worship of European standards. This is America,...

not Europe. America has it's own culture and ethnic groups from all over the world have contributed to it.
American popular culture from movies, music, dress, sports, and everything else is exported and sells, yet these white supremacists keep looking back to Europe.

Hey, we left that joint several centuries ago because of persecution and taxation without representation, among other reasons.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. And fewer immigrants are coming from European countries as they did generations ago

As we've discussed here before, it seems like whoever are the most recent immigrants are the ones who face prejudice. A century or more ago, it was the Irish or the Italians - Europeans.

[Solly Mack]

4. Not "too crazy" for Republicans. Merely too exposed for its lack of use of dog whistles and coded

words and phrases.

The GOP prefers to cloak its racism and bigotry in phrases like "inner city" and "traditional values".