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May 11, 2018
Hillary Clinton focused on US mid-terms
3:18am May 11, 2018
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is focusing on America's mid-term elections, hoping the Democrats can win back at least one chamber of congress.
Ms Clinton is on a brief, two-stop speaking tour in Australia, her first visit since losing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump.
She shared a stage in Melbourne on Thursday night with former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard and will do so again in Sydney on Friday night.
SNIP
The former US secretary of state, who has ruled out another bid for the presidency, said her primary focus as a citizen is on the November elections.
She noted the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate were up for election.
"I think it's imperative that the Democrats take at least one of those houses back, preferably both, and begin to act as a check and balance on the White House.
"Right now the Republican majority is cowed, intimidated or actually approves of everything that's going on.
"It's quite concerning to me because unchecked power, whether you agree with how it's being used or not, should be avoided and prevented in a democracy."
Snip
Unsurprisingly, the treatment of women in politics came up during Thursday's event.
"The only way we'll get sexism out of politics is to get more women into politics," Ms Clinton said.
The 5000 attendees paid between $195 and $495 for tickets to hear Ms Clinton speak at the function organised by Australian business events group The Growth Faculty.
Australia: "Hillary Clinton focused on US mid-terms"
https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/11/03/19/hillary-clinton-focused-on-us-mid-termsHillary Clinton focused on US mid-terms
3:18am May 11, 2018
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is focusing on America's mid-term elections, hoping the Democrats can win back at least one chamber of congress.
Ms Clinton is on a brief, two-stop speaking tour in Australia, her first visit since losing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump.
She shared a stage in Melbourne on Thursday night with former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard and will do so again in Sydney on Friday night.
SNIP
The former US secretary of state, who has ruled out another bid for the presidency, said her primary focus as a citizen is on the November elections.
She noted the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate were up for election.
"I think it's imperative that the Democrats take at least one of those houses back, preferably both, and begin to act as a check and balance on the White House.
"Right now the Republican majority is cowed, intimidated or actually approves of everything that's going on.
"It's quite concerning to me because unchecked power, whether you agree with how it's being used or not, should be avoided and prevented in a democracy."
Snip
Unsurprisingly, the treatment of women in politics came up during Thursday's event.
"The only way we'll get sexism out of politics is to get more women into politics," Ms Clinton said.
The 5000 attendees paid between $195 and $495 for tickets to hear Ms Clinton speak at the function organised by Australian business events group The Growth Faculty.
May 11, 2018
https://still4hill.com/2018/05/10/an-evening-with-hillary-clinton-melbourne/
An Evening with Hillary Clinton, Melbourne
Julia Gillard, who as prime minister showed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton around Melbourne in 2010, welcomed her friend back down under on Thursday.
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sbs.com.au
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Clinton tells Australia: Stand up to China
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says Chinese efforts to gain political power and manipulate policy outcomes is an urgent problem.
Australia must not allow an expansionist China to subvert Australia's national interests, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton warns.
Ms Clinton said Australia must stand up to "under the radar" efforts to influence Australian politics as China extends its influence and power.
The former US presidential candidate said Australia must be a strong and savvy advocate for its own interests and understand how best to deal with an expansionist China.
"I would hope that Australia would stand up against efforts, under the radar as we say, to influence Australian politics and policy," Ms Clinton told an event in Melbourne on Thursday night.
"You must not let that happen. It is insidious."
It could eat away at the fabric of democracy and build distrust, she added.
"If you think there's a hidden hand somewhere that is buying off politicians or otherwise exercising influence, then that begins to really tear at the fabric of a democratic society.
"It is imperative for the Australian government to protect Australia's interests."
Ms Clinton said the US must remain a Pacific power, having provided a counter-point to Chinese expansionism.
"I am hoping that we will have American leadership once again to back you up and support you in what you need to do to be a good trading partner, take advantage of the strategic position you find yourself in, but not allow China to undermine or subvert your own national interests or values."
Ms Clinton said Australia must pay heed to warnings about Chinese efforts to gain political power and manipulate policy outcomes.
"This is an urgent problem and one we must confront immediately and together."
Ms Clinton said what had been learned about the Russian interference in the 2016 US election, which she lost to Donald Trump, was more than alarming.
"It is a clear and present danger to democracy," she said.
MORE at LINK..
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/clinton-tells-australia-stand-up-to-china
Clinton tells Australia: 'Stand up to China'
https://still4hill.com/2018/05/10/an-evening-with-hillary-clinton-melbourne/
An Evening with Hillary Clinton, Melbourne
Julia Gillard, who as prime minister showed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton around Melbourne in 2010, welcomed her friend back down under on Thursday.
https://i0.wp.com/www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Hillary+Clinton+Evening+Hillary+Rodham+Clinton+YRjvO3IiO8-l.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Hillary+Clinton+Evening+Hillary+Rodham+Clinton+YRjvO3IiO8-l.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Hillary+Clinton+Evening+Hillary+Rodham+Clinton+YRjvO3IiO8-l.jpg
sbs.com.au
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Clinton tells Australia: Stand up to China
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says Chinese efforts to gain political power and manipulate policy outcomes is an urgent problem.
Australia must not allow an expansionist China to subvert Australia's national interests, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton warns.
Ms Clinton said Australia must stand up to "under the radar" efforts to influence Australian politics as China extends its influence and power.
The former US presidential candidate said Australia must be a strong and savvy advocate for its own interests and understand how best to deal with an expansionist China.
"I would hope that Australia would stand up against efforts, under the radar as we say, to influence Australian politics and policy," Ms Clinton told an event in Melbourne on Thursday night.
"You must not let that happen. It is insidious."
It could eat away at the fabric of democracy and build distrust, she added.
"If you think there's a hidden hand somewhere that is buying off politicians or otherwise exercising influence, then that begins to really tear at the fabric of a democratic society.
"It is imperative for the Australian government to protect Australia's interests."
Ms Clinton said the US must remain a Pacific power, having provided a counter-point to Chinese expansionism.
"I am hoping that we will have American leadership once again to back you up and support you in what you need to do to be a good trading partner, take advantage of the strategic position you find yourself in, but not allow China to undermine or subvert your own national interests or values."
Ms Clinton said Australia must pay heed to warnings about Chinese efforts to gain political power and manipulate policy outcomes.
"This is an urgent problem and one we must confront immediately and together."
Ms Clinton said what had been learned about the Russian interference in the 2016 US election, which she lost to Donald Trump, was more than alarming.
"It is a clear and present danger to democracy," she said.
MORE at LINK..
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/clinton-tells-australia-stand-up-to-china
May 11, 2018
Article from WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/global-opinions/former-western-leaders-join-forces-to-fight-russian-meddling/2018/05/10/f93dc3c6-5491-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html?noredirect=on&__twitter_impression=true
Former Western leaders join forces to fight Russian meddling
SNIP
"Closer to home, there are signs Russia is interfering in upcoming elections in Mexico. Before the next U.S. presidential election, in 2020, which Biden may be involved in, there will be 20 major elections in European Union and NATO countries.
“You have a lot of examples of the Russians trying to stir up dissatisfaction, spur nationalism, in an attempt to weaken the confidence in our democratic institutions,” Rasmussen said. “I told Biden this is not just an American challenge.”
Biden will attend the first commission meeting in Copenhagen in June as part of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Both efforts are funded through the Alliance of Democracies Foundation. Biden told me that the commission will work toward finding best practices and policies among the United States and its European allies to thwart subversive measures by Russia and any other countries that may want to interfere.
“In recent years we have witnessed how the Kremlin has used cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and weaponized corruption to try to sow chaos and deepen divisions within our democratic societies,” he said. “We need to fight back against this malign influence by reducing our vulnerabilities and exposing Russia’s tactics.”
The current list of commissioners includes former Mexican president Felipe Calderón, former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Chertoff, who told me that the commission is meant to look forward rather than to relitigate the controversies of 2016.
“This is not meant to be a historical exercise,” Chertoff said. “It’s an effort to promote those policies that will protect our democracies from being manipulated or subverted.”
The idea of building a coalition of democracies to counter rising autocratic threats to the liberal world order has been pushed for years by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). In his soon-to-be-released book, “The Restless Wave,” McCain recalls watching Vladimir Putin’s interference in several countries, including Ukraine and Montenegro, and how similar his tactics were in the United States.
China is the challenge of the century, but Putin is the immediate threat to America and other democracies, McCain writes. However, our effort to confront this challenge is hampered by our internal divisions, our divided politics and our dissociation from our liberal democratic values.
“We will stop him when we stop letting our partisan and personal interests expose our national security interests, even the integrity of our democracy and the rule of law, to his predation,” McCain writes. “We will stop him when we start believing in ourselves again.”
Global democratic leadership cannot depend on one senator, one former vice president or one commission. Leaders in open societies from different political perspectives must put aside old disagreements and join to share information, build defenses and educate our publics.
Absent that, Russia will continue to undermine our democratic systems, spur instability and fuel nationalism on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum. If that is allowed, liberal democracies will fail their own people and no longer serve as a model for those living in autocratic systems today.
MORE at LINK...
BIDEN: Former Western leaders join forces to fight Russian meddling
https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/994952026801881088?s=20Article from WaPo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/global-opinions/former-western-leaders-join-forces-to-fight-russian-meddling/2018/05/10/f93dc3c6-5491-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html?noredirect=on&__twitter_impression=true
Former Western leaders join forces to fight Russian meddling
SNIP
"Closer to home, there are signs Russia is interfering in upcoming elections in Mexico. Before the next U.S. presidential election, in 2020, which Biden may be involved in, there will be 20 major elections in European Union and NATO countries.
“You have a lot of examples of the Russians trying to stir up dissatisfaction, spur nationalism, in an attempt to weaken the confidence in our democratic institutions,” Rasmussen said. “I told Biden this is not just an American challenge.”
Biden will attend the first commission meeting in Copenhagen in June as part of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. Both efforts are funded through the Alliance of Democracies Foundation. Biden told me that the commission will work toward finding best practices and policies among the United States and its European allies to thwart subversive measures by Russia and any other countries that may want to interfere.
“In recent years we have witnessed how the Kremlin has used cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and weaponized corruption to try to sow chaos and deepen divisions within our democratic societies,” he said. “We need to fight back against this malign influence by reducing our vulnerabilities and exposing Russia’s tactics.”
The current list of commissioners includes former Mexican president Felipe Calderón, former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Chertoff, who told me that the commission is meant to look forward rather than to relitigate the controversies of 2016.
“This is not meant to be a historical exercise,” Chertoff said. “It’s an effort to promote those policies that will protect our democracies from being manipulated or subverted.”
The idea of building a coalition of democracies to counter rising autocratic threats to the liberal world order has been pushed for years by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). In his soon-to-be-released book, “The Restless Wave,” McCain recalls watching Vladimir Putin’s interference in several countries, including Ukraine and Montenegro, and how similar his tactics were in the United States.
China is the challenge of the century, but Putin is the immediate threat to America and other democracies, McCain writes. However, our effort to confront this challenge is hampered by our internal divisions, our divided politics and our dissociation from our liberal democratic values.
“We will stop him when we stop letting our partisan and personal interests expose our national security interests, even the integrity of our democracy and the rule of law, to his predation,” McCain writes. “We will stop him when we start believing in ourselves again.”
Global democratic leadership cannot depend on one senator, one former vice president or one commission. Leaders in open societies from different political perspectives must put aside old disagreements and join to share information, build defenses and educate our publics.
Absent that, Russia will continue to undermine our democratic systems, spur instability and fuel nationalism on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum. If that is allowed, liberal democracies will fail their own people and no longer serve as a model for those living in autocratic systems today.
MORE at LINK...
May 10, 2018
Download Here:
https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/facebook-ads/social-media-advertisements.htm
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More Ad Targets & very good discussions at Siegleman's Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/994595912222691329
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https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994579217269579776?s=20
This WSJ Link From Shelby Holliday Twitter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/full-stock-of-russia-linked-facebook-ads-shows-how-propaganda-sharpened-1525960804?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/PbwdGraqf9
And Here at Shelby Holliday:
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994585133649989632?s=20
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994586192065781760?s=20
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994593993991380992?s=20
🍃Thank you House Democrats / Here's A Link to download House Release of 3519 IRA ads - & MORE
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/994595912222691329?s=20Download Here:
https://democrats-intelligence.house.gov/facebook-ads/social-media-advertisements.htm
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More Ad Targets & very good discussions at Siegleman's Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/994595912222691329
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https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994579217269579776?s=20
This WSJ Link From Shelby Holliday Twitter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/full-stock-of-russia-linked-facebook-ads-shows-how-propaganda-sharpened-1525960804?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/PbwdGraqf9
And Here at Shelby Holliday:
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994585133649989632?s=20
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994586192065781760?s=20
https://twitter.com/shelbyholliday/status/994593993991380992?s=20
May 9, 2018
Replying to @PuestoLoco
Thank you!
Been saying it for months now. Felt kind of lonely that no one saw this!!!
This is exactly how Putin got rich and powerful and he’s been training Trump! And McConnell and the sorts will be the Oligarchs of America. His wife Cho now helps her dad’s transport business!
Pay-to-play - Trump will decide who gets to do business with Iran.
https://twitter.com/PuestoLoco/status/994244585135239168?s=20Replying to @PuestoLoco
Thank you!
Been saying it for months now. Felt kind of lonely that no one saw this!!!
This is exactly how Putin got rich and powerful and he’s been training Trump! And McConnell and the sorts will be the Oligarchs of America. His wife Cho now helps her dad’s transport business!
May 9, 2018
Hillary Clinton Tweets Disapproval of Trump's Iran Deal Pullout
Hillary Clinton
✔
@HillaryClinton
Pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal is a big mistake. It makes America less safe and less trusted. Iran is now more dangerous. What's plan B? Anyone who thinks bombing is the answer is woefully misinformed.
9:02 PM - May 8, 2018
As Secretary of State, I helped negotiate the crippling international sanctions that brought Iran to the table. It would be much harder a second time, now that our credibility is shot.
It will also be harder to deal with other threats like ballistic missiles and terrorism. Now we have no leverage and Iran is free to do what it wants.
Read Pres Obama's Statement:
https://m.facebook.com/barackobama/posts/10155854913976749
May 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993969235050270721?s=20
In 2014 Ivanka Trump attended a gala in Moscow with Wendi Deng, and guests Len Blavatnik and Viktor Vekselberg
Vekselberg and Len Blavatnik own 15.8% of recently sanctioned aluminum company RUSAL, majority owned by Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort's former business partner
n 2013 Blavatnik & Vekselberg with Alfa Bank's Fridman and Khan sold TNK-BP to Rosneft for $28 Billion
Vekselberg was largest shareholder in Bank of Cyprus when Wilbur Ross was Vice Chairman
Former CIA director Deutch on board of Vekselberg's Renova Group with criminal convicted in UN oil/food scam
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993971269854023682?s=20
Thread Unrolled here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/993964435080339456.html
Wendy Siegelman..Great Thread on Vekselberg
https://mobile.twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993971269854023682https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993969235050270721?s=20
In 2014 Ivanka Trump attended a gala in Moscow with Wendi Deng, and guests Len Blavatnik and Viktor Vekselberg
Vekselberg and Len Blavatnik own 15.8% of recently sanctioned aluminum company RUSAL, majority owned by Oleg Deripaska, Paul Manafort's former business partner
n 2013 Blavatnik & Vekselberg with Alfa Bank's Fridman and Khan sold TNK-BP to Rosneft for $28 Billion
Vekselberg was largest shareholder in Bank of Cyprus when Wilbur Ross was Vice Chairman
Former CIA director Deutch on board of Vekselberg's Renova Group with criminal convicted in UN oil/food scam
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993971269854023682?s=20
Thread Unrolled here:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/993964435080339456.html
May 8, 2018
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-didnt-manhattan-da-cyrus-vance-prosecute-the-trumps-or-harvey-weinstein/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/993882973018583040?s=20
Replying to @ericgarland
Oh yeah, @CyrusVanceforDA WHO took a YUGE *Campaign contribution* from @realDonaldTrump & "magically" the fraud investigation re Ivanka & Don Jr was dropped? THAT Vance? @CREWcrew & @FBI should look into this "coincidence" of Cy interfering in THIS
How is this even allowed?????
"Marc Kasowitz, paid Vance a visit. Soon after Vance’s office dropped the investigation, Kasowitz donated and raised a combined total of more than fifty thousand dollars for Vance’s reëlection campaign."
Replying to @ericgarland and @lauferlaw
Mr.Garland, wasn't Sneiderman investigating Vance as well?
Replying to @ericgarland
Wasn't the AG office investigating Vance? What, they couldn't pick someone else to investigate Schneiderman?
He should Recuse.
Thread:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ericgarland/status/993883093235838976
"Cyrus Vance is investigating Schneiderman. We remember Vance, don't we?"
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/993883093235838976?s=20https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-didnt-manhattan-da-cyrus-vance-prosecute-the-trumps-or-harvey-weinstein/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/993882973018583040?s=20
Replying to @ericgarland
Oh yeah, @CyrusVanceforDA WHO took a YUGE *Campaign contribution* from @realDonaldTrump & "magically" the fraud investigation re Ivanka & Don Jr was dropped? THAT Vance? @CREWcrew & @FBI should look into this "coincidence" of Cy interfering in THIS
How is this even allowed?????
"Marc Kasowitz, paid Vance a visit. Soon after Vance’s office dropped the investigation, Kasowitz donated and raised a combined total of more than fifty thousand dollars for Vance’s reëlection campaign."
Replying to @ericgarland and @lauferlaw
Mr.Garland, wasn't Sneiderman investigating Vance as well?
Replying to @ericgarland
Wasn't the AG office investigating Vance? What, they couldn't pick someone else to investigate Schneiderman?
He should Recuse.
Thread:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ericgarland/status/993883093235838976
May 7, 2018
Article From WSJ..Linked to CNET:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/democrats-plan-to-release-all-3000-of-facebooks-russian-bought-ads/
House Democrats are ready to pull the curtain open on more than 3,000 Facebook ads bought by Russians that aimed to disrupt the 2016 US presidential election.
"We have been in ongoing discussions with Facebook and hope to have the final redacted ads in our possession within a matter of days," Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, said in a statement. "As soon as we receive them, it is our intention to share them with the public."
MORE....
House Democrats plan to release 3,000 Russian-linked Facebook ads as early as this week
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/993280649606901760?s=20Article From WSJ..Linked to CNET:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/democrats-plan-to-release-all-3000-of-facebooks-russian-bought-ads/
House Democrats are ready to pull the curtain open on more than 3,000 Facebook ads bought by Russians that aimed to disrupt the 2016 US presidential election.
"We have been in ongoing discussions with Facebook and hope to have the final redacted ads in our possession within a matter of days," Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, said in a statement. "As soon as we receive them, it is our intention to share them with the public."
MORE....
May 6, 2018
NRA unleashes attack on local business for resisting its racism
SNIP
Ellen’s, a restaurant in downtown Dallas where the NRA is holding its annual convention, had a message printed on its customer receipts: “Thanks for visiting Ellen’s! A portion of this week’s proceeds will be donated to organizations dedicated to implementing reasonable and effective gun regulation.”
Most Americans consider that a sensible message — especially following the mass shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora, Parkland and the daily murders all around the country. But it angered the NRA.
The group tweeted an image of an Ellen’s receipt. “Attn @AnnualMeetings attendees. Steer clear of Ellen’s in downtown Dallas! Why go there when there are so many other great choices.”
Joe Groves, the owner of Ellen’s, said he added the message because of what he heard from NRA convention attendees. “I’m making a list of the vile, racist, moronic conversations overheard from NRA attendees eating at the restaurant,” he wrote on Facebook. “They don’t even speak softly.”
He told the website Eater that the attendees have insulted his wait staff with racial epithets. One person reportedly asked a Latino staff member, “Your illegals are kept in the kitchen, right?”
Another NRA fan reportedly told black employees they “don’t sound black” and asked if they were from India.
“The only reason we need our guns is because of the blacks,” another attendee reportedly declared.
But these repugnant statements are part of a pattern for the NRA and its supporters. The group has embraced racism and bigotry as part of its pro-gun advocacy.
At the convention, NRA board member Ted Nugent released a gun line branded the “American spearchucker series.”
The racist term “spearchucker” is a derogatory reference to African people.
Nugent has repeatedly used racist terms and the NRA has not removed him from his position with the organization.
Over and over again, Nugent has said “n*****,” and was even defended by the Trump presidential campaign, for which he was a surrogate.
He also described President Barack Obama as a “subhuman mongrel.”
The rest of the NRA isn’t much better.
MORE at LINK...
Send your support to Joe Groves, owner of Ellen's Restaurant in Dallas.
Thanks
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NRA shows its assholery at ELLEN'S RESTAURANT-Dallas
https://shareblue.com/nra-attack-ellens-restaurant-dallas/NRA unleashes attack on local business for resisting its racism
SNIP
Ellen’s, a restaurant in downtown Dallas where the NRA is holding its annual convention, had a message printed on its customer receipts: “Thanks for visiting Ellen’s! A portion of this week’s proceeds will be donated to organizations dedicated to implementing reasonable and effective gun regulation.”
Most Americans consider that a sensible message — especially following the mass shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora, Parkland and the daily murders all around the country. But it angered the NRA.
The group tweeted an image of an Ellen’s receipt. “Attn @AnnualMeetings attendees. Steer clear of Ellen’s in downtown Dallas! Why go there when there are so many other great choices.”
Joe Groves, the owner of Ellen’s, said he added the message because of what he heard from NRA convention attendees. “I’m making a list of the vile, racist, moronic conversations overheard from NRA attendees eating at the restaurant,” he wrote on Facebook. “They don’t even speak softly.”
He told the website Eater that the attendees have insulted his wait staff with racial epithets. One person reportedly asked a Latino staff member, “Your illegals are kept in the kitchen, right?”
Another NRA fan reportedly told black employees they “don’t sound black” and asked if they were from India.
“The only reason we need our guns is because of the blacks,” another attendee reportedly declared.
But these repugnant statements are part of a pattern for the NRA and its supporters. The group has embraced racism and bigotry as part of its pro-gun advocacy.
At the convention, NRA board member Ted Nugent released a gun line branded the “American spearchucker series.”
The racist term “spearchucker” is a derogatory reference to African people.
Nugent has repeatedly used racist terms and the NRA has not removed him from his position with the organization.
Over and over again, Nugent has said “n*****,” and was even defended by the Trump presidential campaign, for which he was a surrogate.
He also described President Barack Obama as a “subhuman mongrel.”
The rest of the NRA isn’t much better.
MORE at LINK...
Send your support to Joe Groves, owner of Ellen's Restaurant in Dallas.
Thanks
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-att-us&source=android-browser&q=ellen%27s+restaurant+dallas#trex=m_t:lcl_akp,rc_f:nav,rc_ludocids:11136802159350953255,rc_q:Ellen's,ru_q:Ellen's
More on This From Google:
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