High Desert Dirt FORUM - Forum: All things Trump https://forum.highdesertdirt.com/mohave/all-things-trump/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 Christine on 7/15/19 Vox: Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2019 https://forum.highdesertdirt.com/mohave/all-things-trump/7-15-19-vox-donald-trumps-long-history-of-racism-from-the-1970s-to-2019/#p324 All things Trump https://forum.highdesertdirt.com/mohave/all-things-trump/7-15-19-vox-donald-trumps-long-history-of-racism-from-the-1970s-to-2019/#p324 An extensive listing and analysis of Trump's racism:  

Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2019

By German Lopez   german.lopez@vox.com Updated Jul 15, 2019, 9:40am EDT

While our local Republicans deny that Trump is racist and supportive of white supremacists, the white supremacists get it.

The white supremacists consider Trump their "ULTIMATE SAVIOR".   They're a LOT smarter that our local haters.

From the article:

... Meanwhile, white supremacist groups have openly embraced Trump. As Sarah Posner and David Neiwert reported at Mother Jones, what the media largely treated as gaffes — Trump retweeting white nationalists, Trump describing Mexican immigrants as “rapists” and criminals — were to white supremacists real signals approving of their racist causes. One white supremacist wrote, “Our Glorious Leader and ULTIMATE SAVIOR has gone full-wink-wink-wink to his most aggressive supporters.”

Some of them even argued that Trump has softened the greater public to their racist messaging. “The success of the Trump campaign just proves that our views resonate with millions,” said Rachel Pendergraft, a national organizer for the Knights Party, which succeeded David Duke’s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. “They may not be ready for the Ku Klux Klan yet, but as anti-white hatred escalates, they will.”

And at the 2017 white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, said that the rally was meant “to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump.”

So while Trump may deny his racism and bigotry, at some level his supporters seem to get it. As much as his history of racism shows that he’s racist, perhaps who supported him and why is just as revealing — and it doesn’t paint a favorable picture for Trump.

Yup.  They get it.  And so do the shooters and attackers, the gun nuts, the mentally unstable.  Trump is their savior, their Messiah, the Chosen One.

The only people who don't get it seem to be the Republicans.

I wonder whether The Family is involved with the white supremacists. 

]]> Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:38:11 -0700 Christine on 8/7/2019 Yahoo: Attorney cites Trump's 'rhetoric' in national anthem attack https://forum.highdesertdirt.com/mohave/all-things-trump/8-7-2019-yahoo-attorney-cites-trumps-rhetoric-in-national-anthem-attack/#p323 All things Trump https://forum.highdesertdirt.com/mohave/all-things-trump/8-7-2019-yahoo-attorney-cites-trumps-rhetoric-in-national-anthem-attack/#p323 https://news.yahoo.com/attorney-cites-trumps-rhetoric-national-023254209.html

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The attorney for a Montana man accused of throwing a 13-year-old boy to the ground at a rodeo because the teenager didn't remove his hat during the national anthem said Wednesday his client believes he was acting on an order from President Donald Trump.

The president's "rhetoric" contributed to Curt Brockway's disposition when he grabbed the boy by the throat and slammed him to the ground, fracturing his skull, at the Mineral County fairgrounds Saturday, attorney Lance Jasper told The Missoulian .

Jasper said Brockway is a U.S. Army veteran who believes he was acting on an order by the commander in chief. He added that Brockway's decision-making has been affected by a traumatic brain injury he suffered in a vehicle crash in 2000 while he was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.

"His commander in chief is telling people that if they kneel, they should be fired, or if they burn a flag, they should be punished," Jasper said. "He certainly didn't understand it was a crime."

Brockway, 39, told a sheriff's deputy that he asked the boy to remove his hat out of respect for the national anthem before the start of the county rodeo, Mineral County Attorney Ellen Donohue wrote in the document describing the attack. The boy cursed at Brockway in response, and the man grabbed him by the throat, "lifted him into the air and slammed the boy into the ground," Donohue wrote.

Conduct during the playing of the national anthem has been an issue in recent years, with some NFL players kneeling to protest police brutality. Trump once called for NFL owners to fire players who kneel or engage in other acts of protest during the anthem.

"Trump never necessarily says go hurt somebody, but the message is absolutely clear," Jasper said. "I am certain of the fact that (Brockway) was doing what he believed he was told to do, essentially, by the president. ... Everyone should learn to dial it down a little bit, from the president to Mineral County."

Brockway, who is charged with felony assault on a minor, is a registered violent offender after being convicted of a 2010 charge of assault with a weapon.

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Information from: Missoulian, http://www.missoulian.com

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