White Supremacist groups get behind Trump
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White Supremacist Groups Back Trump
Nearly 2 weeks ago, a white supremacist group began making robocalls in Iowa on behalf of Donald Trump. So, what has Trump done to denounce the racist activity? Absolutely nothing!
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The telephone campaign was organized by the American Freedom Party, which boasts on its website that it “shares the customs and heritage of the European American people.” The calls featured Jared Taylor, the spokesman of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a supremacist group with historic links to the segregationist White Citizens Council of Mississippi. Interestingly, this is the group that Dylann Roof, who gunned down 9 African-American church members in South Carolina last June, cited as his inspiration.
“I urge you to vote for Donald Trump because he is the one candidate who points out that we should accept immigrants who are good for America,” Taylor said on the recording. “We don’t need Muslims. We need smart, well-educated white people who will assimilate to our culture. Vote Trump.”
To date, the group has placed roughly 200,000 “robocalls” in Iowa. William Johnson, chairman of the American Freedom Party, proudly announced he has spent about $9,000 on the effort and intends to spent another $10,000 of his own money. He added that others have volunteered to pay for the effort as well. The group originally registered in November as the American National Trump Super PAC, but since changed its name to appear more universal.
Although Trump has not openly sought the backing of white supremacist groups, several say his success has helped them win new supporters.
“Clearly our movement has been energized by Trump,” said Richard Spencer, director of the National Policy Institute, a far-right group dedicated to promoting the interests of white Americans.
Michael Hill, president of the League of the South, said his members were most excited about Trump’s potential to disrupt the American political system, which could make it easier for them to accomplish their goal of breaking the South away from the rest of the United States.
“I’m looking for American politics to become pure chaos,” he said.
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Donald Trump has spent the majority of his campaign igniting all the racist misfits of the nation, while empowering them to come out of the woodworks, discard any and all political correctness and be the proud segregationists that they are. So, is anyone at all surprised that Trump has purposely avoided denouncing the racism that has served as the wind beneath his wings?
Last week, CNN Tonight anchor Erin Burnett asked Trump if the racist robocalls and white supremacist support “shocks” him and if he would condemn it. The evasive candidate responded by saying nothing shocks him anymore. Hmmm…
@realDonaldTrump on white nationalist robocall: “Nothing in this country shocks me” https://t.co/WH0jHRWLO9 https://t.co/SGHHZkvlqF
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 14, 2016
Instead of seizing the moment to appear statesman-like and denounce racism, Trump took the route of sympathizing with the anger in the phone message. He chose to talk about his idea of immigrant crime, which he said fuels this sort of mentality.
When pressed further, Trump eventually concluded, “I would disavow that, but I will tell you, people are extremely angry.”
I “WOULD” disavow it?? How about, I “DO” disavow it. When you’re the frontrunner of a major US political party while vying to become leader of the free world, you don’t allow overt racists to operate and speak on your behalf. However, when you’re Donald Trump, there are apparently no boundaries or rules.
“I think what he’s done is a very important thing,” Jared Taylor recently told The Washington Post. “I think that most official Republicans have no idea how betrayed ordinary white people feel by their country bring turned into something else. Ordinary white folks are sick of having to press 1 for Spanish.”
He added: “Trump is attractive to many Americans who see their country slipping through their fingers. You don’t want to end your days living in an outpost of Haiti or Guatemala do you?”
It's no surprise. Trump tells these people all the things they want to hear. I can't wait until in back fires though and it will.