Excellent…push Donald…keep pushing him…make him squeal,
But, but, but…Shelly(Sheldon Adelson) loves me!
Now why would Donald want to disavow the support of patriotic, God-fearing Americans like these fine folks?
Not even one complete set of teeth amongst them.
I wonder how things play out when Ivanka visits with her in-laws…
Trump is sociopathic, but he operates enough in the world of reality (particularly the world of megalomanic power) to see a path to victory in November.
The MSM gives him an advantage few would-be dictators ever had. He also has the intractable “white”/“non-white” schism (which I erroneously believed would not be exploited to the degree that it has**). Third, as Nate Silver observed, for the bulk of the population (particularly the Republican voter), tribalism and emotion are the themes, not the kind of policy which would take more words which can be written on a cocktail napkin.’
**This country has vastly improved in race relations over the last several decades. However, those driving this improvement are youngsters who are either (a) non-political or (b) substitute the idea of “rallies” for voting or © (a) and (b). (d) disillusioned…erroneously, by the way, since most of the world’s population would give their right arm for voting rights Americans take for granted.
He’s already denounced this guy repeatedly. His daughter and grandchildren are jewish. This is so dumb.
the ones who backed Donald?
“The onus is now on Donald Trump to make unequivocally clear he rejects those sentiments and that there is no room for Duke and anti-Semitism in his campaign and in society,” Greenblatt wrote. “Mr. Trump can and should speak up now. If not, his silence will speak volumes.”
Blitzer interrupted: “But the anti-Semitic death threats that have followed –”
“Oh, I don’t know about that. I don’t know anything about that. You mean fans of mine?” Trump replied.
“Supposed fans of posting these very angry – but your message to these fans is?” Blitzer continued.
“I don’t have a message to the fans,” the billionaire said. “A woman wrote an article that’s inaccurate.”
“It would be very unfair,” Trump continued talking over Tapper. “So give me a list of the groups and I’ll let you know.”
“I’m just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here,” Tapper said.
"Honestly, I don’t know David Duke," Trump said. “I don’t believe I’ve ever met him, I’m pretty sure I didn’t meet him, and I just don’t know anything about him.”*
Trump had a harder stance when asked about it at a rally on Friday. He reportedly said about the endorsement, “I disavow.” Trump tweeted about the exchange Sunday afternoon:
*that was a lie
I gotta say, racism in general never made much sense to me… but antisemitism even less so…
Can anyone explain the difference between “good” white people, and “Jewish” people?
I mean seriously… Aren’t most Jewish folk some brand of European Caucasian? How does your garden variety racist know who to discriminate against?
Yah, denounced Duke and the Klan and the Stormfront crowd with weasel words once and didn’t denounce them as they continued their racist and anti-Semitic patter. Trump doesn’t want to offend his base–of racists, homophobes, liars, anti-Semites, Muslim bashers, and misogynists. There is nothing lower than a Trump supporter–they are all bigoted scum, low-life thugs, shit. I hope you’re not defending scum like Trump and his vicious ignorant hateful supporters.
In medieval and modern Christian Europe, before there were many Muslims or Blacks there, the bigots, ignoranti, and demagogues needed a scapegoat–and the Jew as “other” fit perfectly.
Sure, I get the origins. But lets assume I’m a high school drop from a state that ranks in the bottom 10 in the nation in educations, and I REEEEEEEALLY want to hate me some Jews…
How am I supposed to know when I’m talking to one? How do I make sure I don’t get Jew juice on me when shaking hands with a stranger?
Is my only option to stay in the 400 person town I grew up in, and treat all strangers as potential Luminati, or whatever?
David Dukes anti-Semitic tirade takes on a special significance on on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Claiming that opposition to Trump showed that Jews “are the real problem” and the “reason why America is not great.” is deplorable. Only under pressure from the anti-defamation league did Trump disavow Duke
We must not be silent in the face of hate http://wp.me/p2qifI-3um
The Trump-GOP tire fire rages on.