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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite supremacists could be wild card for Trump in general election
As Donald Trump makes the transition from GOP front-runner to likely presidential nominee, there will inevitably be more scrutiny on his past statements and policy proposals including Trumps history of racially insensitive rhetoric and propensity to draw white supremacist support, a fact that has largely flown under the radar as his dominance of the GOP field has overshadowed many unsavory headlines. But a recent NBC affiliate interview with a purported imperial wizard in the Ku Klux Klan from Virginia who praised the real estate mogul as the best for the job has resurrected concerns about the kinds of supporters Trumps candidacy attracts.
The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes, we believe in, the unidentified white supremacist told WWBT anchor Chris Thomas. Prior to this alleged KKK figures endorsement, there have been robocalls in favor of Trump by individuals identifying as white nationalists, members of supremacist organizations have attended and even broadcast from the GOP front-runners rallies (one was even caught on camera shoving a black protester), and the candidate himself has retweeted comments from apparent white supremacists on multiple occasions.
Trump has also shared debunked statistics claiming 81 percent of white murder victims are killed by black assailants. When confronted about the inaccuracy of the data, Trump didnt apologize, saying it came from sources that were very credible. It turns out the graphic he retweeted originated on a neo-Nazi website.
When David Duke, arguably the most famous figure associated with white supremacist ideology, encouraged listeners of his radio show to vote for Trump, the candidate publicly disavowed him, after initially claiming to not know who he was. However, Trump has not been asked to account for the fact that despite his repeated insistence that he does not condone their ideology, white nationalists seem to keep gravitating towards his campaign. For example, on Wednesday, the supremacist website The Daily Stormer posted a video parody of the movie 300 portraying Trump as a hero leading an army of the white race against the barbarian hordes.
The reason a lot of Klan members like Donald Trump is because a lot of what he believes, we believe in, the unidentified white supremacist told WWBT anchor Chris Thomas. Prior to this alleged KKK figures endorsement, there have been robocalls in favor of Trump by individuals identifying as white nationalists, members of supremacist organizations have attended and even broadcast from the GOP front-runners rallies (one was even caught on camera shoving a black protester), and the candidate himself has retweeted comments from apparent white supremacists on multiple occasions.
Trump has also shared debunked statistics claiming 81 percent of white murder victims are killed by black assailants. When confronted about the inaccuracy of the data, Trump didnt apologize, saying it came from sources that were very credible. It turns out the graphic he retweeted originated on a neo-Nazi website.
When David Duke, arguably the most famous figure associated with white supremacist ideology, encouraged listeners of his radio show to vote for Trump, the candidate publicly disavowed him, after initially claiming to not know who he was. However, Trump has not been asked to account for the fact that despite his repeated insistence that he does not condone their ideology, white nationalists seem to keep gravitating towards his campaign. For example, on Wednesday, the supremacist website The Daily Stormer posted a video parody of the movie 300 portraying Trump as a hero leading an army of the white race against the barbarian hordes.
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White supremacists could be wild card for Trump in general election (Original Post)
spanone
May 2016
OP
my only concern is if the GE gets too nasty, and a lot of people stay home.
virtualobserver
May 2016
#5
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)1. White supremacists are his base. nt
Warpy
(111,339 posts)7. They've voted GOP for decades
No surprise there.
What remains to be seen is whether there are enough of them to put that boor into office.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)2. I don't believe that the white supremacist vote is very large.....
If it was, we would not have had President Obama.
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)4. Most likely to backfire,
I hope.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)5. my only concern is if the GE gets too nasty, and a lot of people stay home.
low turnout elections favor the Republicans.
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)6. I'm hope the new
Clinton Republicans show up.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)3. This is not just a Trump problem. It's a Republican Party problem.
The #3 guy in the republican house leadership Steve Scalise has ties to white supremacy movements.