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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 03:19 PM Oct 2017

Trump will become first president to speak at hate group gathering

Source: LGBTQNation



By Bil Browning · Wednesday, October 11, 2017

President Trump will address the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC on Friday, becoming the first president to address the gathering of white supremacists, far right activists and religious zealots.

Trump will share the stage with former Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson who has said he wants to “rid the Earth” of “wicked” gays. Also appearing will be Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has said he doesn’t know whether or not gays and lesbians should be put to death and was recently removed as a state supreme court justice for instructing state employees to ignore the US Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality.

Also appearing will be House Minority Whip Steve Scalise who was recently wounded in a mass shooting in DC. Scalise’s life was saved by a lesbian police officer who shot and killed the attacker. Scalise has said the incident did not change his mind about gun control or LGBT rights. Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, touted Trump’s appearance in a press release, saying, “Last year, he spoke to the Values Voter Summit as a candidate — this year, it will be as the 45th President of the United States. Today we have confirmation from the White House that President Donald Trump will speak to the VVS crowd this Friday morning.”

Craigslist ads for anonymous hookups near the summit’s host hotel always go up dramatically while it is happening. Grindr is also suddenly full of headless torsos of “masculine” men looking for “whites only” near the hotel.

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Trump will become first president to speak at hate group gathering (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
If it looks like a duck... C Moon Oct 2017 #1
This bastard is Matthew28 Oct 2017 #2
K&R red dog 1 Oct 2017 #3
"Values Voters"? Who's values? These people are lowlifes. YOHABLO Oct 2017 #4
Trump does, that's his base mdbl Oct 2017 #32
I can't believe my eyes... Kittycow Oct 2017 #5
Is This A Joke? Is This From The Onion?.....nt global1 Oct 2017 #6
Probably the first time Trump will feel comfortable in some time..... Bengus81 Oct 2017 #7
Trump and his ilk have abandoned the dog whistles in favor of bull horns. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #8
yep the maggots have come out of the woodworks no thanks to the racist-in-chief onetexan Oct 2017 #35
Perfect! He will not stay on script and will say the most hateful BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #9
These are the people he feels most comfortable around. nt logosoco Oct 2017 #10
So many fuckheads in one place. Paladin Oct 2017 #11
I had no idea. Nine arrests, sounds like he is in it for a career. If only Moore had a monument grantcart Oct 2017 #15
Like father, like son. Both of them useless scofflaws. (nt) Paladin Oct 2017 #23
Makes sense he'd talk at this event... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2017 #12
Very sad Moral Compass Oct 2017 #13
Aaaaaand, the damage is done. Saviolo Oct 2017 #14
No, no, no ... you've got it all wrong ... Jopin Klobe Oct 2017 #16
Frankie Graham is kicking off his Texas crusade in Lubbock today.... czarjak Oct 2017 #17
Scalise threw away his chance at humanity lunatica Oct 2017 #18
Mr Trump was disappointed he couldn't "rally" last week with his tiki-torch, golf-uniform Nazis Sunlei Oct 2017 #19
Well, those are his people. TNNurse Oct 2017 #20
Hard to believe it's come to this. truthisfreedom Oct 2017 #21
The DONALD is begging for that Nazi Salute... yuiyoshida Oct 2017 #22
If he shows for his speech to the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC on Friday, NCjack Oct 2017 #30
i sent this article to yuiyoshida Oct 2017 #31
+1 dalton99a Oct 2017 #33
Next best thing to a Klan rally. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #24
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #25
Good lord. SergeStorms Oct 2017 #26
Trump's base is a bunch of racists Gothmog Oct 2017 #27
Time to protest! MountCleaners Oct 2017 #28
I ask again. Doreen Oct 2017 #29
He was probably a troll hired by Russia. mdbl Oct 2017 #34
That would explain it. Doreen Oct 2017 #38
How are ICP fans classified as a gang but these freaks aren't? Initech Oct 2017 #36
Duck Dumbass and the Fucking Moron. What a pair of headliners... Thor_MN Oct 2017 #37

Bengus81

(6,936 posts)
7. Probably the first time Trump will feel comfortable in some time.....
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 03:32 PM
Oct 2017

Surrounded by his racist,RW kooks and religious nut jobs.

Arkansas Granny

(31,535 posts)
8. Trump and his ilk have abandoned the dog whistles in favor of bull horns.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 03:50 PM
Oct 2017

Just when you think they can't go much lower, they find new depths to plumb.

onetexan

(13,071 posts)
35. yep the maggots have come out of the woodworks no thanks to the racist-in-chief
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 07:32 AM
Oct 2017

Barack Obama was correct, with the election of this dangerous man progress in racial equality has been set back 50 years.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
9. Perfect! He will not stay on script and will say the most hateful
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 03:51 PM
Oct 2017

things on live TV (as usual) and will undoubtedly have a zillion more people ready to criticize him which he loves. It will be another "distraction" and no matter how stupid and incorrect his statements are he will dig his heels in and make it even worse.

Paladin

(28,277 posts)
11. So many fuckheads in one place.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 04:03 PM
Oct 2017

I'm wondering if Roy Moore is bringing his jailbird son along---he looks like Phil Robertson's type.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
15. I had no idea. Nine arrests, sounds like he is in it for a career. If only Moore had a monument
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:27 PM
Oct 2017

to the 10 commandments in his living room instead of a TV maybe his son would have turned out better. Just not enough prayer in the Moore household.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/

Moral Compass

(1,527 posts)
13. Very sad
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:19 PM
Oct 2017

Last edited Wed Oct 11, 2017, 10:35 PM - Edit history (1)

That Trump thinks that this gathering of wackos is his comfort zone is truly sad. He’s addicted to the adulation that he’ll receive. He fails to take into account that the values of these people express are antithetical to anything that the American republic is about.

Trump is for all intents and purposes a nihilist. He is not the only Republican that is a nihilist. Many names spring to mind… Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Scalise, Ron Johnson, Sam Johnson (my representative), Ted Cruz.... oh hell, maybe the entire house and most of the Republican Senate.

This is just one step short of going to a klan rally. It is amazing to me how far we have fallen and how fast.

But the truth is that this is been building up since the Nixon White House. We’ve always had these amoral zealots out there that would probably sell their own grandmother for pocket money.These zealots definitely have always been racist, anti-immigrant, anti-poor.

I just never expected to see them running the entire country.

Saviolo

(3,283 posts)
14. Aaaaaand, the damage is done.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:26 PM
Oct 2017

Just the fact that he's confirmed to speak for them now (whether or not he ends up making an appearance or some civic-minded staffer somehow manages to steer him away from it) legitimizes and normalizes this anti-LGBTQ, white supremacist, white nationalist group. They have already won a great victory, and if he doesn't show up, they can claim that the left-wing media and the terrible liberals threatened the president to stop him from showing up, and they're enemies of free speech, and it just proves how right they are, it's the (((globalists))) y'know!!!


It's gross. It's a massive misstep, but completely in step with Donald Trump's presidency so far. And the media keeps wringing their hands wondering just how all of those -actual nazis- feel emboldened enough to march in the streets and sling their slogans and wave real actual nazi flags. Well, this is why, you terrible people. The president that the media failed to cover appropriately is appearing in front of a white supremacist group, so no one has to wear a hood any more.

Excuse me, I'll be over here vomiting uncontrollably forever.

Jopin Klobe

(779 posts)
16. No, no, no ... you've got it all wrong ...
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:27 PM
Oct 2017

... he's always been speaking at hate group gatherings ...

... his campaign speeches to his whateverthehelltheyare crowds, remember? ...

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
18. Scalise threw away his chance at humanity
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:36 PM
Oct 2017

What a pig.

Trump and his people simply fail as human beings.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
19. Mr Trump was disappointed he couldn't "rally" last week with his tiki-torch, golf-uniform Nazis
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 05:38 PM
Oct 2017

bring the fucking nazis, Republican terrorists & extremists to washingtondc so the toddler-president can have a "fun event" to occupy his mind.

Cost Americas taxpayers MORE MILLIONS SQUANDERED in Federal funds.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
30. If he shows for his speech to the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC on Friday,
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:59 PM
Oct 2017

he will receive unanimous Nazi salute. Later, he will describe it as: "People of many, many sides were there! Believe me; believe me. There were a lot of good Americans there!"

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
26. Good lord.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:18 PM
Oct 2017

What a line-up for that shindig!
Trump
Duck Dynasty
Roy Moore
Scalise

And those people are touted as "Values Voters"?

What sort of "values" are they promoting? Hate? Low IQ? Nuttiness? Low information?

Up is down, black is white, in is out, bad is good, thick is thin......the list is endless. I wouldn't trust one of them to tell me the correct time.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
29. I ask again.
Wed Oct 11, 2017, 07:30 PM
Oct 2017

Where is that gay man who during the campaign supported trump gleefully without any doubt that trump was all for LGBTQ? He said people were wrong to even think for a moment that trump was anti-LGBTQ. I do not know if any of you remember him. I sure as hell do though I can not remember his name as I was to stunned to hear him a few different fully support trump. Do you think he is still supporting trump with the gleeful confidence from the campaign?

mdbl

(4,976 posts)
34. He was probably a troll hired by Russia.
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 07:31 AM
Oct 2017

and no, Russia hiring trolls is not a conspiracy theory.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
38. That would explain it.
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 01:29 PM
Oct 2017

I do not think it is a conspiracy theory. It actually makes sense from how things worked out.

Initech

(100,108 posts)
36. How are ICP fans classified as a gang but these freaks aren't?
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 08:25 AM
Oct 2017

I mean they have the same mentality when you think about it. Lets think about this here:

1. Both groups gather in large numbers.
2. Both groups have weapons - and the Christians are far more likely to use them.
3. Both groups have certain brands they associate with.
4. Both groups have their own dress code.
5. Both groups have a "you're with us or you're against us" mentality.

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