Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Dog Whistles with Sound


Donald Trump shared a tweet from an alt-right conspiracy theorist and provocateur in the hours after he bowed to overwhelming pressure and directly condemned the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists over Saturday’s violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Speaking at the White House on Monday, having returned to Washington from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump described racism as evil. “And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”

Hours later, however, he retweeted a tweet by Jack Posobiec that linked to a story about shootings in Chicago over the weekend.

Critics accused the president of attempting to signal appreciation for his alt-right supporters by retweeting an article about crime in a predominantly black inner city.

  Guardian
How about by retweeting a white supremacist's tweet? He retweets white supremacists because he is one.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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