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Via The Onion
Since the weekend’s violent protests in Charlottesville, VA, many have criticized President Trump for his failure to outright condemn the white supremacists involved.
The Onion breaks down Trump’s relationship to this powerful hate group.
Q: What evidence is there that Trump has ties to white supremacy groups?
A: The president maintains a 36 percent approval rating.
Q: Why has Trump’s response to these demonstrations angered the public?
A: Americans demand much subtler displays of racism from their elected officials.
Q: What has the president done to distance himself from white nationalism?
A: Married a Slovenian woman, thereby diluting his pure Anglo-Aryan lineage with the blood of a lesser Slav.
Q: Doesn’t Trump appointee Jeff Sessions have ties to right-wing extremist groups?
A: You’re probably thinking of Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, or Sebastian Gorka.
Q: What is his position on monuments memorializing Civil War veterans?
A: Trump has been consistently in favor of Confederate statues despite a historical antipathy toward losers.
Q: Were there any signs during his presidential campaign that Trump might embrace white nationalism?
A: None come to mind.
This can’t be good news: Special counsel’s Russia probe loses top FBI investigator
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsels-russia-probe-loses-top-fbi-investigator/story?id=49249486
I read this earlier today — few hours ago. Same, no information as to why he left the investigation but I got the impression it was his choice to leave. Hoping Maddow or Lawrence will have a story tonight. I agree, it is worrisome. Sounded like most of his work prior was investigating Clinton/Democrats — I am hoping he left because all the evidence showing up on Trump just made him sick and he could not handle it. LOL!!!
– Murphy
“Q: Were there any signs during his presidential campaign that Trump might embrace white nationalism?
A: None come to mind.”
Exactly, that’s because this odious embrace Nazism occurred long before Trump ever thought about running for office. Nothing came to the mind of Trump voters – because they never researched the well documented Trump family legacy of racism, bigotry, white supremacy – and its inevitable evolution to alliances with not only the KKK, but other neo-Nazis groups. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump#Controversies).
They got what they deserved. And, so, did the rest of us – for not fixing the US pay-for-play election industry long before now (more rigid voter and candidate qualifications regarding issues, – not to mention its technical and still obvious hacking vulnerabilities. Now the question is will we have learned enough from the Trump election fiasco to prevent a similar fascist being elected in the future?
“Americans demand much subtler displays of racism from their elected officials” – precisely!