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Mediaite article about a former white supremacist interviewed by CNN's S.E. Cupp:
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-skinhead-to-cnns-s-e-cupp-trumps-claim-he-was-a-nationalist-was-a-bullhorn-to-white-supremacists/
Well, I think the optics are that, you know, they probably dont want to support somebody whos in government but everything that hes saying is in line with their policies, with their beliefs and we see white supremacists like David Duke who openly support Donald Trumps policies so all I have to do is point to the people who are the white supremacists to show you that they actually support and believe what he says, Picciolini responded.
Cupp then played a clip of Trump saying, You know what I am, Im a nationalist, okay. Im a nationalist.
She then asked what he thought when Trump said that.
I mean, it was loud like a bullhorn to me. I didnt hear a dog whistle. And what I heard was his call to white nationalists saying that Im behind you, he said.
He added: Since then, weve seen now four tragedies occur This is going to continue and people need to be held accountable for their words.
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Video at the link.
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(36,962 posts)Trump "emboldened" the Nazis
America fought a war against the Nazis and supposedly won.
Yet here they are marching to "take back America".
" Michael Von Kotch, a Pennsylvania resident who called himself a Nazi, said the rally made him "proud to be white."
He said that he's long held white supremacist views and that Trump's election has "emboldened" him and the members of his own Nazi group. "
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?utm_term=.b54a0162fe07
keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)White supremacists cheer Trumps response to Charlottesville violence
They accept it as support for themselves.
https://thinkprogress.org/white-supremacists-cheer-trumps-response-to-charlottesville-violence-3d0d50196c52/