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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat Orange Anus refuses to disavow white supremacist Nick Fuentes: it might "alienate the base"
That just SAYS IT ALL, doesn't it?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/donald-trump-shied-away-from-criticising-nick-fuentes
Donald Trump repeatedly refused to disavow the outspoken antisemite and white supremacist Nick Fuentes after they spoke over dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort, rejecting the advice from advisers over fears he might alienate a section of his base, two people familiar with the situation said.
The former US president was urged publicly and privately to denounce Fuentes in the aftermath of the dinner, which included the performer Ye, previously known as Kanye West, who has also recently been propagating antisemitic remarks.
But Trump eschewed making outright disavowals of Fuentes, the people said, and none of the statements from the campaign or on his Truth Social account included criticism of Fuentes, despite efforts from advisers who reached Trump over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Trump ultimately made clear that he fundamentally did not want to criticise Fuentes a product of his dislike of confrontation and his anxiety that it might antagonise a devoted part of his base and became more entrenched in his obstinance the more he was urged to do so.
The former US president was urged publicly and privately to denounce Fuentes in the aftermath of the dinner, which included the performer Ye, previously known as Kanye West, who has also recently been propagating antisemitic remarks.
But Trump eschewed making outright disavowals of Fuentes, the people said, and none of the statements from the campaign or on his Truth Social account included criticism of Fuentes, despite efforts from advisers who reached Trump over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Trump ultimately made clear that he fundamentally did not want to criticise Fuentes a product of his dislike of confrontation and his anxiety that it might antagonise a devoted part of his base and became more entrenched in his obstinance the more he was urged to do so.
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Great Orange Anus refuses to disavow white supremacist Nick Fuentes: it might "alienate the base" (Original Post)
CousinIT
Nov 2022
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underpants
(182,865 posts)1. I figured he did it as a hat tip TO his base
sanatanadharma
(3,714 posts)2. Nick's anti-woman comments ought alienate half of living humans
Nick's anti-woman comments ought alienate three-halves of the human condition.
His suggestion that women be burnt alive* needs be broadcast.
*Video available via Google
mn9driver
(4,428 posts)3. He did it specifically for his base.
These are the folks in the minority who believe that every white person is secretly in support of white nationalism/fascism.
Trump is playing to them. They will be violent if he loses, which he considers to be a feature, not a bug.
republianmushroom
(13,656 posts)4. well he does know who his base is.
Harker
(14,030 posts)5. "...his dislike of confrontation"?
He thrives on confrontation so long as he's aggressively instigating it.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)6. Obviously he won't alienate any other Republican.
They have no problem with anything he does.