(Michael) Flynn retweets anti-Semitic remark

[Mister Twilight]

Source: Politico

Less than a week after giving an impassioned speech at the Republican National Convention, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is catching heat for sharing with his Twitter followers — as Donald Trump has in the past — an anti-Semitic message.

Flynn was responding Sunday to an assertion by Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, on CNN that Russia was behind the hack and release of tens of thousands of internal Democratic National Committee emails last week.

“The corrupt Democratic machine will do and say anything to get #NeverHillary into power. This is a new low,” he tweeted, sharing a link to a tweet from a user named Saint Bibiana (@30PiecesofAG_) who wrote “>Cnn implicated. ‘The USSR is to blame!’ … Not anymore, Jews. Not anymore.”

That user’s tweet linked to a post from CNN Politics sharing the clip of Mook’s remarks.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/michael-flynn-twitter-226091

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Anti-semitic? Nonsense: that was just a sheriff's retweet!

[forest444]

1. Anti-Semitism and the GOP have never strayed far from each other.

There's been some of that among Democrats as well, of course; but between northern Archie Bunkers and southern Jim Crow types, there's always been more anti-Semitism there than in any Hitler book-burning rally.

[Kimberly1990219]

2. Why

is there a different set of rules for America's probable Hitler Donald Trump? He gets away with racism/sexism/lies time and time again. Then his "people" pretend to be pro-minority?! If he wins, minorities/ poor people will suffer or be deported. I hope Hillary can use that to her advantage. Because fear is what got Trump this far...

[ericson00]

3. and the GOP was making serious inroads with Jewish voters,

given how Obama's margin of victory among Jews fell pretty badly from '08 to '12 (from nearly +50 to +30), particularly among young Jews as well (anecdotally, younger Jews are much more conservative than their parents, some of it due to further integration in America and less of an identification with racial/ethnic oppression, other of it due to the Israel/Palestinian battles online and on campus).

And then Donald J. Trump came along, and might very well blow that to shit. Rubio probably would've blown it to shit but he's gone now.

But this is not new for Trump. The GOP wanted to make inroads with Hispanics and blacks, now it looks like that's not gonna happen.

[Moonwalk]

4. I don't think they ever really wanted to make inroads w/Hispanics & Blacks...

...They just played lip service to that. Per-Donald and his blunt remarks on Hispanics, they, in fact, didn't have to cater to a lot of Hispanics who often had conservative views that Republicans supported (anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-opening-doors-to-Cuba...). In fact, Republican strategy is pretty simple: get voters to fear someone else, and so vote against their own interest. So, whites are told that immigrants are taking their jobs aways (not big corporations), and so vote for corporate friendly GOP rather than union friendly Democrats thinking the GOP will is anti-immigrator and will, thus, save their jobs. And religious people of color are often more afraid of the rights Democrats may give to the transgendered than fear of what the GOP might take away from them.

And just to make sure they win, the GOP make it harder for minorities to vote. Which is why almost every state with a republican dominated congress has introduced voter id laws. Republicans would much rather exclude than include. But to win with this strategy, you have to hide your real aim (to return America to a segregated country of rich white male power). Donald & Co. are talking openly about this, not pretending or hiding what they want and it's losing them almost anyone who isn't white & male.

[Mc Mike]

5. And add yet another nazi to drumpfenfuhrer's pile. Bookmarked, thanks, nt.

[calimary]

6. Birds of a feather...