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The president is a racist, in his words and his actions: by Goldie Taylor
Before you go clutching your pearls and extolling the virtues of “civility,” let me say this: Put a sock in it.
This is not a new revelation, nor is it something that we can continue to ignore as though it were coming from a drunk uncle at the family barbecue. Bigotry is dangerous and, in the hands of our nation’s commander in chief, it can mean an inability to recognize individual humanity and a failure to act with moral authority in times of crisis. Every person talking about his clothes as he cheerfully bares his ass is part of the problem.
On Sunday, he claimed that newly elected progressive Democrats “originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” and “the worst, more corrupt and inept anywhere in the world.” And he told freshmen Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar—outspoken Democratic women of color who have challenged the administration’s inhumane immigration policies—to leave the country.
Three of the four were born here in the United States. All are American citizens, and duly elected members of Congress.
Trump’s repugnant rebuke of American values did not come out of thin air. It unfolded days after “The Squad” travelled with a delegation of congressional democrats to tour detention facilities in border states. What they found was deplorable. Reports of rampant abuse and neglect filled the airwaves, leading Trump to again dismiss accurate coverage as “fake news.” Rather than focus on improving basic conditions and getting to work on bi-partisan, comprehensive reforms, the president basically said if immigrants didn’t like how they were being treated, they should stay in their own country.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-racist-if-you-still-support-him-so-are-you
Leading Democrats rebuke Trump's racist tweets
Trump's 'go back' tweets draw swift rebuke from Democrats on the left and center
In the initial series of tweets, Trump took aim at unnamed "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" and called on them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
The tweets were seen as aimed at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and came amid escalating tensions between the four and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). All four freshmen are American citizens, and all but Omar were born in the United States.
All four responded on Twitter, with Ocasio-Cortez saying, "Mr. President, the country I 'come from,' & the country we all swear to, is the United States. But given how you've destroyed our border with inhumane camps, all at a benefit to you & the corps who profit off them, you are absolutely right about the corruption laid at your feet."
The rebuke was also swift from the representatives' fellow Democrats on social media and on the Sunday talk shows. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a key ally of the four, tweeted, "When I call the president a racist, this is what I'm talking about."
Sanders' fellow presidential candidate, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-N.Y.) told CNN's Jake Tapper "He said he would 'Make America Great Again,' what he's trying to do is make America hate again."
Pelosi also condemned the tweets, saying, "When @realDonaldTrump tells four American Congresswomen to go back to their countries, he reaffirms his plan to 'Make America Great Again' has always been about making America white again. Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power."
Assistant House Speaker Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), the highest-ranking Latino in the House, was first informed of the tweet by Fox News' Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" and immediately condemned it as a "racist tweet."
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the number-two Democrat in the Senate, defended Omar specifically on CBS' "Face the Nation," speculating that she was the primary intended target of the tweets.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-go-back-tweets-draw-swift-rebuke-from-democrats-on-the-left-and-center/ar-AAEjzWs
Every Democrat is rebuking Trump, the list is growing every minute.
AOC, Pressley, Tlaib, Omar tell Trump: 'We Don't Fear You'
AOC, Pressley, Tlaib, Omar Hit Back At Trump’s Racist Tirade: ‘We Don’t Fear You’
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) didn’t take President Donald Trump’s racist attacks lying down on Sunday.
Trump’s screed about “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” who should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” didn’t mention the congresswomen by name, but those four House Democrats, all but one of whom were born in the U.S but who all happen to be women of color, have been making headlines recently while butting heads with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In a scathing Twitter thread, Ocasio-Cortez ripped Trump for how he’s “destroyed our border with inhumane camps, all at a benefit to you & the corps who profit off them.”
“You are angry because you can’t conceive of an America that includes us,” the New York Democrat wrote. “You rely on a frightened America for your plunder.”
“On top of not accepting an America that elected us, you cannot accept that we don’t fear you, either,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “You can’t accept that we will call your bluff & offer a positive vision for this country. And that’s what makes you seethe.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/aoc-tlaib-pressley-omar-trump-respond-racist-tirade
Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You.
The president is a racist, in his words and his actions: by Goldie Taylor
Before you go clutching your pearls and extolling the virtues of “civility,” let me say this: Put a sock in it.
This is not a new revelation, nor is it something that we can continue to ignore as though it were coming from a drunk uncle at the family barbecue. Bigotry is dangerous and, in the hands of our nation’s commander in chief, it can mean an inability to recognize individual humanity and a failure to act with moral authority in times of crisis. Every person talking about his clothes as he cheerfully bares his ass is part of the problem.
On Sunday, he claimed that newly elected progressive Democrats “originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” and “the worst, more corrupt and inept anywhere in the world.” And he told freshmen Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar—outspoken Democratic women of color who have challenged the administration’s inhumane immigration policies—to leave the country.
Three of the four were born here in the United States. All are American citizens, and duly elected members of Congress.
Trump’s repugnant rebuke of American values did not come out of thin air. It unfolded days after “The Squad” travelled with a delegation of congressional democrats to tour detention facilities in border states. What they found was deplorable. Reports of rampant abuse and neglect filled the airwaves, leading Trump to again dismiss accurate coverage as “fake news.” Rather than focus on improving basic conditions and getting to work on bi-partisan, comprehensive reforms, the president basically said if immigrants didn’t like how they were being treated, they should stay in their own country.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-racist-if-you-still-support-him-so-are-you
Congresswomen respond to Trump's 'racist' tweets
Congresswomen respond to Trump's 'racist' tweets telling them to go back to where they came from
By Sunday afternoon, Ocasio-Cortez and Omar responded to Trump's tweets directly, reminding him that they are U.S. citizens.
"Mr. President, the country I 'come from,' & the country we all swear to, is the United States. But given how you’ve destroyed our border with inhumane camps, all at a benefit to you & the corps who profit off them, you are absolutely right about the corruption laid at your feet,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
"You are angry because you don’t believe in an America where I represent New York 14, where the good people of Minnesota elected @IlhanMN, where @RashidaTlaib fights for Michigan families, where @AyannaPressley champions little girls in Boston.
"You are angry because you can’t conceive of an America that includes us. You rely on a frightened America for your plunder.... On top of not accepting an America that elected us, you cannot accept that we don’t fear you, either. You can’t accept that we will call your bluff & offer a positive vision for this country. And that’s what makes you seethe."
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/pelosi-slams-trump-racist-tweets-telling-congresswomen-back-where-they-came-from/12qJSWtbedfQMMZN1BVQOL/
Biden says he was deceived by Bush on Iraq
Former Vice President Joe Biden has gotten criticism on the campaign trail for his 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War. Whether or not it ends up as an issue for voters––a recent poll indicated it may be for some––Biden addressed the issue.
Biden has previously expressed regret for his vote. When asked today in New Hampshire about it, he had this to say:
“The mistake I made was trusting President Bush, who gave me his word he was using it for the purpose of getting inspectors in to see what was going on, whether they were producing nuclear weapons.”
Biden gave a speech recently on ending “forever wars” that, as CNN politics reporter Vanessa Yurkevich noted today, did not mention the Iraq War.
https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/biden-on-iraq-war-vote-mistake-i-made-was-trusting-president-bush/
Netroots Participants favor Warren, Harris a strong 2nd choice
Many of the MSNBC moms and energized youths at the annual Netroots Nation conference have already settled on their top candidate—with a surprising second choice.
It’s still early. There will be 16 more months of speech making and glad-handing and glitzy ballroom fundraisers before Election Day. Not committing to a presidential candidate just yet would make sense. But here at Netroots Nation, the premier annual convention for progressive activists, many attendees already seem fairly certain about their choice: They want Elizabeth Warren, the progressive senator from Massachusetts, to be their next president. And if they have to pick a second choice? It’s Senator Kamala Harris of California.
It’s not necessarily intuitive that the same person would support both women: Warren is a folksy public-school teacher turned anti-corruption advocate, while the blazer-wearing Harris is more of an establishment type, with a long career climbing the ranks of power in California. Warren has pledged not to hold high-dollar fundraising events in favor of grassroots-style meet and greets, while Hollywood heavyweights have been some of Harris’s biggest campaign boosters.
But in interviews with two dozen progressive activists at Netroots, most people told me that, while they prefer Warren, they’d choose Harris if things were to go south for the Massachusetts lawmaker. They view both senators as passionate and capable. Some even suggested that the two women should run on the same ticket. “They bring different things to the table, but one thing is clear when you talk to each of them: their competency,” Rod Sullivan, a 53-year-old attendee from Iowa City told me. They would operate differently as presidents, he added. But each of them “could do this.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/netroots-nation-activists-want-warren-and-harris/593935/
Trump losing to Top Democratic Candidates in Election Matchup
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Would All Beat Donald Trump In 2020, New Poll Suggests
A new poll suggested that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would all beat President Donald Trump in a head-to-head competition by significant margins.
Former Vice President Biden remained the frontrunner, with the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll showing him beating out Trump by a margin of 51 to 42 percent, a lead of nine points. Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, had the second largest win gap in the poll, beating Trump by seven points, 50 to 43 percent. With a five-point lead over the president, Warren, a senator from Massachusetts, would beat Trump 48 to 43 percent, according to the survey.
With the poll's margin of error being 3.5 percentage points either way, each of the three frontrunners for the Democratic party's 2020 nomination currently have a clear advantage over the president. Senator Kamala Harris of California also polled ahead of the president by one point, at 45 to 44 percent. But that result fell within the poll's margin of error.
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-sanders-warren-beat-trump-2020-new-poll-1449151
Latest NBC/WSJ Head-to-Head Polling versus Trump
July 7-9
538 A- rated: NBC News /Wall Street Journal Poll
Biden...... 51, Trump 42 Biden +9
Sanders.. 50, Trump 43 Sanders +7
Warren... 48, Trump 43 Warren +5
Harris..... 45, Trump 44 Harris +1
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/
My Disclaimer: These are early polls. No single poll's results, especially this early on, should be over emphasized.
The Democratic field continues to dominate Trump in head-to-head polling.
Warren closes in on the leaders, as Biden and Sanders within the margin of error of each other in regards to defeating Trump.
Why I support Sen. Harris for president by Brian Benjamin - July 13, 2019
I’m backing Kamala Harris because she knows that real, meaningful criminal justice reform must be on the agenda for our next president. Right now, our justice system — with its private prisons, cash bail system, and failure to restore voting rights to individuals with felony convictions — does not align with our American values. These are the issues I have dedicated my career in public service to addressing, and I know that Kamala deeply understands them and has tackled them head-on in her career and in this campaign, which is why I am excited to support her for president.
Many of us in the Democratic Party underestimated the current United States President for far too long. The same level of disbelief we had when Trump won the Republican nomination and then the general election in 2016 continues to drive our thinking today.
We think all we have to do is to nominate someone with a pulse because America won’t re-elect Donald Trump. This way of thinking is a mistake. Now more than ever, we should support the candidate whom we believe has the best chance of beating Donald Trump. In my opinion, that candidate is Senator Kamala Harris.
First, I think we need someone who can take the fight to Trump on the debate stage. Hundreds of millions of Americans will be watching the general election debates and they will have an outsized influence on voters’ perspectives.
Her years as a District Attorney and as an Attorney General have taught her how to make her case and she is masterful at it. Watching her in the Senate Judiciary hearings questioning Justice Brett Kavanaugh and then recently watching her on the debate stage during the Democratic Primary debate it is clear she excels in this forum and can deliver the punishing blows in these settings to shift the narrative. We need someone who can forcefully and efficiently make the case against Trump in a way that excites the base and at the same time does not alienate swing voters.
Second, by any calculation, her candidacy is historic. If elected, she would become the first woman and the first woman-of-color to become the President of the United States. Frankly, it is long past time for a woman to occupy the White House. This country has already shown us that it will vote for a woman as was shown in 2016 with Hillary Clinton’s popular vote tally.
https://thegrio.com/2019/07/13/opinion-why-i-support-kamala-harris-for-president/
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