We're in a new era where local, state and national political leaders voice racist remarks and are unapologetic, blaming the media while using it.
Some examples off the top of my head from the recent midterms:
U.S. Rep Steve King's remarks and actions targeting Jews and immigrants causing King to be disavowed by a prominent national Republican leader and abandoned by the National Republican Congressional Committee and three major U.S. companies announced they will no longer donate campaign money to King. Jewish leaders highlighted his recent remarks to members of the far-right Austrian party on a trip funded by a Holocaust memorial non-profit. The optics of him hunting with DJT, Jr. hurt the Party. He was still re-elected after all this came out.
Or the racist robo calls by white supremacists both in Florida's and Georgia's Governors races where the black candidates - Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams - were running. It called Gillum a monkey.
Or Ron DeSantis' remark on Fox that remark by him that Florida voters shouldn't "monkey this up" by voting for Gillum instead of him.
Or the candidate for Mississippi Senator, Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff against a black candidate, Mike Espy, that she would be in the front row of a public hanging. In Mississippi and the South that conveys a certain message to a particular group.
Or the Arizona Rep David Stringer, who said that immigrants pose an "existential threat" to our society, also occasioning the Party to withdraw its support and calling on him to resign after his racist explanation of why immigrants are hurting America. The Party said: "These remarks have no place in our society." The Arizona Party breathed a sign of relief when McSally won the primary over Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio.
Or the neo-Nazi from Idaho using a robocall in Iowa to spread his white supremacist message linking Molly Tibbetts' death to immigrants, causing the Governor to call it "disgusting".
You hear these remarks in the open, knowing that they appeal to a minority that are becoming more vocal and supportive of white nationalists agenda of hate. They have no place in a nation that considers itself multi-cultural and accepting of all religions and, especially in areas of the country that are predominantly Christian and would place the Ten Commandments in public places as representative of their faith.
Some examples off the top of my head from the recent midterms:
U.S. Rep Steve King's remarks and actions targeting Jews and immigrants causing King to be disavowed by a prominent national Republican leader and abandoned by the National Republican Congressional Committee and three major U.S. companies announced they will no longer donate campaign money to King. Jewish leaders highlighted his recent remarks to members of the far-right Austrian party on a trip funded by a Holocaust memorial non-profit. The optics of him hunting with DJT, Jr. hurt the Party. He was still re-elected after all this came out.
Or the racist robo calls by white supremacists both in Florida's and Georgia's Governors races where the black candidates - Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams - were running. It called Gillum a monkey.
Or Ron DeSantis' remark on Fox that remark by him that Florida voters shouldn't "monkey this up" by voting for Gillum instead of him.
Or the candidate for Mississippi Senator, Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff against a black candidate, Mike Espy, that she would be in the front row of a public hanging. In Mississippi and the South that conveys a certain message to a particular group.
Or the Arizona Rep David Stringer, who said that immigrants pose an "existential threat" to our society, also occasioning the Party to withdraw its support and calling on him to resign after his racist explanation of why immigrants are hurting America. The Party said: "These remarks have no place in our society." The Arizona Party breathed a sign of relief when McSally won the primary over Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio.
Or the neo-Nazi from Idaho using a robocall in Iowa to spread his white supremacist message linking Molly Tibbetts' death to immigrants, causing the Governor to call it "disgusting".
You hear these remarks in the open, knowing that they appeal to a minority that are becoming more vocal and supportive of white nationalists agenda of hate. They have no place in a nation that considers itself multi-cultural and accepting of all religions and, especially in areas of the country that are predominantly Christian and would place the Ten Commandments in public places as representative of their faith.
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