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(5,629 posts)mia
(8,356 posts)White supremacist groups were enabled when David Duke endorsed Trump.
cayugafalls
(5,629 posts)I was merely pointing out some facts that have been reported on before. Not trying to give cover for the GOP at all.
Sources:
America's racism has long been Russia's secret weapon
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/opinions/philando-castile-russia-history-of-infiltration-joseph-opinion/index.html
The latest front in Russian infiltration: Americas right-wing homeschooling movement
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/americas-biggest-right-wing-homeschooling-group-has-been-networking-with-sanctioned-russians-1f2b5b5ad031/
Evangelicals and the Kremlin: A history of collusion
Link to Article
Targeting Black Americans, Russia's IRA Exploited Racial Wounds
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ira-target-black-americans/
The FBI warned about the possibility white supremacist groups infiltrating U.S. law enforcement agencies.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-warned-about-white-supremacists/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement
mia
(8,356 posts)I was thinking about white supremacy and its link to the KKK.
cayugafalls
(5,629 posts)I think The GOP and Russia both found that the low IQ white supremacist were easily manipulated and have been using them ever since to put forward an agenda of hatred and violence meant to drive our culture further apart and create a divide that will not be easily brought together again.
I probably should not have posted this on this thread...I understand this was meant to bring some levity to the evening by showing Trump blasting off...but MAGANIGHT is so close to Kristallnacht and it was a clear signal by racist Trump to his racist base to incite more violence against the left that I responded with my post about the Russians.
Thank you for making me clarify why I posted what I did.
Thanks for that....
Niagara
(7,398 posts)Fun Fact: I watched this several times before replying.
I often wondered how Hairplug Himmler's body reacted to all that greasy fried food that he binges on...I now know how he really clears the room.
The America has launched cracks me up so hard at the end. When the guy said that during the actual launch I thought it was a bit of a weird turn of phrase. It makes more sense in this context.