Buttigieg: white nationalism is being condoned at the highest levels of the American government

[femmedem]

"White nationalism is evil. And it is inspiring people to commit murder. And it is being condoned at the highest levels of the American government. And it has to end."

More:

[MBS]

1. really good.

He goes right to the core of the issue.

[hlthe2b]

2. It is amazing the impact of seeing Truth spoken to Power--whether Buttigieg or even George P Bush

who released a strong statement defining this as WHITE TERRORISM.

I have to credit the younger Bush for doing so even though I obviously am no fan of his father or uncle.

This is the kind of post that makes it awkward to be restricted to a Primary forum, because the issue is so much bigger than that and it feels wrong to make it purely a political issue. But, since it is, I will give kudos to Buttigieg for a strong statement.

[femmedem]

3. Yes, I hesitated about posting it here because I didn't want to politicize it.

How to highlight our Democratic officials' and candidates' statements without seeming opportunistic? But in the end, the solution is political, just as the incitement to violence and obstacles to gun control have been political.

I'm glad our candidates are speaking truthfully and powerfully about it. And yes, kudos to Bush for speaking out as well. We need Republicans to call this out for what it is, too, or it will only get worse.

[Nanjeanne]

4. He is 100% right.

[brer cat]

5. K&R

[Nay]

6. Good for him. No pussyfooting around the issue. nt

[crazytown]

7. Pete is the best communicator since WJC.

He is a reserved man who does not flaunt his feelings, but those calm waters run very deep.

[BootinUp]

14. Notice he doesn't use others phrases and buzzwords

That are already charged with emotion. He can put things in ways that people can hear it.

[crazytown]

15. "in ways that people can hear it"

Yes. Simple straightforward phrasing, backed by great intelligence. From Reagan onwards, the GOP have chosen one fool after another.

[Merlot]

8. White progressives are "shocked?" Really?

Why the dig at his own party? Why not talk about the white centrists and right-wingers who aren't shocked?

[crazytown]

16. I think (subconsciously) it is Pete that has been shocked.

He is getting a crash course on the reality of that POC live day in day out.

[Merlot]

19. You may be right, but it feels like Pete makes these comments

about his own party to often. Definatly to often for my tastes.

[crazytown]

20. Yes. If America did not have it's back to the wall facing Trump

it wouldn't be so irritating. As you say, in this grab, he buttonholed progressives.

[Ford_Prefect]

9. Tweets from the Instigator in Chief will foment more of the same.

It is all part of Skinner's unholy vision and Putin's plan.

[The Liberal Lion]

12. Exactly correct

trump needs the chaos that his words inspire so that "only he" can solve it. It's a very sick vision trump has planned for our country.

[democrank]

10. Cutting through the fog quickly and directly is Pete Buttigieg's method of operation.

He is one of the best at it.

[MBS]

13. one of the reasons I'm all in for Pete. n/t

[The Liberal Lion]

11. It's not only being condoned

It's being directed and manipulated.
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
The greatest threat to America that trump poses is his ability to reach all the way to the street level to ordinary citizens, radicalize them and manipulate them into carrying out violence against citizens who oppose his regime.

trump is not America's president, trump and the republican party are her enemies.

[Garrett78]

17. What's amazing is that this isn't a mainstream position.

And yet the media and tens of millions of people in the US will act as though Mayor Pete is a crazy-talking left wing extremist.

The reaction to what he said ought to be, "Well no shit. And water is wet."

[femmedem]

18. I think it is a lot more mainstream today than it was yesterday.

I'm basing that on the conversations on CNN today. Jake Tapper and guests are calling it white supremacist terrorism. (Rick Santorum demurs.)