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Maraya1969

(23,606 posts) Thu Feb 2, 2017, 03:01 AM Feb 2017

Trump's Supreme Court pick founded and led club called 'Fascism Forever' at his elite all-boys schoo [View all]

Source: Daily Mail

Gorsuch founded the Fascism Forever Club during his freshman year at Georgetown Preparatory, a now-$30,000-a-year private Jesuit school that is one of the most selective in the United States.
He served as president until he graduated in 1985, according to his senior yearbook.

The club was set up to rally against the ‘left-wing tendencies’ of his professors while attending a Jesuit all-boys preparatory high school near Washington D.C.
The name may be inconvenient for a Supreme Court nominee facing a tough confirmation battle. However it also shows the depth of Gorscuch’s right-wing credentials – and his penchant for mischief while attending his exclusive prep school in the 1980s.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4182852/Trump-s-SCOTUS-pick-founded-club-called-Fascism-Forever.html

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Trump's Supreme Court pick founded and led club called 'Fascism Forever' at his elite all-boys schoo [View all] Maraya1969 Feb 2017 OP

Nobody has run this story other than the Daily Mail The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #1

I looked up "The Daily Mail" before I posted it and Wicipedia didn't have anything bad to say and it Maraya1969 Feb 2017 #2

The Daily Mail is a right-wing British tabloid oberliner Feb 2017 #29

Look at the photos showing pages in the yearbook listing his clubs. pnwmom Feb 2017 #4

It's apparently in the yearbook. RandySF Feb 2017 #9

CLEARLY, THIS IS REAL! Daily Mail just beat the American Press. ElementaryPenguin Feb 2017 #24

Well my British friends and comrades don't consider the Mail ....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2017 #28

I appreciate some skepticism. Tactical Peek Feb 2017 #3

Check out the quote he selected in the right hand margin... jmbar2 Feb 2017 #7

Welcome to DU! mahina Feb 2017 #8

I thought the same thing. sarah FAILIN Feb 2017 #41

Yep, an Adolf Coors nazi. Like his mum. nt. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #25

so that's why Bannon picked him JI7 Feb 2017 #5

Figures he would come from an elite prep school. Shut down public education? No problem YOHABLO Feb 2017 #6

k&r RandySF Feb 2017 #10

Great job on that vetting before you made the nomination Donald, whats next? cstanleytech Feb 2017 #11

Dangerous combination of intellectual brilliance/elite credentials and hatred of liberalism wishstar Feb 2017 #12

I am surprised that school does not have a Hitler Youth membership requirement HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #13

Nah- he just thought he was so cool there as a rebel going against liberal political correctness wishstar Feb 2017 #14

The school ultimately endorses the creation of specific clubs HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #15

The school probably indulged the hyperbolic name considering it sardonic and witty wishstar Feb 2017 #17

I am not impressed by their bad school choices HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #18

Right, that's what the Kennedys are known for, enabling fascism and plausible deniability. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #26

Does that wretched hive include John Dingell, Chris Dodd and the kids of Sargent Shriver? onenote Feb 2017 #40

He fits right into the anti-American IKGOPR mold Achilleaze Feb 2017 #16

+1 dalton99a Feb 2017 #19

Evil bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #20

In a sane America, this would be an immediate disqualifier. Paladin Feb 2017 #21

It wouldn't and shouldn't oberliner Feb 2017 #31

I guess you wouldn't give a shit what he did in college, either. Paladin Feb 2017 #32

No, I don't judge a person by their college yearbook quotes oberliner Feb 2017 #33

That ought to be enough... dchill Feb 2017 #35

True - let's look at his writings and decisions over the past 20 years Retrograde Feb 2017 #36

Welcomed into the halls of power after mom appointed to head EPA bigbrother05 Feb 2017 #22

The Daily Mail? Really? malthaussen Feb 2017 #23

Oh dear..... Turbineguy Feb 2017 #27

People should not be judged by their actions as high school students oberliner Feb 2017 #30

Since when do we cut ANY breaks to trump people? Paladin Feb 2017 #37

He kind of looks a bit like Adam Sandler. smirkymonkey Feb 2017 #34

Snopes says this is false. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2017 #38

+10,000. Hortensis Feb 2017 #39