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struggle4progress

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Fri Aug 12, 2016, 04:51 PM Aug 2016

White supremacists see Trump as ‘last stand’

Aug 12, 2016 By Paul Holston, Associated Press Writer

... “Many white supremacists see this as their last stand for controlling the country,” Heidi Beirich, head of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said on a conference call with reporters.

Representatives of Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee did not return calls seeking comment ...

Angelo Carusone, executive vice president of Media Matters for America, a liberal advocacy group, noted that Trump has retweeted posts from white supremacist accounts on Twitter.

Twitter is Trump’s biggest microphone, and his rhetoric correlates with some of the beliefs of white supremacy organizations and communities, Carusone said ...


http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2016/08/12/experts-say-white-supremacists-see-trump-as-last-stand/

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White supremacists see Trump as ‘last stand’ (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2016 OP
Let's hope it is their last stand. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2016 #1
Who gives a shit what they think? Initech Aug 2016 #2
Our last chance to have White Supremacists run the country? Do they promise to leave if they lose? highprincipleswork Aug 2016 #3
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