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inanna

(3,547 posts) Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:47 PM Mar 2016

The rise of hate groups: How much does Donald Trump's ambivalence matter? (CBC)

Posted: Mar 06, 2016 10:52 AM ET

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"I know nothing about David Duke, I know nothing about white supremacists, and so you're asking me a question about people I know nothing about," Trump recently told CNN's State of the Union.

Trump later stepped back, blaming a bad ear piece, saying he couldn't hear the questions clearly.

But how much weight does that kind of a statement have in the United States?

The Southern Law Poverty Centre tracks the KKK. It says the number of chapters of the hate group jumped from 72 in 2014 to 190 last year.

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Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hate-groups-united-states-trump-election-1.3478063?cmp=rss

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The rise of hate groups: How much does Donald Trump's ambivalence matter? (CBC) (Original Post) inanna Mar 2016 OP

The GOP has courted the racists for decades now, Trump is only more blatant but they've been Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #1

Don't forget the NRA vote ^ world wide wally Mar 2016 #2

Jefferson23

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1. The GOP has courted the racists for decades now, Trump is only more blatant but they've been

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 08:17 PM

Mar 2016

relying on these assholes and fundies or they can't win. That and gerrymandering.

The only other group they rely on are the elite..corporate investment class
but there are not enough of them in vote tallies.

Independents are a crap shoot, they don't trust either side.

Millions of disaffected voters and we are in a precariously vulnerable
position.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

2. Don't forget the NRA vote ^

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Sun Mar 6, 2016, 11:27 PM

Mar 2016

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