'Nothing Less Than a Civil War': These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump
Source: New York Times
Nothing Less Than a Civil War: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump
Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the presidents rallies.
By Astead W. Herndon
Dec. 28, 2019
GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. Great American Pizza & Subs, on a highway about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas, was busier and Trumpier than usual. On any given day it serves M.A.G.A. Subs and Liberty Bell Lasagna. The Second Amendment pizza comes loaded with pepperoni and sausage. The dining room is covered in regalia praising President Trump.
But this October morning was Trumpstock, a small festival celebrating the president. The speakers included the local Republican congressman, Paul Gosar, and lesser-known conservative personalities. There was a fringe 2020 Senate candidate in Arizona who ran a website that published sexually explicit photos of women without their consent; a pro-Trump rapper whose lyrics include a racist slur aimed at Barack Obama; and a North Carolina activist who once said of Muslims, I will kill every one of them before they get to me.
All were welcome, except liberals.
They label us white nationalists, or white supremacists, volunteered Guy Taiho Decker, who drove from California to attend the event. A right-wing protester, he has previously been arrested on charges of making terrorist threats.
Theres no such thing as a white supremacist, just like theres no such thing as a unicorn, Mr. Decker said. Were patriots.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/us/politics/trump-2020-trumpstock.html
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)The squatters loss. But they are undisciplined, lazy, out of shape and too old to mount any real insurrection
aeromanKC
(3,327 posts)They seem to forget which side has the black helicopters. Jokes on them.
VMA131Marine
(4,149 posts)Whatever Trump supporters are, their political philosophy is not conservative.
pwb
(11,287 posts).
calimary
(81,466 posts)katusha
(809 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Who want to own liberals that want the Earth to survive....
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)I prefer free range liberals to deranged MAGAts...
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)They would be fighting for one corrupt individual to have more power than the Constitution and rule of law.
How Noble of them.
pwb
(11,287 posts).
modrepub
(3,503 posts)with a beautiful newly repaved four-lane highway in front of it. Most likely paid with federal highway money mostly generated in blue states. These people hate "liberals" but are sure willing to take their tax money. If you hate blue states and liberals so much then don't take their income tax and social security tax money, pull yourself up by your own boot straps.
Kaiserguy
(740 posts)are not Patriots. Everything they stand for is against what our Constitution stands for. Nothing more than loud mouth snowflake bullies
hatrack
(59,592 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 29, 2019, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)
It must really suck to be afraid all the time and be irremediably stupid.
lees1975
(3,879 posts)No true Patriot would ever threaten civil war for not getting their political way. These guys better get with the program, we're not much more than a year away from a Trump-free America.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)It went from being concerning to irritating to funny to boring and now just downright sad.