TRUMP FOR THE 5th TIME OFFERS A RACIST TWEET

…The actual Trump racist Tweet

 

A modified Tweet that originated from a white supremacist group movement.

 

Whatever I may disagree with Donald Trump on, regarding his bazaar Tweets , it has become obvious that he nor his team, ever take the time to check out the origin of Tweets they receive, before re-Tweeting them.

 

Once again, Trump has re-Tweeted a modified Tweet that had originated online by one of the nation’s worst “alt-right” white supremacist group movements.

 

The re-Tweeted picture in question was one where the Trump-team took what was a Tweet of a six-point, Jewish Star of David, lying on a pile of $100 bills, and they filled in the star with “The most corrupt candidate ever,” then they added a picture of Hillary Clinton.

 

They later changed the Star-of David to a circle, and Trump has since tried to say that the “Star” was instead, a sheriff’s badge, but most people that saw the Tweet, saw that it was the same Star of David Tweet previously shown by the white supremacist group. 

 

Many white supremacist groups always refer to any image of American Jews as the six-pointed star attached to piles of US greenbacks.  It’s a kind of a white supremacist trade-mark of rich Jews, especially when they are referring to any Jews holding jobs in financial management or on Wall Street.

 

But of course, why would Trump try to check out such Tweets?  This was so juicy, they just couldn’t wait to get it sent to as many online reporters or cable TV hosts as possible…. just forget who originally generated the Tweet.

 

This was at least the fifth time, Trump’s Twitter account had shared an item from the racist “alt-right-wing” while offering no explanation for why.

 

Trump always seems to gives his people permission to let out ugly feelings and beliefs under his interpretation of not being “politically correct.”  Trump then tells his voters to hate and fear people who don’t look like them, but he also tells them to take some kind of action.

 

The day that Trump made this latest outrageous Tweet, was the day that Hillary had finally met with the FBI on her personal e-mails issue.  Of course, the Republicans wanted a comment from Trump about “Crooked Hillary”. But the image that Trump chose to illustrate the case was the red Star of David shape on the pile of cash that had had its origin in the online white-supremacist movement.  Needless to say, this controversial "Tweet" once again overshadowed Hillary's FBI meeting.

 

Trump’s team wouldn’t do something as simple as did Anthony Smith of www.mic.com , who had easily discovered that the image originated online where those loud, unapologetic racists and white supremacists spout their hate.

 

A few days ago, Trump had told a crowd, “We are going to be so tough, we are going to be so smart and so vigilant, and we’re going to get it so that people turn in people when they think there’s something going on.” He was complaining that too many people worry about being accused of racial profiling, so they don’t turn in their neighbors. Trump’s advice is that, “If you spot what you think is a Muslim, go ahead and dial 911.”

 

Basically, as is usual, Trump just re-Tweets things from the “alt-right” that one of his followers had Tweeted to him.  He just liked what he saw, and passed it on, probably asking himself, “Why bother to check it out!”

 

The reality is that this isn’t even in the top 10 most bigoted things Trump has said or done in this campaign.

 

However, this must be leaving his fellow Republicans asking more questions about how they can support this man’s racist statements as the man their party has chosen to lead the United States of America.

 

Americans have unfortunately become accustomed to this attitude of hate that comes from Trump and his supporters.

 

When Trump says that a Latino judge from Indiana can’t do his job because “he’s a Mexican,” today we just shake our heads. When he tells a story about the executing of Muslim prisoners with bullets dipped in pig’s blood as to how America should also act, the shock doesn’t last more than a day.

When Trump says that the Islamic State can behead people, but Americans can’t because we are restrained by our laws and morality, does he really think this is what America should be doing? 

 

When he says “They probably think we’re weak” and “You have to fight fire with fire,” are we supposed to barely notice the comment and just shake our heads in agreement?   

 

When he gives his support to bigoted policies like bans on all Muslims and his promise to use torture and to tell his supporters how he’d love to “punch him in the face” and  beat up the protesters who come to his rallies, are we really supposed to think Trump will soon, “pivot and start acting presidential”?  

 

Are we supposed to just forget that it was not long ago that this man, now leading the GOP, once made himself into America’s most prominent ”Birther”?  That he went on every TV show he could, just to claim that President Obama was the beneficiary of a decades-long conspiracy that he was actually born in Kenya?

 

If you’re wondering whether that this is just stupid and crazy and we should ignore these past activities, then you’re dead wrong. 

 

Let’s make this perfectly clear, yes Trump is a bigot and he believes in making racist statements.  He may deep down, even be a real racist.

 

I do sincerely try as often as possible to put myself in the shoes of those people I disagree with, and to take their arguments seriously and understand from where they’re coming.

 

Yes, I have even said that there could be perfectly rational reasons that a committed Republican could grit their teeth and support Trump, even if they found him to be an ignoramus and a buffoon.

 

But there comes a point at where I have to say: “I simply cannot be a part of this. Donald Trump’s appeal to Americans is so rancid, so toxic, so against my conscience that it will not allow me to tolerate him, or anyone that supports him.”

 

Americans need to understand that Donald Trump isn’t trying to keep his bigotry a secret.  In fact, he’s running on it and promising to include it in his federal government policy.

 

What he is responsible for isn’t because of America’s economic anxiety, or because he’s an outsider, or because he tells it like it is. It’s because Donald Trump appeals directly to those that do not like the change that are going on in America and around the world.

 

“Sorry Donald, you are promising to take America backwards, and that’s not a possibility.”

 

Hopefully, America will wake –up.......sooner rather than later.

 

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