Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 02:03 pm
Donald Trump showed his support for bigotry by self-destructing during a rally and defending his anti-Semitic Star of David tweet.
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While speaking in Cincinnati, OH, Trump said, “So you’ve got the star, which is fine. I said you shouldn’t have taken it down. You know, they took the star down. I said too bad, You should have left it up. I would rather have defended just leave it up. I say no that’s not a Star of David. That’s just a star. It’s also about corrupt Hillary. Corrupt Hillary. But she sent it out. She said oh, that’s a star. She’s the one who started the dialog. You know why? Because she wanted to get off the FBI. And you know who got worse than anybody by the FBI? Bernie Sanders cause he was waiting for the FBI to make him the nominee, and it didn’t work.
Everything that Trump said was a lie. The image that Trump tweeted came from neo-Nazis. The six pointed star is a Star of David. Hillary Clinton did not start the dialog about the star. The conversation began with journalists of all stripes pointing out that the presumptive Republican nominee had just tweeted an anti-Semitic tweet.
Make no mistake about it, Trump’s defense of his tweet was a big warm hug to the white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements.
Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. He is trying to win the White House by appealing bigotry, racism, and white anger.
By choosing to defend the tweet, Trump has self-destructed and turned attention away from what Republicans would rather be talking about, Clinton’s emails, and back to his own behavior. Any person of morality, no matter what their politics, should find Trump and his campaign indefensible.
Trump is directly appealing to racists and bigots. If Republicans keep Trump, they will be labeled the party of hate by future generations.
Donald Trump is showing America who he is, which is why voters must come together to reject his candidacy at the ballot box.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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