David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
July 15, 2024
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Echoing Donald Trump’s fist-pumping and shout immediately after his ear was nicked by a would-be assassin who killed an innocent bystander Saturday, attendees on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday broke out into chants, yelling, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”
“Having finished the prayer and pledge, and rendition of ‘God Bless America,'” LaPolitics Weekly editor and publisher Jeremy Alford reported, “RNC delegates almost immediately begin chanting the same war cry @realDonaldTrump emitted upon being shot: ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’ ”
Baptist minister Brian Kaylor, who has a PhD in political communication, is the author or co-author of five books, including “Sacramental Politics: Religious Worship as Political Action,” and “Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism.”
He writes: “Delegates yelling ‘fight!’ during RNC shows the danger of what Trump’s instinct was on Saturday.”
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Attorney and SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah posted a short clip of the moment, remarking: “Bone chilling to see at #RNCConvention people chanting ‘Fight’ in unison with one arm punching in the air. Instantly conjures up rallies from 1930’s Germany. There is no other way to put it.”
The fist-pumping is very visible in the bottom portion of the frame:
Author Stephen Beschloss responded: “Here’s the Trump Republican Party’s ‘unity’ message: Fight.”
Professor of history and fascism and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat also responded, writing: “You know what to do, Americans. We can avoid this nightmare. Never become resigned or fatalistic. That’s what they want.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Greg Bluestein, also an NBC News/MSNBC contributor, also posted a clip, and remarked: “Expect to hear this a lot this week.”
Watch the videos above or at this link.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper blasts RNC for platforming 'blatantly anti-Semitic' speakers
Daniel Hampton
July 15, 2024
CNN anchor Jake Tapper laid into the founder of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA during the Republican National Convention on Monday after a report highlighted anti-semitic remarks he's made. (Screengrab via CNN)
CNN anchor Jake Tapper laid into the founder of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA — as well as two Republican lawmakers — during the Republican National Convention on Monday over what he called "blatantly anti-Semitic" remarks they've made in the past.
Charlie Kirk spoke Monday night at the convention, the same day The New York Times highlighted why he's been accused of anti-semitism. Among them: Kirk's defense of Elon Musk's comment appearing to support an antisemitic comment that Jewish people were “'coming to the disturbing realization' that immigrants to the United States 'don’t exactly like them too much.'"
“Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them,” Kirk said, among other things, according to the report.
When Kirk took the stage Monday night, Tapper let the audience know his feelings on the subject.
"I just want to point it out — because this is something that the Republican Party has an issue with and they do not reckon with; the Democratic Party has it's own issue — and that is, Charlie Kirk and Turning Points USA has been credibly accused by other conservatives of having an antisemitism problem within its ranks," said Tapper.
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Tapper noted that conservative commentator Erick Erickson wrote Turning Point USA was “looking like not just a grifting operation, but an anti-Semitic grifting operation.”
Tapper also noted that Ben Domenech, co-founder of The Federalist, wrote, “If Charlie Kirk remains the head of TPUSA, the right has an anti-Semite problem that will follow them into the coming elections.”
While the left has also seen antisemitism since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Tapper emphasized Kirk was the third speaker after North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene who has made "blatantly antisemitic" comments.
"This is a problem in party politics," Tapper said. "And we're going to see this again if the Democrats people put up people like this in August. And I think it's beholden upon us to call it out and point it out."
Watch the clip below or at this link.
Daniel Hampton
July 15, 2024
CNN anchor Jake Tapper laid into the founder of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA during the Republican National Convention on Monday after a report highlighted anti-semitic remarks he's made. (Screengrab via CNN)
CNN anchor Jake Tapper laid into the founder of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA — as well as two Republican lawmakers — during the Republican National Convention on Monday over what he called "blatantly anti-Semitic" remarks they've made in the past.
Charlie Kirk spoke Monday night at the convention, the same day The New York Times highlighted why he's been accused of anti-semitism. Among them: Kirk's defense of Elon Musk's comment appearing to support an antisemitic comment that Jewish people were “'coming to the disturbing realization' that immigrants to the United States 'don’t exactly like them too much.'"
“Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them,” Kirk said, among other things, according to the report.
When Kirk took the stage Monday night, Tapper let the audience know his feelings on the subject.
"I just want to point it out — because this is something that the Republican Party has an issue with and they do not reckon with; the Democratic Party has it's own issue — and that is, Charlie Kirk and Turning Points USA has been credibly accused by other conservatives of having an antisemitism problem within its ranks," said Tapper.
Read also: Charlie Kirk buried for 'idiotic' comments about Normandy soldiers on D-Day anniversary
Tapper noted that conservative commentator Erick Erickson wrote Turning Point USA was “looking like not just a grifting operation, but an anti-Semitic grifting operation.”
Tapper also noted that Ben Domenech, co-founder of The Federalist, wrote, “If Charlie Kirk remains the head of TPUSA, the right has an anti-Semite problem that will follow them into the coming elections.”
While the left has also seen antisemitism since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Tapper emphasized Kirk was the third speaker after North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene who has made "blatantly antisemitic" comments.
"This is a problem in party politics," Tapper said. "And we're going to see this again if the Democrats people put up people like this in August. And I think it's beholden upon us to call it out and point it out."
Watch the clip below or at this link.
'Nothing has changed': Trump's angry new rant wrecks claims about him wanting 'unity'
Sarah K. Burris
July 15, 2024
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Donald Trump's campaign has pressed the message that he is a "changed man" after the failed assassination attempt on Saturday. But after his Monday update on Truth Social, things seemed like they were back to the same again.
In particular, Trump went on an angry rant claiming that his espionage case in Florida a "witch hunt," alleging the Jan. 6 attack on Congress was a "hoax" and the New York fraud case is a "scam."
The internet quickly noted that the "changed man" hadn't actually changed all that much after all, returning to his standard rants and attacks about the cases against him.
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"So much for unity… calling J6 a hoax," posted Fank Marin on the social media site X.
Geoff Ninecow agreed, "Nothing has changed."
"Pretending he is not bad will not make him good," wrote lawyer George Conway on Monday after the update. "Pretending he is not depraved will not make him decent. Pretending he is not dangerous will not make him safe. Pretending he is not disordered will not make him sound."
National security expert Marcy Wheeler referenced an Axios report by Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, who quoted Tucker Carlson as saying that such an attack "changes a man." She called them "rubes."
"An utterly unchanged Trump embarrasses his perpetually hapless boosters Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen again," wrote lawyer and commentator Luppe B. Luppen on X.
"Again, for Trump, 'unifying America; is about him, not US! Nothing has changed," said Michael Steele, the former Republican Party chairman.
The official account for the hacker group Anonymous asked, "What really has changed?? Trump is STILL an insurrectionist, STILL had relations with Epstein, the rapey pedophile, STILL was convicted of sexual misconduct, STILL was convicted of 34 felonies - STILL has six bankruptcies to his name. Only idiots would vote for him."
"Trump 'calls for unity' by once again attacking Democrats and calling the woman he was found liable for sexually assaulting a liar. Again. But yeah, sure, he’s a changed man," said Danielle Campoamor, writer and formerly of the TODAY Show.
"Meanwhile, the media is reporting that he’s had a 'spiritual' response to being shot at and is rewriting his RNC speech to be all about unity, and he saved a bus full of puppies from a fire on the way home! He f--king went golfing yesterday," complained Tara Deenihan.
Cartoonist Steve Stegelin saw the status update and noted Trump is "starting off his new Unity Tour on the right foot."
"Biden campaign, time to put the ads back on and take off the gloves. The MAGA GOP is not doing the unity thing, never has & never will," Kurt Elftmann agreed.
President Joe Biden paused all of his campaign ads in the wake of the attack, and both Biden and his Vice President, Kamala Harris, have canceled Monday's events.
Meanwhile, international relations professor Nicholas Grossman accused the media of being "in an abusive relationship with Tru
Sarah K. Burris
July 15, 2024
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Donald Trump's campaign has pressed the message that he is a "changed man" after the failed assassination attempt on Saturday. But after his Monday update on Truth Social, things seemed like they were back to the same again.
In particular, Trump went on an angry rant claiming that his espionage case in Florida a "witch hunt," alleging the Jan. 6 attack on Congress was a "hoax" and the New York fraud case is a "scam."
The internet quickly noted that the "changed man" hadn't actually changed all that much after all, returning to his standard rants and attacks about the cases against him.
Read Also: How Donald Trump’s narcissism is now a major threat
"So much for unity… calling J6 a hoax," posted Fank Marin on the social media site X.
Geoff Ninecow agreed, "Nothing has changed."
"Pretending he is not bad will not make him good," wrote lawyer George Conway on Monday after the update. "Pretending he is not depraved will not make him decent. Pretending he is not dangerous will not make him safe. Pretending he is not disordered will not make him sound."
National security expert Marcy Wheeler referenced an Axios report by Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, who quoted Tucker Carlson as saying that such an attack "changes a man." She called them "rubes."
"An utterly unchanged Trump embarrasses his perpetually hapless boosters Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen again," wrote lawyer and commentator Luppe B. Luppen on X.
"Again, for Trump, 'unifying America; is about him, not US! Nothing has changed," said Michael Steele, the former Republican Party chairman.
The official account for the hacker group Anonymous asked, "What really has changed?? Trump is STILL an insurrectionist, STILL had relations with Epstein, the rapey pedophile, STILL was convicted of sexual misconduct, STILL was convicted of 34 felonies - STILL has six bankruptcies to his name. Only idiots would vote for him."
"Trump 'calls for unity' by once again attacking Democrats and calling the woman he was found liable for sexually assaulting a liar. Again. But yeah, sure, he’s a changed man," said Danielle Campoamor, writer and formerly of the TODAY Show.
"Meanwhile, the media is reporting that he’s had a 'spiritual' response to being shot at and is rewriting his RNC speech to be all about unity, and he saved a bus full of puppies from a fire on the way home! He f--king went golfing yesterday," complained Tara Deenihan.
Cartoonist Steve Stegelin saw the status update and noted Trump is "starting off his new Unity Tour on the right foot."
"Biden campaign, time to put the ads back on and take off the gloves. The MAGA GOP is not doing the unity thing, never has & never will," Kurt Elftmann agreed.
President Joe Biden paused all of his campaign ads in the wake of the attack, and both Biden and his Vice President, Kamala Harris, have canceled Monday's events.
Meanwhile, international relations professor Nicholas Grossman accused the media of being "in an abusive relationship with Tru
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