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If you are not actively opposing Donald Trump now, you are part of the problem.

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t1nick 8 July 15
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Purge Washington of its over-sized turd . . .

THHA Level 7 July 16, 2019
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I've been opposing him since he had a TV show... I refused to give him a dime way back then.

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I think he says these things to galvanize his base.

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In summary: On Saturday, Trump tweeted a post that has been deemed by the majority as racist. In order to capitalize on the recent division in the Democratic Party between Nancy Pelosi and the freshman squad, Trump made a racist declaration against the freshman squad. His intent was to continue to convince his supporters that the ENTIRE Democratic Party has moved incontrovertibly to the far left and are socialists, even were communists.

He demanded that the four freshmen female Congresswomen of color go back to the country they came from. That their countries were the equivalent to "shithole" countries (he didn't actually say that word this time but the description of their "counties" were close enough.

First, three of the Congresswomen were born in the United States, and are therefore US citizens. The fourth, Ihan Omar was born in Somalia, immigrated to the US at age 12 and became naturalized. She is a US citizen, she went through the proper steps, took and passed the Naturalization exam, and was elected by other US citizens.

He claimed that they hated the United States and should leave. Conflating criticism of policy with the hatred for their country is just ignorant. Conflating criticism of Isreali policy with anti-semitism is just ignorant.

The worst part is the use of the racist trope, "go back to where you came from". That trope has been around since before the Chinese Exclusion Act of the 1880's. It was a common trope during Jim Crow for blacks. It was used against Italian and Irish immigrants at the fin de sigle. It's been the clarion call of those who want to exclude immigres from Central America. It was a blatant racial slight, beyond debate. Its a clear overt dog whistle to white supremacy.

He tripled down today from the Rose Garden. No apologies, no clarifications. He is an overt racist, no longer debatable.

t1nick Level 8 July 15, 2019
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No shit

bobwjr Level 10 July 15, 2019
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And to think - there are those who adore him more than ever ... Geez.

Go figure that. Ignorance knows no bounds

@t1nick I have trouble responding to people who credit him for the 'great economy' and 'stock market highs' and 'financial recovery'. I need some good comebacks.....people who support him on these issues and completely ignore the 25 other areas of concern worry me, too.

@mojo5501

The stock market has little to do with the majority of the US citizens. Most individuals do not own stocks and do not get an individual advantage from the stock market.

@mojo5501 our economy has been on an improving trajectory ever since Barack fixed W's mess. Drumpf has removed hundreds of environmental protections and that has given industry free reign to wreck the land for profit. We will all pay later.

Sad but true that there are so many living brain dead.

@mojo5501
The tax cut passed by the Republicans is the equivalent of handing a brand new, trillion dollar credit card the obscenely rich. The deficit has increased by 1.5 trillion due to this, and tax revenues aren’t increasing anywhere near enough to pay for it.
The increase in stock market value comes mostly from corporations using their tax savings to buy up their own stock (wich increases it’s value, since there are fewer shares on the market to purchase), the increase in stock value translates to higher CEO earnings, since they can receive compensation in the form of company stock.
It’s a pyramid scheme which will crash in due time.

@Haemish1 I never thought of it this way, thank you. The rich keep enriching themselves in the stock market while those of us whose only stock ownership is within our 401K plans hope for the best with our fingers crossed...with retirement plans uncertain and hoping things don't suddenly go the other direction to wipe out what modest gains we've made.

@Haemish1, @CallMeDave Trump the Deregulator. So true...his administration has turned back the clock on environmental protections...land, water, air, wildlife...the consequences will be felt by future generations. His attempt to privatize all sorts of public places and public resources also worries me.

@mojo5501
That’s been the Republican model for years - privatize any public function that can turn a profit, and and abandon anything back to the public that has external costs that don’t pay for themselves.

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Exactly.

I will help pay for it!

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