"Why we voted for Donald Trump": David Duke explains the white supremacist Charlottesville protests
David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, is unambiguous about what Saturday’s alt-right and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, means to him: It’s the fulfillment of President Trump’s vision for America.
“We are determined to take our country back,” Duke said from the rally, calling it a “turning point.” “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in.
That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he said he’s going to take our country back.”
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David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, is unambiguous about what Saturday’s alt-right and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, means to him: It’s the fulfillment of President Trump’s vision for America.
“We are determined to take our country back,” Duke said from the rally, calling it a “turning point.” “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in. That’s why we voted for Donald Trump, because he said he’s going to take our country back.”
Just in case anyone was wondering if there is any connection between Donald Trump and groups such as the KKK . . .
"Just in case anyone was wondering if there is any connection between Donald Trump and groups such as the KKK . . ."
Did the President call him a "mentor" like his rival in the election called a KKK member?
Did the President call him a "mentor" like his rival in the election called a KKK member?
Link?
You didn't see it? It's right after the link about the President's ties to the KKK.
08/14/17 08:18:09AM @bob-nelson :
Link?
Today Secretary Clinton, a former U.S. senator representing New York, remarked on the death of her colleague Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.).
She began :
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If you don't know the story of Robert Byrd, then you don't know the context of these lines... and above all...
You don't know what you're talking about!
Have a great life!
You don't know what you're talking about!
You asked for a link, got the link and respond with an insulating air of superiority
You are not white, are you Bob? Cause I understand that is a bad combo.
In your opinion, am I a fool, or a trickster?
In your opinion, am I a fool, or a trickster?
Dunno. One or the other...
Dunno. One or the other...
Either one I view as a personal attack. A little note, or reminder of a commonly misunderstood concept, in question form.
Did you know that the personal attack, is often times the first option of the intellectually inadequate?
There's no personal attack.
Just lucid observation of the two possibilities that exist.
Steve is more patient than I. He posted the back-story. (below)
If you didn't know this back-story before you posted, then you are a fool, because any serious student of current events does know it. If you knew it and nevertheless posted completely opposite the life story of Mr Byrd... then you are a trickster.
If there's a third possibility... I don't see it...
There's no personal attack.
Name calling is, in fact, a personal attack. It is certainly and with out doubt childish in the extream but, still, is a personal attack. Remember the whole sticks and stones thing? What was that all about?
You suggested two terms to describe me, that I strongly disagree with. I would never describe myself in such a way. I'm sorry that reality interrupted your beliefs. You asked for a link, I provided said link. You responded with name calling. Which is, in fact, a personal attack.
Reality is an evil mistress, she is especially crule to those who would distort her. Just saying.
Did the President call him a "mentor" like his rival in the election called a KKK member?
Once a member of the Klu Klux Klan, it was the defining moment in his lifelong effort to convince the American public of his changed views on race.
"I have done my best to do the right thing," Byrd said during a March 2005 interview with Fox News, during which he was questioned about his KKK membership in the early 1940s.
"The people of West Virginia know that. They know the history. And they put it aside. They continue to return me. I was wrong, as many young men are wrong today, even when they join groups. That's all in the past," Byrd said.
Statements from his longtime colleagues poured out Monday morning, as fellow senators remembered Byrd as a steadfast presence in the chamber and a veritable tome of knowledge on how the Senate works.
The veteran senator held a number of leadership roles during his tenure in the Senate, including conference secretary, majority whip and majority leader -- twice.
Prior to his death, Byrd worked as the president pro tempore -- the second highest ranking official in the Senate and the highest ranking senator in the majority party, putting Byrd third in line to the presidency.
He also served as the senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security . Other committees on which Byrd served were the Senate Budget, Armed Services and Rules and Administration Committees.
Byrd, who never lost an election, cast more than 18,540 roll call votes -- more than any other senator in U.S. history. He had a 98 percent attendance record in his more than five decades of service in the Senate,
Oh, Good Lord, preserve me from fools and tricksters!!
If you don't know the story of Robert Byrd, then you don't know the context of these lines... and above all...
You don't know what you're talking about!
The thing is, six... I'm pretty sure you do know the story of Robert Byrd... so the "fool" option is kinda gone...
More & more people are beginning to take action against Trump's racism:
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