Racism

Trump Assures White Base: I’ll Keep The Poors Away

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one of his most overt appeals so far in the campaign to White, suburban voters, saying in a tweet that they will no longer be “bothered” by low income housing in their suburbs. The tweets come as polls show Trump’s reelection effort is faltering in the suburbs, fueled by his administration’s failed …

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Former Trump Admin Official Declares Schools Should Open Since Most People Dying Are Elderly Or Hispanic

The Texas Tribune reports: Vance Ginn, the chief economist for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, is facing fierce backlash for a recent racist tweet that said schools should open since most of the people dying from the coronavirus in Texas are elderly or Hispanic. Ginn later removed the tweet and apologized. “I believe strongly based on my deep faith that …

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AL State Rep Celebrated KKK During John Lewis Tribute

The Birmingham News reports: The Alabama Democratic Party renewed its call for a state lawmaker to step down after he posted on social media that he had a “great time” honoring Confederate Army General and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest over the weekend. And while the state’s Republican Party isn’t asking Rep. Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, to resign, the …

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Trump Won’t Pay Respects To John Lewis At US Capitol

The Independent reports: Donald Trump, who in recent weeks has stirred racial tensions, says he has no plans to visit the late Congressman John Lewis as the civil rights icon lies in state at the US Capitol. “No I won’t be going,” the president said. “No.” The president delivered the news as he left the White House for a trip …

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Cotton: Founders Viewed Slavery As “Necessary Evil”

“The 1619 Project is left-wing propaganda. It’s revisionist history at its worst. It won’t be much money. But even a penny is too much to go to the 1619 Project in our public schools. The New York Times should not be teaching American history to our kids. “We have to study the history of slavery and its role and impact …

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Trump Repeals Obama-Era Fair Housing Regulation

The Los Angeles Times reports: With President Trump facing sagging support in the suburbs, his administration on Thursday targeted an Obama-era affordable housing regulation, the latest in a series of appeals to white voters’ fears of crime and declining property values. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would scrap a regulation known as Affirmatively Furthering …

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House Votes 305-113 To Remove Confederate Statues From US Capitol Hall, All No Votes Were Republicans

Courthouse News reports: A bipartisan House voted to remove statues of historical figures who served the Confederacy from the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, giving the building’s architect $2 million and four months to complete the job. The bill, which passed the House by a 305-113 vote, mainly targets 12 statues in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall memorializing Confederate leaders, along with a …

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Lawsuit: Ex-Cardinal Ran Sex Ring At Beach House

The New York Daily News reports: Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick ran a depraved sex ring of underage boys at a beach house on the Jersey Shore, a disturbing new lawsuit claims. The suit, filed by a man using the pseudonym Doe 14, claims that in 1982 and 1983, when he was as young as 14 years old, he and other …

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Trump’s UK Ambassador Probed For Racist Comments

CNN reports: The billionaire NFL owner who serves as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Kingdom was investigated by the State Department watchdog after allegations that he made racist and sexist comments to staff and sought to use his government position to benefit the President’s personal business in the UK, multiple sources told CNN. Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson, the …

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WH Vows Veto Of Defense Bill Over Confederate Names

The Hill reports: The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense policy legislation in part because it includes a provision that would direct the Pentagon to rename military bases currently named after Confederate leaders. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a statement hours before a House vote on the massive $740.5 billion defense policy bill …

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Roger Stone Uses Racial Slur In Radio Show [AUDIO]

The New York Times reports: During a live radio show on Saturday, Roger Stone, the political operative who was spared a prison sentence this month by his friend President Trump, used a racial slur while speaking with the host, who is Black. Mr. Stone was speaking on the “The Mo’Kelly Show,” a program based at a Los Angeles radio station …

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Sebastian Gorka Argues For Superiority Of “Whiteness”

“What has whiteness brought us? What has western civilization brought us? When you look at the western civilization, when you look at representative democracy, you look at rule of law, you look at equality before the law, you look at equality of the sexes. “Or, we could go to the African subcontinent and have female genital mutilation be a part …

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Niece: I’ve Heard Trump Use The N-Word [VIDEO]

The Week reports: Mary Trump’s book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man, was released on Tuesday. She told The Washington Post that growing up in her family, she witnessed “knee-jerk anti-Semitism” and “knee-jerk racism.” Rachel Maddow asked Mary Trump about this, and whether she ever heard her uncle “express either anti-Semitic slurs …

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GOP Bill Will Defund States That Don’t “Protect Statues”

Fox News reports: House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy introduced legislation on Thursday meant to shield statues targeted by protesters, by preventing state and local governments that do not protect monuments from receiving federal grants. McCarthy, R-Calif., rolled out the bill, titled the “Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020,” with Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Sam Graves, R-Mo., as monuments and …

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Giuliani: Marxist Black Lives Matter Will Take Away Your Property And Demand You Pay Them “Lifetime Salaries”

“This is not spontaneous. This is planned. This is planned by Black Lives Matter, it’s funded by Soros to the tune of $30 to $40 million. And the plan is to change your government. To take it away from you. To take away from you a government based on free enterprise. “To take away from you your Second Amendment right …

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Trump Defends Confederate Flag: “Freedom Of Speech”

Mediaite reports: CBS News’ Catherine Herridge spoke with the president Tuesday and pointed out that in 2015, when asked if he thinks the Confederate flag flying above the South Carolina state house needs to go, said, “I think it probably does, and I think they should put it in the museum.” “Do you still believe that?” Herridge asked. “All I …

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Trump Goes Full-On “White Lives Matter” [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: In an interview with CBS News on Tuesday, President Trump said the killing of George Floyd was “terrible” but appeared to bristle when asked why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country.” “So are White people. So are White people. What a terrible question to ask. So are White people,” …

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Cultist Defaces BLM Mural At Trump Tower [VIDEO]

USA Today reports: Police in New York City are investigating after a masked person dumped red paint on a Black Lives Matter street mural painted in front of Trump Tower. Twitter user Oscar Vela posted a video of a person who walked up to the “V” in “Black Lives Matter,” took a can of paint out of a paper bag …

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NH Radio Station Shitcans Host After Racist Tirade

TMZ reports: Dianna Ploss just got fired from her radio gig in New Hampshire. WSMN 1590 issued the following statement, “Dianna Ploss is no longer associated or affiliated in any way with WSMN or Bartis-Russell Broadcasting, LLC.” They added, “We at WSMN value freedom of speech, freedom of expression and assembly. We will not tolerate discrimination, racism or hatred. We …

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Scott Lively’s Press Secretary Goes On Racist Tirade Against “Illegal” Workers For Speaking Spanish [VIDEO]

TMZ reports: A radio host in New Hampshire went on a vile, racist tirade against a group of workers doing their job, because they dared to speak Spanish. Diana Ploss saw the workers who were doing landscaping in downtown Nashua, and she just went nuts, screaming, “It’s America. Speak English!” An African-American man who happened to witness her tirade comes …

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