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Someone who had close ties and experience, speaks out about the Racist In Chief and the results of his promoting White Supremacy from the white house. 6 minute podcast for those interested.
Reformed Neo-Nazi Discusses President Trump's Controversial Shared Tweet : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
Reformed Neo-Nazi Discusses President Trump's Controversial Shared Tweet
"It was always used in a way that was a white supremacist manner," he says. "Not in a sense that black power is used as a cry for equity and a cry against white supremacy. White power has always been used as kind of a bludgeon and not as anything other than that."
When President Trump on Sunday retweeted a video in which an alleged supporter yelled "white power," Picciolini didn't want to speculate what the president was thinking. But what struck him, he says, "is that this has been a pattern."
"This hasn't been the first time that the president has tweeted something that has come from a white supremacist or that has had a white supremacist message, whether it's talking about a conspiracy theory that's connected to white genocide or whether it's using pejorative language to describe other people," Picciolini said. "What is intentional, I believe, is the goal to instill fear.
We're seeing a lot more language that is racist, especially with the use of social media, and he is emboldening that kind of language through his tweets."
Reformed Neo-Nazi Discusses President Trump's Controversial Shared Tweet : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR