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Well, if anyone should know if Trump's tweets are racist or not, it would be Richard Spencer, right?
The problem is, it's not that Spencer has suddenly changed his views and is now appalled by Trump's racism, it's that he doesn't think he goes far enough and therefore doesn't deserve white supremacist support.
Is anyone buying that Trump is just a moderate?
“He gives us nothing outside of racist tweets,” Spencer told CNN. “And by racist tweets, I mean tweets that are meaningless and cheap and express the kind of sentiments you might hear from your drunk uncle while he’s watching [Sean] Hannity.”
White nationalist Richard Spencer turns on Trump after racist tweets - CNN Video
CNN Broadcasts Interview With White Supremacist Richard Spencer
White nationalist Richard Spencer turns on Trump after racist tweets - CNN Video
CNN Broadcasts Interview With White Supremacist Richard Spencer
The problem is, it's not that Spencer has suddenly changed his views and is now appalled by Trump's racism, it's that he doesn't think he goes far enough and therefore doesn't deserve white supremacist support.
".....The credulity given to Spencer by CNN here, and the lack of context with which his comments are presented, is totally mind-boggling. Spencer wants a new Holocaust (a supposedly “peaceful” one) that would drive all non-white people out of the U.S. and create a white ethnostate in its place. Of course he doesn’t think Trump is going far enough by simply telling a few congresswomen to “go back” where they came from!
“The CNN anchors didn’t understand that Spencer was trying to position Trump as a moderate and to mock other white supremacists who supported Trump,” said Joan Donovan, director of the Technology and Social Change Project at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center, told The Daily Beast. “Spencer was saying that Trump was performing racism on Twitter, but that his policies do not go far enough to be considered support for white supremacists goals.”...."
“The CNN anchors didn’t understand that Spencer was trying to position Trump as a moderate and to mock other white supremacists who supported Trump,” said Joan Donovan, director of the Technology and Social Change Project at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center, told The Daily Beast. “Spencer was saying that Trump was performing racism on Twitter, but that his policies do not go far enough to be considered support for white supremacists goals.”...."
Is anyone buying that Trump is just a moderate?