You might think that, but only one party refused to repudiate an endorsement by the KKK.I think that US race relations have really been stirred up by the radical left of the democratic party much more than Trump or his party.
You might think that, but only one party refused to repudiate an endorsement by the KKK.I think that US race relations have really been stirred up by the radical left of the democratic party much more than Trump or his party.
But how much influence do the KKK have in 2020, compared to BLM? I'm not implying that they are comparable, but the republicans aren't influencing social change anywhere near as much as the democrats are.You might think that, but only one party refused to repudiate an endorsement by the KKK.
They have a lot more influence in 2020 than they did in 2015 - and that's the problem.But how much influence do the KKK have in 2020, compared to BLM?
The implied point of your post being that societal change isn't required?the republicans aren't influencing social change anywhere near as much as the democrats are
I think he might be seen as more of a George W Bush figure - popular in some ways but also had some big flaws in policy. Nixon is remembered for only one thing, I don't think many people (including myself!) can name anything that he actually did other than Watergate.
Really? Not the continued deaths of black people by the Authorities and that 25% of deaths by police are of black people that make up only 13% of the population.I think that US race relations have really been stirred up by the radical left of the democratic party much more than Trump or his party. The rise of "segregated" area ideas from the democrats is quite worrying.
Do they really? I don't think the KKK are even relevant in any area of American politics these days - they are a VERY fringe group and I don't think that has changed since 2015.They have a lot more influence in 2020 than they did in 2015 - and that's the problem.
The implied point of your post being that societal change isn't required?
Biden is indeed a hard person to demonise, mostly because he really hasn't done much of importance during his 45-year political career. I don't think he has anything to do with the radical left of his party, but it is also clear that they are gaining a lot of influence in other areas of American politics. In relation to the 25% of police deaths figure, how many crimes are committed by black people? In 2018, 53% of murders, 54% of robberies, 33% of assaults, 42% of weapons violations, 27% of drugs crime and 27% of total crimes were committed by the 13% black population. The number of police shootings of black people per capita are actually LOWER than the number of black people committing offences. I think that the solution here is not to defund the police, which seems to be a very popular view in America, but rather to get to the root of the problem and sort out why so many black people are turning to crime, probably due to unstable or broken family backgrounds, poor living conditions and drugs/alcohol problems, rather than racism.Really? Not the continued deaths of black people by the Authorities and that 25% of deaths by police are of black people that make up only 13% of the population.
Trump used the issue to consolidate and motivate his base and to demonstrate that he was the strong man of law and order and trying to characterise the Dems as being the true racists. This doubtless because it was hard to demonise Joe Biden (other than being sleepy) so it was easier to instead try and show him as some sort of senile patsy to the "radical left".
It's true that they are fringe, but what is concerning (and why they are relevant) is the fact that the decline of membership was pretty much non-stop from the 1970s through to the early 2010s has stopped and may well be reversing. Which is a warning sign of increasing support/acceptance of far-right, racist views. "It's not like I'm a Klan member, but..."Do they really? I don't think the KKK are even relevant in any area of American politics these days - they are a VERY fringe group and I don't think that has changed since 2015.
So the side that is calling out entrenched racism and inequality is just as responsible as the side who says that systemic racism doesn't exist? Okay then.I was implying that social change is going the wrong way - in terms of race relations the US is moving back to the 1960's, but it's not ONLY Trump's fault, I think both sides are to blame for that.
Wow. Not even going to bother.but rather to get to the root of the problem and sort out why so many black people are turning to crime, probably due to unstable or broken family backgrounds, poor living conditions and drugs/alcohol problems, rather than racism.
Problem is, if he makes bad choices it's not just the USA that suffers - it's the whole world. He had some good points and some bad, especially this absolute mess of claiming he won the election. Good riddance.God help the United States of America had he got in for another four years.
If trump really is a racist then how on earth did he managed to get increase of share of the non white vote in this election? Surly it should have went down?
He is.If trump really is a racist...
People can be convinced to vote against their self interest (we had a rather pointed example of that in 2016). As @TheGrandWazoo says, there isn't a single Latino vote - many Central Americans and particularly Cubans are strongly Republican since the GOP talks tough on opposition to Socialism/Communism. The Elian Gonzalez incident in the early 1990s pretty much locked up GOP support in Florida for a generation....then how on earth did he managed to get increase of share of the non white vote in this election? Surly it should have went down?
Trump supporter who gave $2.5m to fight election fraud wants money back
A Donald Trump supporter who donated $2.5m to help expose and prosecute claims of fraud in the presidential election wants his money back after what he says are “disappointing results”.
Fredric Eshelman, a businessman from North Carolina, said he gave the money to True the Vote, a pro-Trump “election ethics” group in Texas that promised to file lawsuits in seven swing states as part of its push to “investigate, litigate, and expose suspected illegal balloting and fraud in the 2020 general election”.
But according to a lawsuit Eshelman filed this week in Houston, first reported by Bloomberg, True the Vote dropped its legal actions and discontinued its Validate the Vote 2020 campaign, then refused to return his calls when he demanded an explanation.
Surly he should have been arrested before he become president?He is.
It's not illegal to hold racist viewpoints. He has, however, been successfully sued over his racist practices as a landlord.Surly he should have been arrested before he become president?
While most of the last month has centered on President Donald Trump’s legal challenges of the 2020 election, the New York Times reported Friday on Trump’s potential legal jeopardy. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is reportedly “significantly escalating” its criminal investigation into the president and his private business, having recently interviewed both Deutsche Bank employees and employees with insurance broker Aon.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance (D) has long been trying to get his hands on President Trump’s tax returns, fighting to the Supreme Court and back and then back to the Supreme Court again. Vance previously argued in an appellate brief that he should be able to obtain the documents via a subpoena of a third party—namely, Trump’s finance firm Mazars USA LLP—because news reports indicate that a “criminal tax fraud” investigation is warranted.
Deutsche Bank, which has been Mr. Trump’s primary lender for two decades, has decided not to do business with Mr. Trump or his company in the future, according to a person familiar with the bank’s thinking. Mr. Trump currently owes Deutsche Bank more than $300 million, which is due in the next few years.
The bank has concluded that, short of forgiving the debt, it has no way to extricate itself from the Trump relationship before the loans come due.
In other words, the >40% of American voters who voted him in? My mind boggles as to how many gullible people are just supporting his outlandish claims no matter what!Trump is clearly a lunatic, but it's not like we didn't know that already prior to 2016. He didn't (and still doesn't) exist in a vacuum. Surely the people who put him there must be just as accountable? The mind boggles and boggles on this one.
Prior to 2016 most people considered Donald Trump a rather eccentric game show host and blowhard. The signs were actually there for some of the darkness in his soul but most would not have known about it.
Some time yesterday, there was a pretty scary news report on Ch4 I think, from Washington, and featuring heavily armed US citizens claiming that it was their constitutional right to bear arms - and the arms they were bearing were serious assault rifles etc. along with face camouflage etc. (Possibly put together for the news cameras, but who knows...)
Probably not. The NRA/GOP combination has, in collusion with or driven by the arms industry, spent the last 40 years or so pushing the "The only defence against a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun" narrative and advocating against him control of any form despite it being supported by almost 90% of the population.Possibly put together for the news cameras, but who knows.
The worry about that is that quite a few people in the military believe in the lies Trump spouts as well.Time for the armed forces of the USA with far greater firepower at their disposal to also adhere to the same constitutional right to bear arms to protect the country.
Why do I keep remembering Joan Baez singing "The night they drove Old Dixie down"?
Don’t ruin that song for me! No he can keep YMCA.If the Orange One wanted an anthem for a new political party that would reflect the views of his new faithful, could I suggest that famous "good old boys" song sang by Lynyrd Skynyrd...."Sweet Home Alabama"
Joe Biden is really John F. Kennedy Jnr in a CGI mask and Donald Trump is a billion-year-old intergalactic being made of pure starlight who plans to introduce a cure for all disease in his second term.
And on January 20, Trump will magically appear on TV screens around the world via “particle beam” to take over and announce a new world order.
That’s according to far-right group QAnon, among some of its wildest conspiracy theories yet which have been escalating since the Capitol riot sealed the end of Donald Trump’s presidency.
I know you shouldn't laugh at the mentally ill, but.... bwhahahahaha! There really are more out than in.I read up on QAnon and some of their most far out beliefs last night, apparently some of them believe Donald Trump is an ageless intergalactic being of light who will be beamed all over the world by Space Force on inauguration day and finally arrest all of the pedophile carnivores.
I read up on QAnon and some of their most far out beliefs last night, apparently some of them believe Donald Trump is an ageless intergalactic being of light who will be beamed all over the world by Space Force on inauguration day and finally arrest all of the pedophile carnivores.
CNN will be a must watch then.
Joe Biden is JFK Jr: wild Q conspiracies
Joe Biden is really John F. Kennedy Jnr in a CGI mask and Donald Trump is a billion-year-old intergalactic being made of pure starlight who plans to introduce a cure for all disease in his second term.www.news.com.au