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Trump Recreates 1939 American Nazi Rally
Trump's anti-immigrant hate, "poisoning the blood", "occupied country", and "American for Americans" statements all echo the hateful bigoted, racist, lies of American Nazis 85 years earlier.
Donald Trump understands the power of symbolism. Trump launching his presidential campaign at Waco Texas on the 30th anniversary of the siege was a clear message of support to right-wing, violent, anti-government extremists. And picking the site of the infamous 1939 American Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden, Trump shows his support for the same hateful, racist, bigoted, anti-immigration beliefs.
White Supremacy—Not Just for White People
Nick Fuentes, Enrique Tarrio, and the Texas mall shooter are part of a disturbing trend of non-whites being radicalized by a violent, right-wing ideology.
White supremacy groups and neo-Nazis are trying to broaden their appeal and that often means recruiting non-whites to support their extremist views. In 2017, the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer started a Spanish language version. White supremacy is often rooted in personal insecurity, and non-whites are sometimes attracted to the hate of white supremacist movements to feel some kind of power and exert dominance over other groups such as immigrants, Jews, and women.
Republicans Embrace Political Violence
Since Trump was first elected in 2016, violent threats against members of Congress have increased more than 10 times.
Trump's Republican Party has fully embraced a biblical culture war that is mainstreaming hate speech used by Christian nationalists and white supremacists who believe that armed confrontation with the U.S. government is inevitable. A majority of Republicans now support violence to stop the decline of the “traditional American way of life,” and “declaring the US a Christian nation”.