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America the Trumped: 10 ways the administration attacked civil rights in year one
https://www.splcenter.org/20180119/america-trumped-10-ways-administration-attacked-civil-rights-year-one#.WmI_svgozfY.twitterWhen Donald Trump stood on a stage in Cleveland to accept the Republican nomination for the presidency in July 2016, he declared he would be the voice of the American people, the sole champion for the vulnerable and forgotten.
“I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens,” he said, before adding, “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
After entering the Oval Office, however, the president didn’t embark on what could have been the greatest construction project of his life: Building a more just America for everyone. Instead, he launched a government-wide assault on the very policies and programs that protect those who “cannot defend themselves.”
The writing, of course, was already on the wall for those who chose to see it.
As a candidate, Trump may have made vague, intermittent pledges to protect those who faced discrimination – like when he promised to be “a real friend” to the LGBT community – but he was mostly speaking the language of a distinctly racist and misogynistic white nationalist movement known as the alt-right.
And that’s the language that foretold the nature of his presidency. . . . Trump doesn't believe in civil or human rights - he believes in privileges. . . .
“I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens,” he said, before adding, “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”
After entering the Oval Office, however, the president didn’t embark on what could have been the greatest construction project of his life: Building a more just America for everyone. Instead, he launched a government-wide assault on the very policies and programs that protect those who “cannot defend themselves.”
The writing, of course, was already on the wall for those who chose to see it.
As a candidate, Trump may have made vague, intermittent pledges to protect those who faced discrimination – like when he promised to be “a real friend” to the LGBT community – but he was mostly speaking the language of a distinctly racist and misogynistic white nationalist movement known as the alt-right.
And that’s the language that foretold the nature of his presidency. . . . Trump doesn't believe in civil or human rights - he believes in privileges. . . .
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