Transcript: Hillary Clinton speech accuses Donald Trump of "steady stream of bigotry"
Source: VOX
Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of allying with racists and racist ideas in a widely anticipated speech Thursday afternoon.
Speaking at a community college in Reno, Nevada, Clinton said Trump had brought a racist fringe into the "mainstream" in a way that no other major party nominee had in American history.
"Of course, theres always been a paranoid fringe in our politics, steeped in racial resentment," Clinton said, according to remarks released by the campaign before the speech. "But its never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now."
Clinton also called out the fringe "alt-right" group by name as she produced examples of how Trump had amplified the voices of racist and misogynists:
This is someone who retweets white supremacists online, like the user who goes by the name "white-genocide-TM." Trump took this fringe bigot with a few dozen followers and spread his message to 11 million people.
Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/25/12647810/hillary-clinton-speech-alt-right
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)I've never considered Hillary a very good public speaker, but I was really impressed with today's speech. She certainly has come a long, long way since 2008.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Michael Steele says he didn't like it........bring in the whambulance
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Fuck Michael Steele he is irrelevant
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Thanks for posting this is a must read.
Should be posted and pinned in several DU forums and groups
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)if anyone finds a link to the speech, please post it in the videos forum.
Qutzupalotl
(14,317 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Watched "Welcome to Leith" this week re. Paul Craig Cobb (big Trump fan) and his attempt to build a white supremacist sanctuary in a town with a population of 24 people. They stood up to him and won. Our leaders need to do the same, starting at the top.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)I like it, hammer it every darn day.
Peace
Koinos
(2,792 posts)Hillary nailed Trump and his racism to the wall; and she used cold, hard facts.
And Nigel Farage can take his sorry white nationalist ass back across the Atlantic where it came from.
I'm so pleased that Hillary tied the whole rotten bunch of hateful bigots together. More fuel for the burning Trumpster.
Mike Nelson
(9,959 posts)...the Clinton Foundation than the groups Trump allies with...
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)She hit him on point after point after point.
madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)because the whole world has been witness to his words and actions.
Brava!
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Stainless
(718 posts)My Nephew is a graduate of UNR and became a teacher at Truckee Community College before moving on to other endeavors.
rollin74
(1,976 posts)Stainless
(718 posts)I should have remembered that the name was "Truckee Meadows"!
Imperialism Inc.
(2,495 posts)Vox had a couple really good articles recently explaining the whole Breitbart/Bannon thing and the alt-right. Good stuff if people you know aren't familiar with this particular societal disease.
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/24/12552602/breitbart-trump-explained
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained
Maeve
(42,282 posts)Played like a girl, Madame Secretary!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/293346-clinton-to-say-trump-stoking-fringe-element-in-gop
August 25, 2016, 02:54 pm
Clinton: Trump gives rise to 'fringe element' stoking racial discord
By Ben Kamisar
...............Clinton specifically hammered Bannons work at Breitbart News, reading aloud controversial headlines from the outlet, including:
Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy.
Would You Rather Your Child Had Feminism or Cancer?
Gabby Giffords: The Gun Control Movements Human Shield
Just imagine Donald Trump reading that and thinking: This is what I need more of in my campaign, she said.
Clinton cast Trump as a traitor to the GOP, contrasting him with past Republicans who fought against racism. ..............
NNadir
(33,525 posts)...strong hands in this country.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)"Hillary Clinton speech puts spotlight on Donald Trump's steady stream of bigotry" would be my choice, or some other more defenitive statement. Because really, this isn't a case of innocent until proven guilty.