Four Texas GOP county leaders share racist Facebook posts

[Major Nikon]

Source: The Texas Tribune

Republican leaders in four Texas counties shared racist Facebook posts, some of which also floated conspiracy theories, leading Gov. Greg Abbott to call for two of them to resign.

Abbott and other top Texas Republicans called for the resignation of the GOP chairs in Bexar and Nueces counties after they shared on social media a conspiracy theory that Floyd's death was a "staged event," apparently to gin up opposition to President Donald Trump. There is no evidence to support that claim; Floyd, a black Minnesota man, died last week after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

"These comments are disgusting and have no place in the Republican Party or in public discourse," Abbott spokesman John Wittman said in a statement Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, the GOP chairman-elect in Harris County, Keith Nielsen, posted an image on Facebook earlier this week that showed a Martin Luther King Jr. quote — "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" — on a background with a banana. The juxtaposition of the quote and the banana can be read as an allusion to equating black people with monkeys, a well-worn racist trope. Nielsen appears to have deleted the post and apparently addressed it on his Facebook page Thursday evening.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/04/texas-greg-abbott-bexar-GOP-conspiracy/

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I heard the conspiracy theory from someone here in Texas that claimed George Floyd and Derek Chauvin were filming a gay porn scene. They were serious. I find it incredible the shit sources these people subscribe to and believe. The gullibility is off the charts.

[dalton99a]

1. Bexar County Republican Party chairwoman:

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https://www.expressnews.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/New-details-surface-about-BCRP-chair-s-husband-13169957.php

New details surface about BCRP chair’s husband
Brian Chasnoff Aug. 21, 2018

U.S. Army court documents revealed appalling new details about the government’s evidence against Norman Brehm, a retired lieutenant colonel and Cynthia Brehm’s husband of 22 years. The documents show that Cynthia Brehm was informed about details of her husband’s case as it unfolded and benefited from its outcome.

According to the documents, Norman Brehm gave a “full confession” detailing not only “indecent liberties” taken in 1999 with Cynthia Brehm’s then-14-year-old daughter from a previous marriage but also describing more than 10 years of “egregious sexual molestation” of three young relatives.

Norman Brehm began “conditioning” one girl when she was 5 years old, the documents state.

“It began with me exposing myself, and progressed to showing her pornographic magazines, and having her masturbate me and then having her perform oral sex on me,” Norman Brehm admitted, according to the documents.

(more at link)

[wysimdnwyg]

4. What is...

"MK Ultra"? Is that some conspiracy theorist allusion to some BS MLK thing?

"This supposed officer" is in jail. Not sure why she suggests he's "nowhere to be found".

[Major Nikon]

6. Mind control conspiracy theory

I've even heard one DUer repeat that nonsense. The level of stupid it demonstrates is off the charts.

[wysimdnwyg]

7. I like to think of myself as being somewhat intelligent, but...

Sometimes something like this comes up and my brain just says, "nope, not going to figure that nonsense out", and I almost feel dumb because I can't understand that level of stupid/crazy.

[Bongo Prophet]

16. MK Ultra was a real program, involving military and mental hospitals giving LSD and other things

It has a pretty well documented history, similar to cointelpro, project mockingbird, paperclip, etc. Those were also pretty much proven real over time. With receipts, as the kids say today, lol.

Conspiracies happen every day. Some people get convicted, others get away with things. Some get away for a while, then a FOIA revelation or Congressional commission sheds some light. That's just how history works sometimes. You're old enough to remember the Church Committee in the 70s, right?

Some "conspiracy theories" are just ridiculous, (e.g. flat earth and many more) some turn out to have provable aspects to them, but get muddied up by a number of factors, (parts of Iran-Contra, BCCI) and then some turn out to be real deals that meet at least a reasonable doubt level. (Other parts of Iran-Contra, Watergate, any number of cold war goings on, etc)

It is important to discern among these, to the best of our ability. To dismiss ALL is similar to saying "all politicians are alike" - and yet, to say ALL are even worthy of consideration can be a drain and waste of time.

MK Ultra does NOT, however, anything to do with the word salad in that statement about false flag blah blah. That TX GOP chair just pulled that out of wherever, could have said Illuminati for all that mattered. So, in that context, you are right that is was nonsense.

There's a surplus of nonsense out there these days.


PS, I hope this doesn't come across as "stupid" to you. Or a reason to argue, really. With no much noise, signal gets lost.

[Major Nikon]

20. I understand what you are saying

Pretty much every conspiracy theory has a nugget of truth to them. However, just because that nugget of truth exists, does not make those who pervert that small measure of reality to highly fictional levels any less delusional. And just because some conspiracies do happen, doesn’t mean we should assign any credibility to those who continue to harp on pure unadulterated bullshit that has been debunked over and over.

[Bongo Prophet]

21. I think we are close to agreement in most ways, but I should clarify and respectfully respond

Your points:

1- We agree on this, for the most part, though you may be a bit generous, as we are seeing a lot of CTs these days that have no pertinent nuggets of truth that I can see.
"Conspiracy Theory" as a term itself is wanting, as they rarely rise to the level of theory at all. Musing more like, whether improvisational or or just complex delusions. Seeing patterns that aren't there is common.

2-No one said otherwise. They may be delusional or they may be selling it for some reason quite deliberately. We agree on that, as well.

*note:As you know, grifters abound. And you know what you could call some people getting together to publish a book for money or manipulation? A conspiracy. As much as people calling their dealer, but gets the sister on the phone to take a message. In the courts, that is conspiracy that can convict all 3 parties there. I only write this to explain the "Conspiracies happen every day" comment, not suspecting one might take it that I meant 'spooky' ones. Conspiring, (lit. breathing together)

3- No one said this either, but you are right. Just because people meet and communicate to do commerce, crimes, surprise birthday parties or intervention bbqs ('cause I'm sure that's a thing) does not assign credibility inany way. That you would even get such a thought in my response is why I post so rarely. I tend to use too many words (hah, really?), but I do so in pursuit of greater clarity. And, I attempt to do so with respect.

My main point was that MK Ultra is pretty settled history, Watergate is also. But technically, that is just my opinion. If you know the history and think it's all false testimony and falsified documents, etc, well then, I guess that is your "theory", I don't know.

Fake moon landings are not. Most stuff is not worthy of even trying to spend the time on debunking, like the Bill Gates BS. So we probable are in agreement there, too. At least I hope so, ya can't really tell these days.

Nice to have the chat, fellow photographer, democrat, skeptic, Texan. We're a small demographic. Enjoy your posts in Religion as well, though that is about a whole 'nother class of conspiracies.

respectfully,

[Major Nikon]

5. So she protected her husband after he repeatedly molested her daughter

She's just as fucked up as he is.

[Sapient Donkey]

11. Isn't she the same lady who said covid-19 was all a hoax and a plot again Trump?

[dalton99a]

12. It is the same nutjob

https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Bexar-County-GOP-chair-denounces-coronavirus-as-15291431.php
Bexar County GOP chair denounces coronavirus as hoax by Democratic Party
Vincent T. Davis May 23, 2020

[Shell_Seas]

2. The GOP is shunning racists....That's weird...

[stillcool]

9. only when they feel they have to..

cover their asses. They've been doing it for generations.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Yes, something is wrong when a party is so desperate to gain/retain power, that they'll let in ...

the racists, the white supremacists, and keep many in this country bound to economic slavery today via obscene minimum wages because the GOP thinks that decent wages don't need to be paid, e.g., they'll work anyways...they have to, business only and nothing for families or individuals themselves from the government. They don't believe anyone else deserves any rights, such as gays or women.

They don't believe in the right to vote, they seem to want to kill all democrats, they scream and moan when deficit spending occurs, yet spearheaded the worst deficit ever w/ a uncalled for tax cut, participated in several of the worse ever periods of time where deficit spending set records (again via unneeded tax cuts to their donors, or yet again, another trillion dollars to the military or some pet fetish of the GOP that needs money, such as the oil industry).

The GOP are always trying to cut program spending that benefits people, constantly cutting social security benefits to 'balance their deficit spending', constantly undercutting voting initiatives to increase voting participation or voting by mail, don't want health care for Americans, cut support for solar and wind power industries and tried to keep their fossil industry buddies above water and slow the logical death of these polluting industries, the stock and/or real estate markets have collapsed lately, the GOP still thinks the CV is fake, and the list goes on and on. As further evidence of this corruption and stink, witness trump's reaction to the stock market collapse and the CV. He was far more concerned about the stock market then the constantly spiraling upwards CV death count.

Every single negative thing comes from the GOP, it seems like. Everything.

Isn't it really time for a time? A serious, generational change? I really don't understand why anyone supports the GOP today. 99.9% of these supporters certainly don't have a $million or $billion bucks in the bank today. And I guarantee you that a lot of them are struggling (like a lot of us) to keep their heads above water, I guarantee you that a lot of them don't have health insurance, don't have over $400 in the bank if they needed to fall back upon their savings in case of an emergency, and the list of their needs almost matches our needs (the little guy/gal, both in the GOP ranks and democratic party ranks).

I have listed a lot of damn good reasons to support the democratic party, I truly feel that this party does care about us. What attributes does the GOP have that warrants their continued support? For those that continue supporting the GOP, you are going to have a reckoning before long, if things don't change soon. Bills will continue to pile up for you, your incomes will stay in the gutters, your rights little by little will be clawed away, your leaders will continue to rant and rave at a non-existing enemy (as usual), will hold up their bibles and point to non-existing devils (ironic, since rump is right there in front of them).

Oh well, sorry for the rant. Be safe everyone.

[Scalded Nun]

3. "The public discourse"

No, we still want that in the back room, especially since local elections may not be leaning our way right now. After we win, then it is back to the blatant racist approach.

[maxrandb]

8. In other words

Please keep this shit at the all white Retrumplican Club House, we can't have our true thoughts getting out in the public.

[bullwinkle428]

10. Oh, I'm TOTALLY SURE these people will see the light and

open their hearts, once Chump is gone.

[onetexan]

14. These rabid GOP are disgusting & repulsive.

[Skittles]

15. that has to be quite the quandary

a POS like Abbott having to pretend that racism is not a staple of the GOP

[Polybius]

17. Here's another variation of the disgusting post that Facebook won't take down:

The Floyd event was staged. I’m not saying racism doesn’t exist but hear me out.
Staged Event?
These officers were involved with something, I’m not sure exactly what, but something is just not adding up.

I think there is at the very least the “possibility”, that this was a filmed public execution of a black man by a white cop, with the purpose of creating racial tensions and driving a wedge in the growing group of anti deep state sentiment from comon people, that have already been psychologically traumatized by Covid 19 fears.

Historically, in election years and in politically contested areas or in groups, racial or gun violence incidents are becoming common place. Considering the rising approval rating of President Trump in the black community, an event like this was unfortunately “Predictable”
Consider these points and contrast them to every other police brutality incident you've ever seen.

The filmed portion of the incident was about 10 minutes long. In that amount of time, three officers are holding one handcuffed man down. You only know that because of the pictures taken from across the street. You can't see the other two officers in the video because they are behind the vehicle. During 8 minutes of the entire video, the officer has his knee on George Floyd's neck, which is not taught or approved by any law enforcement agency.

Additionally, other than the Asian officer speaking occasionally to the crowd of bystanders, there is no communication from any of the officers to Mr. Floyd. No talking, no shouting. When have you ever seen a police brutality video without police shouting?

Additionally, the police had no goal. They weren't trying to subdue him for arrest, he was already handcuffed and all they needed to do, was place him in the back of the car. There is no plausible explanation for taking him to the ground and having three men on top of a handcuffed man, a knee placed on his neck. Mr. Floyd presented no threat and was not resisting. The only goal that there appeared to be was exactly what happened: “To be filmed brutally killing a black man”.

Think about this, these officers did not care about being filmed, in fact the officer stared into the camera with soulless eyes and an emotionless face, reminiscent of an assassin, as he knowingly killed an American Citizen.
None of the officers spoke among themselves or did they speak to Mr. Floyd. They did not respond to his pleas for life. They just sat and kneeled on him until he was passed out and then waited an additional 4 minutes after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness to ensure that Mr. Floyd was dead and could not be revived.

The bystanders are verbally communicating to the officers, that he isn't breathing. Unlike any other similar incident, you never see the officers getting on police radios. You never see or hear them calling dispatch for backup. No other police units arrive on the scene and strangely enough, the crowd does not seem to grow either.
The scene does not end until an ambulance arrives and they unceremoniously flop him on a gurney. At no point does anyone in a uniform ever check his vitals. “As if they aren't remotely curious about the situation they are in” BTW. who called the ambulance and for what reason? Because if the reason was that Mr. Floyd was having a medical issue, they wouldn't have still been crushing his neck.

Shortly after the video went viral, a fake Facebook page supposedly belonging to the officer, at the center of the murder appears and pictures are uploaded that say "Stand your Ground" and "Trump 2020". A picture of the cop with a red ballcap that says "Make America White Again". A friends list populated with obvious sock accounts and people clearly not his friends. This is the same kind of fake Facebook stunt that happened with a group made to look like support for the men involved with the Ahmed Aubrey case.

Is it mere coincidence that this happens the week after “race” becomes a major political issue after the Biden "You ain't Black" gaffe, started to threaten the black vote the Democrats so desperately count on?

Additionally, there is substantial video evidence to arrest at least one officer now. Why would the local authorities not charge him immediately, unless there was a political advantage not to!

Is it mere coincidence that this happens right about the exact moment the COVID-19 fear campaign falls apart, and after it has psychologically traumatized the entire country and got everyone at each other's throats and suicide attempts are spiking? Is it mere coincidence that this happens after the Auhmed Aubrey case... Which somehow eluded the mainstream media completely until two whole months after he was killed? When has that ever happened? Timing issue? Is it mere coincidence that Supreme Race Baiter Obama was making videos a couple weeks ago connecting COVID with "Systemic Racism"?

FINALLY....‼️‼️ this entire scene plays out with the cop car and license plate that says "POLICE". The plate was perfectly framed for maximum subliminal impact. This also means he was literally just 1 foot away from the back seat of the police car and these cops thought it was smarter to kill a black man on camera, than to pick him up and move him one foot into the back of the police car.

You can draw your own conclusions, but this appears to have all the earmarks of George Soros. Please open your eyes!!!!

[Sapient Donkey]

18. Any luck finding the original source of that?

I briefly looked and didn't have much luck

[Polybius]

19. No idea

A "friend" shared it on Facebook just by copying and pasting. She isn't the political type, but she does heavy drugs, meth included.