At Mount Rushmore, Trump exploits social divisions, warns of 'left-wing cultural revolution'
Source: Washington Post
At Mount Rushmore, Trump exploits social divisions, warns of left-wing cultural revolution in dark speech ahead of Independence Day
At the foot of Mount Rushmores granite monument to his presidential forebears, President Trump on Friday delivered a dark speech ahead of Independence Day in which he sought to exploit the nations racial and social divisions and rally supporters around a law-and-order message that has become a cornerstone of his reelection campaign.
Trump focused most of his address before a crowd of several thousand in South Dakota on what he described as a grave threat to the nation from liberals and angry mobs a left-wing cultural revolution that aims to rewrite U.S. history and erase its heritage amid the racial justice protests that have roiled cities for weeks.
Praising presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, the men carved into the cliffs behind him, Trump declared that their legacies are under assault from protesters who have defaced and torn down statues. As he has done with increasing fervor in recent weeks, the 45th president denounced not just rioters and vandals but also much of the social movement that propelled the mass demonstrations in response to the killings of black men at the hands of police.
The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of social justice. But in truth, it would demolish both justice and society, Trump said. It would transform justice into an instrument of division and vengeance and turn our free society into a place of repression, domination and exclusion. They want to silence us, but we will not be silenced.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mount-rushmore-fireworks/2020/07/03/af2e84f6-bd25-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html
greyl
(22,990 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)He hates the country he was elected to lead.
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)...says the clown prince who wants to jail (or kill) anyone who dares disagree with him.
Projection, projection, projection!
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)While stealing everything in sight, including any bright future for our children must continue unabated right Donald?
Donald is preaching to his White Trash Lemming Cult.
No one else.
The world needs change.
There is more to it than the torture, and choking to death of simply another victim, Mr. Floyd. R.I.P. George.
The tiger has awoken, and it won't go back into the bottle.
ancianita
(36,066 posts)Democratic Party leaders absolutely cannot let this speech stand without rebuttal -- all the way to convention day and beyond.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...lays the groundwork for attempts to overturn a November election loss...as in "we had to destroy American democracy in order to save it."
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Triple down on the paranoid fantasy that Joe Biden and the left are planning to tear America down to the ground and destroy all American conservatives.
I'll bet his scaremongering will get bigger, broader and more outrageous as we get closer to the election.
It's probably his best card to play right now. The virus is threatening people's lives and drives people away from him so he has to create the illusion of an even bigger imminent threat to herd them back to him.
ProfessorGAC
(65,067 posts)...that were already going to vote for him.
Just red meat for the dogs in his base.
Dark, yes.
Impactful, no.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)They heeded the call to worship their false prophet. They breathed and shared the viral pestilence screaming in hateful vengeance. They will leave to spread the disease to the innocents now as the moon waxes full.
And may heaven have mercy on their black hearts, souls and lungs.
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)msongs
(67,413 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Total fear-mongering
pfitz59
(10,381 posts)"The Divided States of America" is what he preaches.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)That's our 'left-wing cultural revolution'.
There's absolutely nothing normal about tRump or GOP policy or the GOP cult.
And yes, Mr. tRump, "normal" means anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-misogyny, anti-xenophobia, anti-sectarianism in government, anti-plutocracy, anti-militarism, and anti- most everything you're done while in office.
KY.....
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)He has been documenting the progression of Donnie's Dementia for several years. Tragic and horrifying.
Tom Joseph
@TomJChicago
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5h
Trump's is sweaty, jerky & slurry. His skin is glazed. His words are mangled. He can't enunciate
"Totatitariatism"
"U-lyss-i-us S Grant"
"Grandger"
"Terinized"
A new level of weakness in his voice stands out. He can't deliver the angry speech. This is part of his dementia decline
ashredux
(2,606 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,488 posts)Yet Trumps efforts to rejuvenate his struggling reelection campaign with events in front of large crowds outside Washington was set back for a second time after Kimberly Guilfoyle, a Trump campaign fundraiser who is dating his son Donald Trump Jr., tested positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, ahead of the presidents arrival in South Dakota.
Guilfoyle had not arrived at the venue and she was not in contact with Trump, and Don Jr. tested negative, said a person familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss their personal situation. A campaign aide said Guilfoyle was asymptomatic, but she and Don Jr. were both isolated from others and intend to cancel upcoming public events.
The two are planning to drive back to Washington to avoid contact with others, said the person who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The New York Times first reported Guilfoyles positive test Friday evening.
In his remarks, Trump, whose son Eric and daughter Tiffany were in attendance, did not mention Guilfoyle and he largely avoided any mention of the coronavirus, other than thanking doctors and first-responders for their efforts to contain the outbreaks.
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DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Wonder if ol' Pat will sue Trump for ripping off his 1992 RNC "culture wars" speech?
jimlup
(7,968 posts)The protest had 15 arrested blockading one of the entrances to Mt. Rushmore National Park. It was a moving demonstration of a people's struggle to hold their lands against the oppression of Donald Trump.
Lulu KC
(2,567 posts)And a very well-written article, too--by a fashion columnist. Perfect assignment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/07/04/trump-got-his-crowd-his-fireworks-peddled-his-fiction/
h2ebits
(644 posts)for a good laugh and a sense of horror at/of this truly despicable human being.
That is exactly what i was looking for.
mwb970
(11,360 posts)lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)When you want to know what he's up to, just pay attention to what he's accusing his opposition of doing...
Thekaspervote
(32,773 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)so they feel like victims because of government schools, mass media, immigrants, etc.
bucolic_frolic
(43,177 posts)and your right wing fascist Nazi freak show is going bye-bye!
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)Hes basically saying protesters need to be attacked and they are evil that needs to be eliminated.
How soon before its clear and explicit? As in, bring your guns and if you see protesters start shooting!
Jopin Klobe
(779 posts)... like McTurdle shoveling in and stocking the federal courts with incompetent sycophants? ...
... God damned fools ...
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)What a setup with HIS cabinet, Barr and Moscow Mitch and crue, eh?
Doomed to 1.21.21 it still appears.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)What an asshole!
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)to post what my true feelings are for this POS.............oh hi Agent Mike.