SPLC: Trump says he doesn't know why his campaign energized the "alt-right." Don't believe him.
November 22, 2016
The following statement is from Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center:
"During his campaign, Mr. Trump pretended that he didnt know anything about long-time white supremacist leader David Duke. Now, hes pretending that he has no idea why his election has energized the newest incarnation of the white supremacist movement, the so-called alt-right." The reason hes energized the alt-right is simple: Hes been playing its tune from the day he announced his campaign and called Mexican immigrants rapists. His proposal to ban Muslim immigration, his talk of mass deportations, his attacks on political correctness, its all been music to the ears of a movement that envisions a white America and thats exactly the America that the alt-right wants to see."
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2016/11/22/trump-says-he-doesnt-know-why-his-campaign-energized-alt-right-dont-believe-him
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Corrupt Trump is a lying pile of manure.
BeyondGeography
(39,383 posts)to the seamy underbelly of his popularity with white supremacists.