and then there is this" Our systems of nominating, where we let anybody run that can write his name down is wrong … You will no more get in a plane unless you know the pilot is a recognized pilot, but you will move to a state and live under it, when the governor maybe has never had one hour’s instructions at the wheel of the ship of state"—-June 17, 1934….Will RogersA prescient statement. See Jan 20 2017 and after for proof it remains true.
By Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League
BEGINS:
President Donald Trump is facing a firestorm of controversy over his recent racist and xenophobic tweetstorm attacking liberal freshman members of Congress. And for good reason: His series of tweets suggesting that four U.S. congresswoman should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” reads as if it was ripped from a white supremacist manifesto.
It was shocking to hear the leader of the free world make such offensive statements about other elected leaders. But it didn’t stop there. As the criticism increased, rather than retract his statements, the president instead doubled down, insisting that he’s not racist and that the members he’s attacking hate America and hate Israel.
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While I also have been deeply troubled — even at times disgusted — by comments from some of these congresswomen about Israel and Jews and have disagreed strongly with some of their policy statements, none of that justifies speaking in such racist and xenophobic terms.
And let’s be clear: Trump’s language was absolutely and unquestionably racist despite his denials to the contrary.
Stevefk almost 5 years ago
What little there is of it is hidden by all the fat up there in his head!
timbob2313 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
and then there is this" Our systems of nominating, where we let anybody run that can write his name down is wrong … You will no more get in a plane unless you know the pilot is a recognized pilot, but you will move to a state and live under it, when the governor maybe has never had one hour’s instructions at the wheel of the ship of state"—-June 17, 1934….Will RogersA prescient statement. See Jan 20 2017 and after for proof it remains true.
Andrew Sleeth almost 5 years ago
You goofed, Drew. I think you meant to have him say, “I’m a bonehead without a brain in my body.”
SukieCrandall Premium Member almost 5 years ago
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-message-liberal-congresswomen-go-back-home-isn-t-ncna1030191?cid=eml_mrd_20190717&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Rundown%20July%2017&utm_term=Morning%20Rundown
By Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League
BEGINS:
President Donald Trump is facing a firestorm of controversy over his recent racist and xenophobic tweetstorm attacking liberal freshman members of Congress. And for good reason: His series of tweets suggesting that four U.S. congresswoman should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” reads as if it was ripped from a white supremacist manifesto.
It was shocking to hear the leader of the free world make such offensive statements about other elected leaders. But it didn’t stop there. As the criticism increased, rather than retract his statements, the president instead doubled down, insisting that he’s not racist and that the members he’s attacking hate America and hate Israel.
…
While I also have been deeply troubled — even at times disgusted — by comments from some of these congresswomen about Israel and Jews and have disagreed strongly with some of their policy statements, none of that justifies speaking in such racist and xenophobic terms.
And let’s be clear: Trump’s language was absolutely and unquestionably racist despite his denials to the contrary.
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Recommended read.
A# 466 almost 5 years ago
First balloon is just one more lie. The second — he HAS a brain?
Ontman almost 5 years ago
Let him be racist, but does he have to cram it down the entire country’s throat?