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MAGANIGHT (Original Post) mia May 2020 OP
I posted earlier today about Russia using this event to further their agenda. cayugafalls May 2020 #1
Does blaming racial tensions on Russia give cover for the GOP? mia May 2020 #4
GOP / Russia is there a difference? cayugafalls May 2020 #5
Thank you for the information. mia May 2020 #8
You are most welcome. cayugafalls May 2020 #9
Hilarious! Sogo May 2020 #2
LOL! Kali May 2020 #3
This is hilarious. Niagara May 2020 #6
Ha ha EarlG May 2020 #7

mia

(8,363 posts)
4. Does blaming racial tensions on Russia give cover for the GOP?
Sat May 30, 2020, 10:34 PM
May 2020

White supremacist groups were enabled when David Duke endorsed Trump.

cayugafalls

(5,646 posts)
5. GOP / Russia is there a difference?
Sat May 30, 2020, 10:41 PM
May 2020

I was merely pointing out some facts that have been reported on before. Not trying to give cover for the GOP at all.

Sources:

America's racism has long been Russia's secret weapon
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/opinions/philando-castile-russia-history-of-infiltration-joseph-opinion/index.html

The latest front in Russian infiltration: America’s right-wing homeschooling movement
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/americas-biggest-right-wing-homeschooling-group-has-been-networking-with-sanctioned-russians-1f2b5b5ad031/

Evangelicals and the Kremlin: A history of collusion
Link to Article

Targeting Black Americans, Russia's IRA Exploited Racial Wounds
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ira-target-black-americans/

The FBI warned about the possibility white supremacist groups infiltrating U.S. law enforcement agencies.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fbi-warned-about-white-supremacists/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement

cayugafalls

(5,646 posts)
9. You are most welcome.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:18 PM
May 2020

I think The GOP and Russia both found that the low IQ white supremacist were easily manipulated and have been using them ever since to put forward an agenda of hatred and violence meant to drive our culture further apart and create a divide that will not be easily brought together again.

I probably should not have posted this on this thread...I understand this was meant to bring some levity to the evening by showing Trump blasting off...but MAGANIGHT is so close to Kristallnacht and it was a clear signal by racist Trump to his racist base to incite more violence against the left that I responded with my post about the Russians.

Thank you for making me clarify why I posted what I did.

Niagara

(7,701 posts)
6. This is hilarious.
Sat May 30, 2020, 10:43 PM
May 2020

Fun Fact: I watched this several times before replying.



I often wondered how Hairplug Himmler's body reacted to all that greasy fried food that he binges on...I now know how he really clears the room.

EarlG

(21,983 posts)
7. Ha ha
Sat May 30, 2020, 10:55 PM
May 2020

The “America has launched” cracks me up so hard at the end. When the guy said that during the actual launch I thought it was a bit of a weird turn of phrase. It makes more sense in this context.

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