Posts Made By: Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Well, so far Trump has reportedly scammed his supporters out of $250 million based upon false claims of election fraud:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-scam-jan-6-hearing-1367359/
And his false claims have also cost the taxpayers $519 million thus far to investigate his HS claims:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
As far as what the cons on the forum do in this regard, who cares? But if you do, why don't you PM them and ask...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Gee, I read plenty of coverage about it on CNN and now I see a Fox news story today about how the "liberal media" didn't cover it! What a crock! I was just checking the Fox news site to see what they covered on today's January 6 commission meeting and couldn't find a thing... 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Earth to Mel,  you're the one who asked the question...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I'll repeat, you ask the dumbest things, things a 7th grader would ask, at least those in the bottom half of the class...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

I saw that Mel but my point is the story has been covered quite well in the media. But now that the right wing media has some read meat thrown to it by Maher, who said what he said about it in about 20 seconds, it's been on virtually every right wing site you can name as if it's front page news and proof that the NYT is BAD...

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

A few days ago in Idaho, police intercepted a U-Haul truck full of white supremacists traveling econo-style, like a bunch of migrants stuffed into the of a truck while attempting to cross the border. They were reportedly on their way to riot in a pride parade when they were arrested and, as can be seen in the picture,  brought to their knees by law enforcement:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61773358
Watching CNN last night, it became evident from comments from the mayor of the town and the local police that the response on the arrests is running 50/50 in that 50% of the calls from people identifying themselves approved of the actions of law enforcement while 50% of the callers who wouldn't identify themselves hated what the police did and some threatened to kill police in retaliation for the arrests. Gee, I wonder who the latter voted for...

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

What possible motive would Liz Cheney and Adam Kissinger have to throw their political careers away other than pure concience? We are so used to not expecting it that I wonder if we can even recognize character when it shows up.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Unfortunately, no one has to "beat the bushes" to uncover these stories and threats in the post-Trump years.

Terrorism from white nationalist groups is our top domestic threat, according to the FBI. And Trump made it worse by downplaying the threat from white supremacists to elevate, for political reasons, the perceived risk from left-wing groups. 

How did Trump do this?

1. Trump was a birther and always questioned the legitimacy of Obama's citizenship even before he became President. 
2. He attacked people of color in Congress and told them to return to their country.
3. Trump retweeted and amplified racist sayings and tropes on Twitter.
4. He attacked people of color in sports who protested systemic racism in our country.
5. Trump routinely pandered to his base and white supremacists using racist tropes and dog whistles.
6. Trump called on white supremacist groups to help him in the 1/6 insurrection.

Trump encouraged groups like the Patriot Front and the Proud Boys and gave them oxygen to use to thrive and recruit. Even the Proud Boys publicly said their membership tripled while Trump was President. Who can forget Trump telling the Proud boys to "Stand back and Stand by" during the first Presidential debate of 2020? The Proud Boys publicly celebrated this callout. The number of racists emboldened by Trump's callousness is prominent and will be a problem for years.