And they are loving the attention.
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The video comes ahead of a Clinton speech Thursday that will seek to attach Trump to the so-called “alt-right” movement that is often associated with efforts on the far right to preserve “white identity”. Another code word for white supremacy.
“We need that kind of leadership again”, Clinton said.
All across the alt-right this week, its proponents were bristling with excitement. She’s going to do nothing for African-Americans.
“Everywhere I go, people tell me how concerned they are by the divisive rhetoric coming from my opponent in this election”.
After Trump’s latest attack on Clinton, Brad Woodhouse, who is the director of the pro-Hillary group Correct the Record, said that Trump had “hit a new low”. It will only accept donations from U.S. citizens, legal residents and US-based independent foundations, and the 42nd president will step down from the board and stop fundraising.
Trump “is taking a hate movement mainstream”, Clinton continued.
Interestingly, when asked about their feelings towards the upcoming presidential election, 61% of respondents said they were alarmed by the state of the race.
The Republican Party and conservatives in general have been tying themselves in knots trying to figure out how to handle Trump and some of his more inflammatory statements and policies.
Clinton even used Trump’s attacks on one of his fellow Republicans against him, citing his decision to suggest that Sen. So far, they’ve tiptoed around it.
Clinton promised she “will have more to say about this tomorrow” when she speaks to supporters in Reno. She was helping to finally make “alt-right” a household term, not just a fringe, reactionary sliver of 4chan, or Reddit, or Stormfront. This June, Trump accused a Usa federal judge of being biased against him because of his Mexican heritage, which prompted Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan – who endorsed Trump – to accuse Trump of voicing “the textbook definition of a racist comment”.
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Trump said: “We have great relationships with the African-American community”. “We have over 60 people here making shirts labelled ‘Made in America, ‘ but Donald Trump’s brand of shirts come from China, his suits from Mexico, his coats from India”.
“But the hard truth is, there’s no other Donald Trump”. The candidate who tells it like it is, is rewriting how he thinks things should be.
For the past week, Trump has been urging African-American voters to consider his candidacy, claiming Democrats have not been able to create enough jobs, control crime or improve inner city schools.
But I’ll propose a different explanation: she was giving the press permission to talk about Donald Trump’s racism.
On Thursday morning, Clinton posted a campaign video on Twitter featuring clips of white supremacists praising Trump.
The Democratic nominee specifically hammered the Trump campaign for hiring Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon.
Numerous news outlets, from The Washington Post to CBS News, have been forced to publish primers and explainers on the movement for their millions of readers.
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“Whatever she says will backfire on her for sure”, Johnson said.
