Originally posted by Sparko
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As I said in my reply to Bill (the Cat), the issue isn't as much if Donald Trump directly identifies with the KKK or Duke or other white supremacists. He has a Jewish son in law that he does not appear to hate. He has sidled up to Israel. So unlike most of the KKK, white supremacist ilk, he does not show any signs of being anti-semitic. OTOH, He has made comments and acted in ways that could imply he is racist when it comes to blacks or certain immigrants (Mexicans and people of Islamic faith). Some of these could be attributed to his immigration goals, but it is hard to know what is the driver: i.e. does prejudice against the immigrants drive a harsh immigration policy, or does a harsh immigration policy produce actions that appear prejudicial.
The case that can be made is that DT appears to pander to and avoid offending people like David Duke and other white-supremacists. They and He have many goals in common, and he is willing to avoid offending them to keep their vote.
So do I have evidence he directly supports them? Only circumstantially, and only as regards immigration and black/white relations, not the entire gamut. But I wouldn't regardless. He is not stupid enough to directly support them. He wants to win and he needs their support to win, but he does not need to be one of them, in fact, to keep enough people pointed his way, he needs what he has. He needs to avoid doing anything that will directly pit them against him, but he needs to NOT alienate those in his base that true support for these sorts of groups would push away.
And that is precisely where he sits and how he conducts himself on these issues.
The problem is that to not repudiate these groups, to not speak against them in forceful terms when they come up in discussion, is contrary to everything this country stands for, and is to pour fuel on the racial divide in this country.
Jim
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