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For the last six months, Republican leaders walked a careful line supporting Donald Trump. They supported his campaign and loved his running mate, Mike Pence, but they didn't agree with his positions on banning Muslims or mass deportations, or with the far-right figures who backed them.
That line was easy enough to maintain when it was just campaign rhetoric. But now Trump is signaling that the far right wing of the party will be going with him to the White House, where it will have a chance to influence policy, as well.
Steve Bannon, former president of the incendiary Breitbart News and more recently chief executive of Trump's campaign, is taking on a role as "chief strategist and senior counselor." Bannon's ascension is the clearest sign yet that Trump will maintain his ties to the populist white nationalism that helped propel him to the White House against overwhelming opposition from party leaders and traditional media.
6. Suspend the issuance of visas to any place where adequate screening cannot occur, until proven and effective vetting mechanisms can be put into place.
Suspend, on a temporary basis, immigration from some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of exporting terrorism.
On Sunday, at a rally in Colorado, Mr. Trump proudly held up a rainbow flag with the words “LGBT for Trump” written on it to a cheering crowd of thousands. It was an historic moment for gay equality and the Party of Lincoln as the 2016 GOP nominee for President of the United States held high the flag for gay equality. No other Republican Presidential nominee in history has embraced the LGBT community in such a loud and proud way.
originally posted by: spiritualzombie
How does any of this gel with a nation that celebrates diversity and equality?
The alt-right is fundamentally based on White Nationalism. It is associated with white supremacy, anti feminism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism. I find this sudden turn toward mainstream White Nationalism extremely disturbing on so many levels. If our new President-elect is indeed filling the White House with people who subscribe to such hateful ideology, and are actively pushing for policies such as racial profiling and "stop and frisk", which are largely criticized as being programs that increase the racial divide and promote racial discrimination, or pushing policies to ban Muslims, or extremely aggressive policy such as mass deportation and incarceration that largely targets Hispanics....
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Where have you been the last year of so? This country just kicked diversity and equality to the curb.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: spiritualzombie
How does any of this gel with a nation that celebrates diversity and equality?
Where have you been the last year of so? This country just kicked diversity and equality to the curb.
originally posted by: TheBulk
Do you even realize that most people who consider themselves "alt-right", only do so because they're not religious or conservative?
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Where have you been the last year of so? This country just kicked diversity and equality to the curb.
You've really gone off the deep end, huh?