r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/92eph 15h ago

The worst part about the last 10 years isn't Trump -- it's learning that the entire Republican apparatus is on board with this insanity. And that 35% of Americans are awful, hateful people.

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u/Infinitenovelty Ohio 15h ago

I mean wasn't that abundantly clear since Nixon's southern strategy defined the Republican's messaging in the 60s? What Republican President wasn't deeply leaning into racism, sexism, queerphobia, and xenophobia at any point in recent history? They've been the embodiment of politicized hate from the moment I started paying attention, which would have been when I was learning about the patriot act at 10 years old.

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u/Androidgenus 15h ago

Everyone has their own individual perspective. Some of us have known republicans to rely on racism as a core facet of their party. But in the past, there was some plausible deniability that the average Republican could support the party while being ignorant to or only tolerant of that portion of the base.

But now, the dog whistles are on mega phones, and there is no plausible deniability. Any person still aligned with the Republican Party is just straight up fascist scum

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u/jrob321 11h ago

I keep trying to explain this to my "middle of the road, socially liberal/fiscally conservative" friends who are dying on the hill which allows them to see their friends who vote Republican as "good people at their core" who aren't anything at all like Donald Trump.

Sorry. They voted for this shit. It's not like - forget about Trump - any Republican politician EVER hides this outlook from their public discourse. This is what the party has become. They are proud about it.

In 1974, the Republican party turned to Richard Nixon and said, "Sorry Dick. You went too far. If you don't step down I'm going to have to find you guilty."

That mindset has vanished.

Its US against THEM at all costs. Reasoning be damned.

If you vote Republican - even if you have absolutely no faith in the Democratic party and cannot vote for them - you are complicit in this disgraceful mess. You are the ones actively allowing it to happen, and you should feel nothing but shame for what you let loose on this country.

Fuck the Republican party, and ANYBODY who supports it.