Thursday, July 21, 2016

This One Image From The RNC Is All You Need To See

http://addictinginfo.org/2016/07/21/this-one-image-from-the-rnc-is-all-you-need-to-see/
"Trump regularly retweets white supremacists, including their propaganda about African-Americans, throws out antisemitic imagery, and attracts the KKK and other white supremacist groups in droves. Unfortunately, the Republican Party proved themselves to be utterly without principles when they officially adopted many of Trump’s ridiculous ideas into their official platform, and even continued his tradition of courting white supremacists by blowing up a tweet from one on a giant f*cking marquee. Nothing can sum up what the Republican Party has become under Trump better than a scene from right-wing propagandist Laura Ingraham’s speech at the RNC Wednesday. The content of Ingraham’s mindless babbling that vaguely passes for a speech is unimportant — it’s how she ended it that is. In the background was an image of Donald Trump with his arm and palm outstretched — one that matches a familiar gesture commonly associated with a man whose name rhymes with “Schmadoff Schmittler.” Ingraham turned to that photo and returned the gesture, then waved to the crowd."