Opinion | A former DHS insider sheds a darker light on Trump’s vile ‘Proud Boys’ comment

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Opinion: A former DHS insider sheds a darker light on Trump’s vile 'Proud Boys' comment

that all sorts of right-wing extremists and white supremacists out there are paying extremely close attention to his language, both about their potential targets and about the groups themselves.This includes language from Trump that comes in response to their activity. Other experts on right-wing extremist groups

that when Trump declines to offer unequivocal condemnation of them — such as with his “many sides” comments after white supremacist violence and murder in Virginia — they understand this as tacit support.Trump offered exactly the same sort of language at the debate. After saying he’d condemn white supremacy, he immediately said: “Almost everything I see is from the left wing, not from the right wing.

This language is itself a clear sign to those groups that Trump is willing to deflect attention from them, giving them cover.

 

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the proud boys don't realise or understand that Black is a part of American history, they're F in the head...

We see how the blows are applied precisely to the white ones. The Anglo-Saxons are destroyed. Strikes are being made against NATO.

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America’s Taliban

No one wants groups like these around. Just like ANY extremist group they are almost insignificant. Their ability to spread information wider is concerning, and the fact they proudly advocate for violence shows what knuckleheads they are. They’re also seriously outnumbered.

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