Trump’s dinner with antisemites provides test of GOP response to extremism

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Former president Donald Trump’s refusal to disavow the outspoken antisemites he dined with last week is setting him at odds with leaders of his own party, providing the first test of his political endurance since launching his third White House run.

The dinner, coming just a week after Trump’s candidacy kickoff, also underscored the risks of his unusual post-presidential life and lack of a traditional campaign infrastructure. Fuentes and other guests arriving with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, were waved through Mar-a-Lago security without showing ID, people familiar with the matter said, and Trump had no staff with him that evening except his personal aide, Walt Nauta.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she talked with Trump and his staff after the dinner and told reporters the former president reiterated to her he “had no idea who Nick Fuentes was.” Based on conversations with Trump and his staff since the dinner, Greene said they are changing their protocols to ensure that such people are not brought near Trump again.

Other Republicans, though, are now showing willingness to attack Trump at a level hardly seen since before he became the party’s nominee in 2016. The floodgates opened Monday as at least eight Republican senators. Their leader, Mitch McConnell, chimed in on Tuesday, saying, “Anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.

“Fuentes is an evil human that should not be given a seat at any table, let alone at the table of a former American president,” he said.

 

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'Journalism'. 🙄

2019: '[O]ur review of the Trump Administration’s rhetoric and policies affecting nonwhite immigrants suggests this motivation.' - Law professors at Stanford University White Nationalism as Immigration Policy I wish policy got more attention. 😡

Not enough and not quick enough.

A test they’ve repeatedly failed since 2016.

Do. Your. Fucking. Job. They. Are. All. Fascists. Call. Them. What. They. Are.

Stop carrying water for this broken party. You pretend to fall for this sht every time.

Dinner? I bet they had Cheeseburgers

Not exactly a recent photo. Kanye was a high profile black artist backing Trump and generally loved by his fans. Why wouldn't Trump promote this endorsement?

As he is loosing popularity and virtually all hopes seeing the White House again. Their criticisms are coming too, too late.

West Kenya is really Paul Newman clone but the experiment went wrong and he developed a skin black condition he is suing the doctors

Are yall left of center?

By all means, avoid diatribes, whatever they are.

The same GOP that spews hatred and racism towards virtually every American? Laughable!

Fake news. We stand with president Trump; he has not done anything wrong.

Really? Not many have called out Trump by name

You'd think his lifelong friend was lifelong racist and known klan leader Robert Byrd...oh wait...thats Joe Biden. Crickets

Please do not mistake this very late GQP meek responses as any moral courage. They wait SIX F^%KING DAYS before they gradually start to say something.

Looking good there Jared

I'm a heeb and I'm cool with it... What I despise is the fact that 70+, percent of my Peep's are demon crats... Seems they forget about the way demon crats have treated us behind our backs... Juuuust sayin 😎😎😎

Republicans are desperate to not have another 1992 situation where Ross Perot took enough republican/conservative popular votes away from GHW Bush resulting in WJB Clinton winning the presidency.

Yet the democrats are unwilling to criticize The Squad for their antisemitism and racism.

The country is reeling, but we’ve got somebody’s tax returns so everything is really ok.

In that there is now one or two of them willing instead of zero

Yea, and they said he shouldn’t talk to N Korean dictator but he did and missiles stopped flying and don’t talk to Putin but he did and Russia did not invade Ukraine under Trump. Everything was better under Trump. They are afraid because Trump knows where bodies buried.

His son in law is Jewish so…

Trump had dinner with anti-semites ? How about a bunch of anti semites got together for dinner.

You’re beginning to sound a bit anal, WaPo. Give it a rest.

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We can’t help but notice how far America has fallen under Joe Biden and his Democrats. How’s that for current events.

Lol that this is news you weirdos

Says who, you? The most reliable liars on the planet.

Not even Pence, who Trump did not care his supporters would hang the man, will criticize him. The only good thing Trump has done is how how cucked the GOP is.

Way too little way too late

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پاکستان ، عمران خان اور امت مسلما کے بارے میں محمد قاسم کے بہت سارے خواب پورے ہو رہے ہیں۔ یہ خواب اہم واقعات کی نشاندہی کرتے ہیں جو مستقبل میں رونما ہونگے ، وہ واقعات جن کا ذکر حدیث میں بھی آیا ہے۔ PMIK In Qasim Dreams - PMIK In Qasim Dreams

Can we all be honest and just recognize that trump doesn't really care what Ye has to say? He's black.

This narrative falls apart when people realize Obama was good friends w Farrakhan…

Pretty sure that looks like an old Saturday Night Live skit.

While Biden and McConnell revered KKK Robert Byrd.

“Increasingly willing…” keep nudging them along, treating them gently.🙄

DonaldTrump had antisemites in his WhiteHouse! This is NOT news!

Republicans are criticizing Donald Trump, because he now has a pattern of losing. Republicans need to take a look at their candidates. They’re also losers. Republicans have virtually lost the respect of the majority of Americans. At the moment, the GOP are a Circus 🤡.

The compost would never want you to know all the democrats meeting with racist antisemites, so we will help them out. Here are just a few. Warnock also.

This article produces only TWO actual criticisms made directly at Trump from Republicans. It's embarrassing to watch the MSM desperately try to redeem this irredeemable party. And it certainly isn't honest journalism.

This is BS, we know how they handle extremism, they welcome it with open arms - Ever hear of Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Boebert?

You guys are the antisemites, calling everyone who opposes child sex and money laundry thru war an antisemite doesn’t work any longer.

The media's response to firey but 'mostly peaceful' summer of love and covering for antifa extremists showed theirs....... 😐

The Washington Post is a known neo nazi publication that harbors fascist sympathizers. Your hate has no place in leading newspapers.

We all know that Trump would NOT invite and wine and dine ANYONE at Maralago, unless they have something he wants! I call BULLSHIT on him not knowing Fuentes. Do you seriously think he would let anyone in who he didn’t know or had a membership? Not freakin likely! 🤣

Seriously, I wish you'd get it right when referring to him. The election was stolen and we know damn well it was.Donald Trump who was and still is President.

Its not political endurance it is despicable

He will endure . I know it drives you folks crazy but this will not impact his support . Actually , the more you attack him the more people support him. Keep it up . We will win in 2024

They'll relent. They always do.

He is only at odds with the leaders of the GQP because Trump is being too obvious about the white supremacy they ALL believe in. That makes ghe GQP uncomfortable because it makes it harder to gaslight people about their bigotry.

Fact check: trump didnt know the guy. Biden knew full well Robert Byrd

That EVEN this is barely a scandal or and not the death of his political career proves we live in the absolute stupidest of times.

Yeah, no. They’re all still in.

“Trump’s dinner w/ antisemites” Come on WAPO! Kanye West / Ye - is one of the most influential hip hop artists in music history among many other things but you reduce him from human to object of recent mistakes. You missed the real Ye story, and now the real Trump story. Blind.

Trump should be in jail

Everyone has to believe what you do and you don't want to hear anything else yes big brother

Is that a picture from a Saturday Night Live skit?

Great. Trump just killed his fame.

First test of a clear and present danger to American democracy. Alrighty then.

Wake up world last night mehran Samak was celebrating victory of USA soccer team over iran in city of Anzali in iran who was shot by this fascistic forces Islamic regime. Be voice of innocent Iranian people who are fighting for freedom and a normal life and are killed every day

Isn't Trump's Son in law Jewish?

La palabra o expresión antisemita está sobreexplotada y mal utilizada en cierto grupo Dedicado a violar los derechos humanos que no son ni semitas

When will they ask democrats about meeting with open racist and antisemite Al Sharpton?

It's ok you will have to find the spine of anyone in the GOP first. No chance.

Keep trying

Kanye literally said he isn't a antisemantic . Trump didn't know Fuentes, who seems a little off but not that bad.

Nobody cares. Imagine actually giving a damn about who dines with whom. It's a meal and they literally disagreed during the course of it according to Kanye's own words.

Yep, there’s no doubt you’re the reason Trump is still a thing.

In a court of law, this would be called 'leading the witness'.

Donald Trump is a political dud.

The walls are closing in this time, for realsies! Right guys? Guys?

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