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Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.): White nationalists can't be part of GOP base
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:42 pm
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) on Sunday ramped up his pressure on President Trump to call white supremacists out by name, saying they should not be a part of any political base.
"White nationalists, white supremacists, they're not a part of anybody's base. They're not a part of this country. They're a part of hatred, they're a part of evil, and we need to stand up to that," Gardner told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" during a discussion of violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
"Whether it's the president of the United States, a senator from any of our great 50 states around the country, or our city councils and school teachers, call it for what it is. It's hatred, it's bigotry. We don't want them in our base, they shouldn't be in a base, they shouldn't be claimed as part of a base, and it has to be made crystal clear," he continued.
"He should use this opportunity today to say this is terrorism, this is domestic terrorism, this is white nationalism and it has to stop, and I encourage the president to do so," he said.
Gardner was one of the first of various Republicans to criticize Trump for not calling out white supremacists while condemning the violence in Charlottesville.
Gardner's comments come a day after violence engulfed Charlottesville, leading to the death of at least one counter-protester.
Trump, who frequently lambasted former President Obama for not calling "radical Islamic terrorism," condemned the violence, but he blamed it on "many sides."
Trump first condemned the violence on Twitter, but he immediately drew backlash from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who said the president was ignoring his base.
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"White nationalists, white supremacists, they're not a part of anybody's base. They're not a part of this country. They're a part of hatred, they're a part of evil, and we need to stand up to that," Gardner told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" during a discussion of violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
"Whether it's the president of the United States, a senator from any of our great 50 states around the country, or our city councils and school teachers, call it for what it is. It's hatred, it's bigotry. We don't want them in our base, they shouldn't be in a base, they shouldn't be claimed as part of a base, and it has to be made crystal clear," he continued.
"He should use this opportunity today to say this is terrorism, this is domestic terrorism, this is white nationalism and it has to stop, and I encourage the president to do so," he said.
Gardner was one of the first of various Republicans to criticize Trump for not calling out white supremacists while condemning the violence in Charlottesville.
Gardner's comments come a day after violence engulfed Charlottesville, leading to the death of at least one counter-protester.
Trump, who frequently lambasted former President Obama for not calling "radical Islamic terrorism," condemned the violence, but he blamed it on "many sides."
Trump first condemned the violence on Twitter, but he immediately drew backlash from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who said the president was ignoring his base.
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Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:44 pm to silverdude
Republicans always purged Identity Politics nutjobs from the base.
Democrats have organized around them. They are the Democratic base.
Democrats have organized around them. They are the Democratic base.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:44 pm to silverdude
I still have yet to see a definition for what a "white nationalist" actually is.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:45 pm to Sevendust912
So being white and caring about your country is now bad?
There is a HUGE difference between that and being a racist POS.
There is a HUGE difference between that and being a racist POS.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:45 pm to silverdude
When were blm and black rioters ever characterized as part of dem base?
This is absolute trash you are peddling. I have never avowed nor invited these people to share my party, so I am not responsible for shite.
But congrats on christmas morning 2.0 for you guys.... now you can saturate yourselves in ever more confirmation bias about how anyone that is not on your political side is a nazi.
Congrats.
This is absolute trash you are peddling. I have never avowed nor invited these people to share my party, so I am not responsible for shite.
But congrats on christmas morning 2.0 for you guys.... now you can saturate yourselves in ever more confirmation bias about how anyone that is not on your political side is a nazi.
Congrats.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:45 pm to silverdude
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They're not a part of this country.
Well, hell, that means they don't actually exist. Problem solved, Senator.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:46 pm to silverdude
I'm roasting people in the comments btw on the CNN video of interview
This post was edited on 8/13/17 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:46 pm to silverdude
Not just White Nationalists but Fascists of any kind
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:46 pm to silverdude
So when is a democrat senator gonna come out and say that anti-white racism can no longer be a part of the democrat party?
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:47 pm to Lsupimp
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Republicans always purged Identity Politics nutjobs from the base.
Democrats have organized around them. They are the Democratic base.
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In American politics, the southern strategy was a Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans.[1][2][3] As the Civil Rights Movement and dismantling of Jim Crow laws in the 1950s and 1960s visibly deepened pre-existing racial tensions in much of the Southern United States, Republican politicians such as presidential candidate Richard Nixon and Senator Barry Goldwater developed strategies that successfully contributed to the political realignment of many white, conservative voters in the South to the Republican Party that had traditionally supported the Democratic Party.[4] It also helped push the Republican Party much more to the right.[4]
The perception that the Republican Party had served as the "vehicle of white supremacy in the South", particularly during the Goldwater campaign and the presidential elections of 1968 and 1972, made it difficult for the Republican Party to win the support of black voters in the South in later years.[4] In 2005, Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman formally apologized to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a national civil rights organization, for exploiting racial polarization to win elections and ignoring the black vote.[13][14]
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:50 pm to silverdude
Holier than thou Republicans are so fricking stupid.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:51 pm to Seldom Seen
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So when is a democrat senator gonna come out and say that anti-white racism can no longer be a part of the democrat party?
Why do members of the GOP consistently try to compare themselves to democrats?
Be better
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:52 pm to silverdude
The "Southern Strategy" is a Marxist deconstruction of American politics that seeks to alleviate the Democratic Party of it's historical responsibility for slavery, Jim Crow etc-and transfer it onto the Republican Party who opposed slavery and Jim Crow. It only works in Prog circle jerks. Educate yourself.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:54 pm to Sevendust912
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I still have yet to see a definition for what a "white nationalist" actually is.
The term started getting thrown around right after Trump said something about building a wall and people who are here illegally should be removed. Initially the media and politicians simply dismissed him and his ideas. Once they realized that the majority of Americans agreed, they had no choice but to go back the well of accusing people of being full of anger or fear.
You don't agree with abortion = you hate women
You don't think gays should marry = you fear gays
You don't think illegal immigration is good = White Nationalism
Their methods work. Not on adults but on children. Future generations will grow up believing that thinking borders are important and should enforced is morally wrong.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:54 pm to silverdude
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Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:55 pm to Lsupimp
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Republicans always purged Identity Politics nutjobs from the base.
Oh really? Identity politics got Trump elected
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:56 pm to silverdude
If R's no longer want white people who have a desire to preserve their heritage, they will not win another election.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:56 pm to silverdude
quote:I can agree with every word of that statement. They have no place in the GOP.
"White nationalists, white supremacists, they're not a part of anybody's base. They're not a part of this country. They're a part of hatred, they're a part of evil, and we need to stand up to that," Gardner told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" during a discussion of violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
Can you do the same for BLM and the Black Panthers?
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:57 pm to silverdude
Obama had all Sharpton visit the White House numerous times and had BLM leaders as well. Until this rejection of extreme ideologies goes both ways, I don't want to hear it.
Posted on 8/13/17 at 12:59 pm to silverdude
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the political realignment of many white, conservative voters in the South to the Republican Party that had traditionally supported the Democratic Party
Interestingly, the South didn't vote consistently Republican until the racist Democrats died.
The theory that racist Democrats became racist Republicans always falls apart when you notice that the South has only been solidly Republican for the last 20 or so years.
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