If anyone you know thinks they can vote for Donald Trump without helping to fuel the fire of racists and white supremacists, they're living in a bubble.
A new report from Mother Jones and the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute has found that Trump's candidacy has gotten "effusive praise and formal backing" from some of the worst elements of our society: the leader of the American Nazi Party, three former KKK members, four participants in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge, and at least 15 individuals associated with Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate groups. David Neiwert and Sarah Posner write:
Trump has disavowed none of them.
"We have a wonderful OPPORTUNITY here folks, that may never come again," wrote Rocky J. Suhayda, the head of the American Nazi Party, last fall. "Donald Trump's campaign statements, if nothing else, have SHOWN that 'our views' are NOT so 'unpopular' as the Political Correctness crowd have told everyone they are!"
During the Republican National Convention in July, Trump endorser Andrew Anglin, who runs a neo-Nazi website called the Daily Stormer, wrote: "The biggest story in the filthy kike media has been a few lines from Melania's speech which these Jews claim she stole from monkey Michelle."
The list of Trump acolytes assembled in the piece—along with some of the statements they have made—is astounding. Really, anyone who votes for Trump should take a look at the company they are keeping. Because those same elements are using Trump’s support to both boost their numbers and argue that their views are mainstream.
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