Let me assure readers that I do take care to express my opinions purposefully; “words are powerful”, as can be witnessed by our entire nation in seeing the results of the divisive rhetoric from our Divider-in-Chief. Violence and hate-crimes are abounding in this atmosphere of hatred and bigotry. Trump indeed has the majority of the populace “bewildered, perplexed, baffled, and reeling”; I would add: appalled and horrified! For those upset by writers using labels like: Nazis, let me point out as I did two years ago …. American Nazism is resurging….so much so that people are being emboldened to run for public office on the platforms of white-identity politics and outright bigotry. The following are just a few examples: Arthur Jones, a long-time neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denier won the primary for GOP congressional office in Illinois. Paul Nehlen (R-WI.) is running to replace Representative Paul Ryan. Nehlen appeared on fascist, white-power podcasts, making racist, anti-Semitic remarks on social media, promoting “conspiracy theories that Jewish people supposedly have undue influence in the media and other industries” (the same exact prejudice urged on by Hitler in Nazi Germany to justify his later exterminations). Sean Donahue ran to replace Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA.) and has claimed that Black Lives Matter and Antifa are preparing an armed insurgency in the U.S. In 2017, Donahue was convicted of making terroristic threats against a PN district attorney. John Abarr, a white-supremacist ran for the Montana State House of Representatives as a Democrat, though he has run for office before as a Republican; his website shows his key platform is “pride and dignity for whites”. Corey Stewart, defeated in his primary run for U.S. Senate in Virginia; during his failed 2017 governors race he made several joint appearances with white-supremacist Jason Kessler, the organizer of the deadly Charlottesville rally. A few dropouts of races: Augustus Invictus, Tom Tancredo, Seth Grossman; google them. There are plenty flirting with white-supremacists, a few of which are Representatives: Matt Gaetz, Dana Rohrabacher, and Lou Barletta. Joe Arpaio, convicted for criminal contempt, was pardoned by President Trump; former sheriff in Arizona, where at least 160 detained persons died, many by supposed suicide, in his jails, which HE called “concentration camps”. Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona. Steve King (R-IA.) — up for re-election this year has tweeted, “diversity is NOT our strength”, a phrase borrowed from white-supremacists. He once said that, “America shouldn’t apologize for slavery”. SCANDALOUS!
Trish Forsyth Voss
Jul 16 2018
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: White Supremacists running for public offices
Let me assure readers that I do take care to express my opinions purposefully; “words are powerful”, as can be witnessed by our entire nation in seeing the results of the divisive rhetoric from our Divider-in-Chief. Violence and hate-crimes are abounding in this atmosphere of hatred and bigotry. Trump indeed has the majority of the populace “bewildered, perplexed, baffled, and reeling”; I would add: appalled and horrified! For those upset by writers using labels like: Nazis, let me point out as I did two years ago …. American Nazism is resurging….so much so that people are being emboldened to run for public office on the platforms of white-identity politics and outright bigotry. The following are just a few examples: Arthur Jones, a long-time neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denier won the primary for GOP congressional office in Illinois. Paul Nehlen (R-WI.) is running to replace Representative Paul Ryan. Nehlen appeared on fascist, white-power podcasts, making racist, anti-Semitic remarks on social media, promoting “conspiracy theories that Jewish people supposedly have undue influence in the media and other industries” (the same exact prejudice urged on by Hitler in Nazi Germany to justify his later exterminations). Sean Donahue ran to replace Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA.) and has claimed that Black Lives Matter and Antifa are preparing an armed insurgency in the U.S. In 2017, Donahue was convicted of making terroristic threats against a PN district attorney. John Abarr, a white-supremacist ran for the Montana State House of Representatives as a Democrat, though he has run for office before as a Republican; his website shows his key platform is “pride and dignity for whites”. Corey Stewart, defeated in his primary run for U.S. Senate in Virginia; during his failed 2017 governors race he made several joint appearances with white-supremacist Jason Kessler, the organizer of the deadly Charlottesville rally. A few dropouts of races: Augustus Invictus, Tom Tancredo, Seth Grossman; google them. There are plenty flirting with white-supremacists, a few of which are Representatives: Matt Gaetz, Dana Rohrabacher, and Lou Barletta. Joe Arpaio, convicted for criminal contempt, was pardoned by President Trump; former sheriff in Arizona, where at least 160 detained persons died, many by supposed suicide, in his jails, which HE called “concentration camps”. Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona. Steve King (R-IA.) — up for re-election this year has tweeted, “diversity is NOT our strength”, a phrase borrowed from white-supremacists. He once said that, “America shouldn’t apologize for slavery”. SCANDALOUS!
Trish Forsyth Voss
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