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Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live Clinton accuses Trump of making 'hate movement mainstream' – campaign live
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Maria L La Ganga
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today disparaged her Republican rival as a tool of the racist, radical right, a man who foments “paranoia and prejudice” and ushers hate groups into the mainstream.
Donald Trump is “a man with a long history of racial discrimination”, Clinton said during a Thursday rally in the flag-festooned student center at Truckee Meadows Community College. He is a man “who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket tabloids and the far reaches of the internet”.
Positioning herself as the true representative of a tolerant and open-minded United States, Clinton derided the real estate mogul as a darling of the “alt-right” and a soulmate of David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
The speech, a kind of throwing down of the patriotic gauntlet, came eight days after Trump named Steve Bannon as the new chief of his struggling campaign. Bannon is a Breitbart News executive and a key figure in the anti-establishment revolt that has captured the Republican party.
“The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump campaign represents a landmark achievement for the ‘alt-right’,” Clinton declared. “A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican party. All of this adds up to something we’ve never seen before.
“Of course, there’s always been a paranoid fringe in our politics, steeped in racial resentment,” she continued. “But it’s never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now.”
By billing the speech as a takedown of “Trump’s divisive ‘alt-right’ candidacy”, her campaign shined a light on a little-known slice of the political spectrum: an amorphous, largely online movement that prefers the label “race realist” to “white supremacist”.
Not only has Trump insulted African Americans and Latinos from the campaign trail, but by aligning himself with Brietbart, Clinton said Thursday, he hooked up with a media outlet that the Southern Poverty Law Center says “embraces ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right”.
“This is not conservatism as we have known it,” she continued. “This is not Republicanism as we have known it. These are racist ideas, race-baiting ideas, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-women, all key tenets making up the emerging racist ideology known as the alt-right.”
Trump turned to Twitter shortly after Clinton’s rally ended. He said her “short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!”
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Donald Trump, currently in fourth place among African-American voters:
Hillary Clinton is using race-baiting to try to get African-American voters- but they know she is all talk and NO ACTION!
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Hillary Clinton has tweeted support for actor Leslie Jones, whose personal information and explicit images were leaked online in a racialized cyberattack.Hillary Clinton has tweeted support for actor Leslie Jones, whose personal information and explicit images were leaked online in a racialized cyberattack.
@Lesdoggg, no one deserves this—least of all someone who brings us so much joy. I'm with you. -H@Lesdoggg, no one deserves this—least of all someone who brings us so much joy. I'm with you. -H
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Earlier today, Donald Trump responded at a Manchester, New Hampshire, campaign stop to reports that Hillary Clinton would present the Trump campaign as one that appeals to the far right.Earlier today, Donald Trump responded at a Manchester, New Hampshire, campaign stop to reports that Hillary Clinton would present the Trump campaign as one that appeals to the far right.
Trump stated Clinton “is going to ‘accuse decent Americans who support this campaign, your campaign, of being racists, which we’re not. It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook.”Trump stated Clinton “is going to ‘accuse decent Americans who support this campaign, your campaign, of being racists, which we’re not. It’s the oldest play in the Democratic playbook.”
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Donald Trump has responded to Hillary Clinton’s speech on the alt-right - or, at least, to a recap:Donald Trump has responded to Hillary Clinton’s speech on the alt-right - or, at least, to a recap:
Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech. Very short and lies. She is the only one fear-mongering!Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech. Very short and lies. She is the only one fear-mongering!
Hillary Clinton's short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!Hillary Clinton's short speech is pandering to the worst instincts in our society. She should be ashamed of herself!
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Breitbart News, in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech:Breitbart News, in response to Hillary Clinton’s speech:
MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4HugMUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4Hug
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On the heels of Hillary Clinton’s Nevada speech on the alt-right, Super-Pac American Bridge has already released an advertisement comparing Donald Trump to white supremacist US Senate candidate David Duke:On the heels of Hillary Clinton’s Nevada speech on the alt-right, Super-Pac American Bridge has already released an advertisement comparing Donald Trump to white supremacist US Senate candidate David Duke:
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Jason WilsonJason Wilson
Curious about the “alt-right”? The Guardian’s Jason Wilson has more:Curious about the “alt-right”? The Guardian’s Jason Wilson has more:
The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”.The alt- (or alternative) right has surged as a (so far) mainly online movement, occupying positions beyond the pale of many conservatives. It has no centralised organisation or official ideology – it has been described as “scattered and ideologically diffuse”.
The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuff and American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”).The alt-right has been involved in fleeting street protests, but its online activities are well-organised and relentless. It recruits by opposing progressive ideas about gender, sexuality, and especially race and immigration. Adherents congregate on message boards like 4chan and 8chan, comment on websites like the Right Stuff and American Renaissance, and lurk on Twitter, where they taunt progressives (or “shitlibs”) and mainstream conservatives (“cuckservatives”).
The association with Breitbart comes from the efforts of Milo Yiannopoulos to appropriate and popularise the term. At the height of his Twitter-driven notoriety, Yiannopoulos wrote a manifesto introducing the tendency to mainstream conservatives. But are Breitbart and Bannon really a part of the movement? Some of its most hardcore activists say no.The association with Breitbart comes from the efforts of Milo Yiannopoulos to appropriate and popularise the term. At the height of his Twitter-driven notoriety, Yiannopoulos wrote a manifesto introducing the tendency to mainstream conservatives. But are Breitbart and Bannon really a part of the movement? Some of its most hardcore activists say no.
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The editor of white nationalist rag American Renaissance:The editor of white nationalist rag American Renaissance:
Hillary calling on Republican cucks to throw Trump out of the party.Hillary calling on Republican cucks to throw Trump out of the party.
For the unfamiliar: The term “cuck” - taken from “cuckservative,” itself a portmanteau of “cuckold” and “conservative” - is a derisive label for anyone the alt-right considers to be insufficiently conservative or supportive of Donald Trump.For the unfamiliar: The term “cuck” - taken from “cuckservative,” itself a portmanteau of “cuckold” and “conservative” - is a derisive label for anyone the alt-right considers to be insufficiently conservative or supportive of Donald Trump.
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is drawing attention to Breitbart News’ history of racist, misogynistic and otherwise offensive clickbait headline - a good thing for the site’s traffic, but a bad thing for the presidential campaign that just hired the organization’s chief as its CEO:Hillary Clinton’s campaign is drawing attention to Breitbart News’ history of racist, misogynistic and otherwise offensive clickbait headline - a good thing for the site’s traffic, but a bad thing for the presidential campaign that just hired the organization’s chief as its CEO:
Trump hired the head of Breitbart "News" to be CEO of his campaign. Here's a sample of their work: pic.twitter.com/y8loOnkbNuTrump hired the head of Breitbart "News" to be CEO of his campaign. Here's a sample of their work: pic.twitter.com/y8loOnkbNu
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Hillary Clinton cites the record level of racial, ethnic and religious diversity on the US Olympic team as proof that young people - “the most open, diverse and connected generation we have ever seen” - are good for the future of the country.
“How many of you saw the Olympics?” Clinton asks the cheering crowd. “Ibtihaj Muhammad, an African-American Muslim from New Jersey, won the bronze medal in fencing with grace and skill. Would she even have a place in Donald Trump’s America? And I’ll tell you, when I was growing up, in so many parts of our country, Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky would not have been allowed to swim in the same public pool. And now they’re winning Olympic medals as teammates!”
“I don’t know about you, but I don’t think we have a person to waste.”
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Hillary Clinton tells the audience in Nevada that rising bullying and harassment incidents in American public schools can be traced to the political climate and Donald Trump’s candidacy, because children “hear a lot more than we think”.
“At a recent high school basketball game in Indiana, white students held up Trump signs and taunted Latino players on the opposing team with chants of ‘Build the wall!’ and ‘Speak English.’”
“After a similar incident in Iowa, one frustrated school principal said, ‘They see it in a presidential campaign and now it’s OK for everyone to say this.’ We wouldn’t tolerate that kind of behavior before, and we wouldn’t tolerate it in our own homes, and we shouldn’t stand for it from a candidate for president.”
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“No one should have any illusions about what’s really going on here,” Clinton says of the alt-right. “The names may have changed: Racists now call themselves ‘racialists;’ white supremacists now call themselves ‘white nationalists;’ the paranoid fringe now calls itself ‘alt-right;’ But the hate burns just as bright.”
“And now Trump is trying to rebrand himself as well. But don’t be fooled.”
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“The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump Campaign represents a landmark achievement for this group,” Hillary Clinton says of the so-called “alt-right,” a loose confederation of online conservatives who view multiculturalism as a threat to white identity. “A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican party. And this is part of a broader story - the rising tide of hardline, right-wing nationalism around the world.”
Clinton lambastes Donald Trump for appearing with Nigel Farage in Mississippi last night, describing the former head of Ukip as someone “who stoked anti-immigrant sentiments to win the referendum on leaving the European Union.”
“Farage has called for a ban on the children of legal immigrants from public schools and health services, has said women are, quote, ‘worth less’ than men and supports scrapping laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on race - that’s who Trump wants by his side when speaking to Americans.”
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Sample Breitbart News headlines Clinton read out loud:
“Just imagine,” Clinton says. “Donald Trump reading that and thinking: ‘this is what I need more of in my campaign.’”
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Hillary Clinton compares Donald Trump's immigration stance to Isis
Hillary Clinton dismisses Donald Trump’s latest “pivot” on the issue of undocumented immigrants: “He may have some new people putting new words in his mouth, but we know where he stands.”
“He would form a deportation force to round up millions of immigrants and kick them out of the country,” Clinton continues. “He’d abolish the bedrock constitutional principle that says if you’re born in the United States, you’re an American citizen. He says that children born in America to undocumented parents are, quote, ‘anchor babies’ and should be deported. Millions of them.”
“Ever since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, America has distinguished itself as a haven for people fleeing religious persecution, believing in religious freedom and religious liberty,” Clinton says. “Under Donald Trump, America would distinguish itself as the only country in the world to impose a religious test at the border.”
But, Clinton says, “there actually may be one place that does that: It’s the so-called Islamic State.”
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Hillary Clinton, on Donald Trump’s embrace of conspiracy:
The last thing we need in the Situation Room is a loose cannon who can’t tell the difference - or doesn’t care to - between fact and fiction, and who buys so easily into racially-tinged rumors.
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Highlighting Donald Trump’s longtime embrace of fringe conspiracy theories, Hillary Clinton repeats a series of anecdotes from the course of the campaign:
Through it all, he has continued pushing discredited conspiracy theories with racist undertones. Trump said thousands of American Muslims in New Jersey cheered the 9/11 attacks. They didn’t.
He suggested that Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the Kennedy assassination. Perhaps in Trump’s mind, because he was a Cuban immigrant, he must have had something to do with it. Of course there’s absolutely no evidence of that.
Just recently, Trump claimed President Obama founded Isis. And then he repeated that nonsense over and over. His latest paranoid fever dream is about my health.
All I can say is: Donald, dream on.
“This is what happens,” Clinton continues, “when you treat the National Enquirer like gospel. They said in October I’d be dead in six months! It’s also what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones, who claimed that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs. He even said - and this, really, is jsut so disgusting - he even said the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there. I don’t know what happens in somebody’s mind, or how dark their heart must be to say things like that, but Trump didn’t challenge those lies. He actually went on Jones’ show and said: ‘Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down.’”
“This from the man who wants to be president of the United States.”
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“To this day, he’s never apologized to Judge Curiel,” Clinton says, referring to Donald Trump’s attack on the federal judge presiding over the Trump University fraud case, in which he described Curiel’s assignment to the case as “an absolute conflict” because he is “of Mexican heritage”.
“But for Trump, that’s just par for the course.”
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Quoting poet and author Maya Angelou, Hillary Clinton tells the crowd: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
“When Trump was getting his start in business, he was sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent apartments to black and Latino tenants,” Clinton says, referring to Donald Trump’s well-documented civil-rights suit in the 1970s. “Their applications would be marked with a ‘C’ – ‘C’ for ‘colored’ – and then rejected. Three years later, the Justice Department took Trump back to court because he hadn’t changed. The pattern continued through the decades.”
The trend continued, Clinton says: “State regulators fined one of Trump’s casinos for repeatedly removing black dealers from the floor. No wonder the turn-over rate for his minority employees was way above average.”