Can The GOP Abandon Bigotry to Win Elections?

[cubby]

Sadly the political wing of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News uses bigotry as part of their electoral strategy. I expect Willie Gohmert to denounce these tactics immediately.

These from from two incumbent Senators of the GOP.
Republican senator deletes ad that made Jewish opponent’s nose bigger

The ad called for donations to Perdue, a Republican, by claiming that “Democrats are trying to buy Georgia.” It uses black-and-white photos of Ossoff and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish, that have been Photoshopped to appear as if they were pulled from an old television set with poor reception.

But the Ossoff image, which was adapted from a 2017 Reuters photo of him, was also changed by having his nose lengthened and widened, even as other parts of his face stayed the same size and proportions, three graphic design experts told the Forward.

The distorted photo of Mr Ossoff was shown alongside New York senator Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish.
"Democrats are trying to buy Georgia!" the Facebook ad is captioned.

The Atlanta director of the American Jewish Committee, Dov Wilker, also condemned the ad.
"We were shocked to see Senator Perdue's ad and to learn that Jon Ossoff's nose had been altered," he said.

In neighbouring South Carolina, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has posted an ad on Facebook which appeared to darken the skin of his African-American opponent.
The ad, intended to draw in campaign donations, made Democratic opponent Jaime Harrison appear much darker than he is.


Why cant two sitting senators and their party argue politics in good faith?

I mean, at this point, why should they? Their Dear Leader is an admitted felon, he ignores the law, and gives support to all that is bad about the human race. And still maintains a 35-40% approval rating - and it's still entirely unclear whether he will lose the Nov election. This all while he emboldens racism, hatred, fear, and violence.

There is no reason for the GOP to abandon their bigoted ways - so far it's been working great for them. How do you spell Chancellor btw? Asking for a friend.

[Milchshake]

I mean, at this point, why should they? Their Dear Leader is an admitted felon, he ignores the law, and gives support to all that is bad about the human race. And still maintains a 35-40% approval rating - and it's still entirely unclear whether he will lose the Nov election. This all while he emboldens racism, hatred, fear, and violence.

There is no reason for the GOP to abandon their bigoted ways - so far it's been working great for them. How do you spell Chancellor btw? Asking for a friend.

It's "Kanzler" in the original Nazi.

[Edge-]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/polit...ies/index.html

A recently installed Republican National Committee official for the state of Colorado has a history of spreading conspiracies and making sexist and Islamophobic comments.

Randy Corporon, a Denver-based attorney, is a radio host and Tea Party activist. After being elected in April as an RNC committeeman, he started his term August 24 as one of three officials representing the state in the body that governs the RNC. In addition to his job at the RNC, he also is a Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention.

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On his radio show, Corporon falsely claimed former President Bill Clinton had an illegitimate son and that Chelsea Clinton wasn't his biological daughter in 2019. He spread the conspiracy that Barack Obama's birth certificate wasn't born in Hawaii and his real father wasn't Barack Obama Sr. He also asserted Obama had a fake Black accent and falsely suggested he was a Muslim.

He also repeatedly shared conspiracies on social media.

He spread the racist birther conspiracy theory about Obama's birth certificate and dared the President to admit "he's from Kenya." He falsely claimed that Obama made a sexually explicit gesture at reporters on his campaign plane, and he falsely pushed a conspiracy that former CIA director John Brennan was a "closet Muslim."

In other posts, Corporon shared a fake news story the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville in 2017 that killed one woman was "a complete set up" days after the rally took place. And he pushed the debunked "Clinton Body Count" conspiracy that alleges the Clintons ordered the assassinations of close associates and speculated they assassinated the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

As an attorney, Corporon represented the website VDARE, an anti-immigration website known for publishing white nationalists, in a civil lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs after the city declined to provide city services, including police protection, to the group's nearby convention in late 2018.

Corporon told a columnist in Rasmussen Reports that he took on the case "in order to expose the hypocrisy and in an effort to determine whether these precious First Amendment rights now only apply to groups and ideas favored by government."

A judge ruled against VDARE and in favor of the city in March 2020.

On Twitter, Corporon also shared tweets last month claiming Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was a pedophile, including sharing a picture of Biden comforting his grandson at the funeral of his son Beau with the caption, "who holds a child like this." The user who posted the picture's account was later suspended for violating Twitter's rules and the tweet is no longer available. CNN has a screenshot of the tweet.

He also made sexist and misogynistic remarks about politicians and celebrities.

In tweets, he claimed that Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina looked alike after Clinton "had her face worked on." He said that Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris was a "floozy" and called Willie Brown, a California politician who Harris dated in the 1990s, her "sugar daddy." And he called singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira "sluts" after they headlined the Super Bowl halftime show this year. On his radio show in 2019, he also said that the sexual orientation of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who is gay, should have been a campaign issue.

As he pushed fringe theories, the Colorado lawyer also made derogatory remarks about Islam and Muslims.

There's much more in the article, but needless to say that it's still looking like the GOP needs to lean heavily on bigotry to try to win elections.

[alexw]

There's much more in the article, but needless to say that it's still looking like the GOP needs to lean heavily on bigotry to try to win elections.

Was there really any doubt? Its not as if they bother dogwhistling it anymore. They say the quiet part out loud and are proud of it.

[D Luniz]

Was there really any doubt? Its not as if they bother dogwhistling it anymore. They say the quiet part out loud and are proud of it.

and whine about being "canceled" when there is pushback

[Kaleredar]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/polit...ies/index.html



There's much more in the article, but needless to say that it's still looking like the GOP needs to lean heavily on bigotry to try to win elections.

I say bigotry only wins them elections insofar as it allows them to get their constituents to turn a blind eye to the disenfranchisement the republicans are attempting.

Yet another reason why Biden needs to win in November. So this whole republican house of cards can come crashing down.

[Edge-]

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...chele-n1239683

Former Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., made a number of bizarre claims during an interview with a religious news program last week, among them that "transgender Black Marxists" are trying to take down the U.S. government.

"These are transgender Marxists — transgender Black Marxists — who are seeking the overthrow of the United States and the dissolution of the traditional family," Bachmann said in the interview on The Victory Channel, televangelist Kenneth Copeland's right-wing Christian network, while discussing the Black Lives Matter and anti-racism protests taking place around the country.

September 2020, and the answer is still nope.

[nonameelf]

Republicans? Give up their fearmongering identity politics? Never. That'd be like a cat giving up meat or Trump giving up lying. Never going to happen.

[Masark]

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...chele-n1239683

September 2020, and the answer is still nope.

At what point do we discuss involuntary commitment?

[Edge-]

https://www.theamericanconservative....e-prosecutors/

Cities across our nation are being burned and looted. Yet, some prosecutors are releasing rioters without charging them for their crimes. Still others are choosing not to prosecute whole categories of criminal activity. Why are they failing to execute the laws set out by each state’s legislature?

The answer is that wealthy radicals led by billionaire George Soros have poured over $100 million in hard-to-trace dark money to fund political activities in races for state and local prosecutors. Their goal? To install far-left prosecutors to undermine the American justice system at every level. This may sound like another conspiracy theory. But the facts are well documented. And it requires a concerted effort by those who believe in criminal justice reform—and also prioritize public safety—to act before more people are hurt and damage to the system becomes permanent.

Like the horse the Greeks presented to the Trojans as a peace offering, the prosecutors installed by Soros and his allies are not what they seem. These radicals are actually intent on destroying the criminal justice system. These purported “protectors of the rule of law” are actually its enemies, waging war from the inside.

More Soros pearl clutching and conspiracy theories. For every time you get Republicans arguing that they are not the party of racism, there are a dozen of these types of garbage articles.

[Elegiac]

https://www.theamericanconservative....e-prosecutors/

More Soros pearl clutching and conspiracy theories. For every time you get Republicans arguing that they are not the party of racism, there are a dozen of these types of garbage articles.

I'm really just waiting for them to be out with it and explicitly say the J word rather than use euphemisms like Soros.

Kinda pathetic how we're several centuries on and the West is still thoroughly antisemitic.

[Endus]

I'm really just waiting for them to be out with it and explicitly say the J word rather than euphemisms like Soros.

Seriously.

Any time anyone rants about Soros, it's only because they know that ranting about "the Jews controlling the world" exposes them as outright neo-Nazi anti-semite racist shitmongers.

Pretty much the same as any time anyone mentions "cultural marxism" as a bad thing, which literally started as a Nazi-created antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Also "globalism".

The dogwhistles are more foghorns.

[Elegiac]

Seriously.

Any time anyone rants about Soros, it's only because they know that ranting about "the Jews controlling the world" exposes them as outright neo-Nazi anti-semite racist shitmongers.

Pretty much the same as any time anyone mentions "cultural marxism" as a bad thing, which literally started as a Nazi-created antisemitic conspiracy theory.

Also "globalism".

The dogwhistles are more foghorns.

Ah, yes, like when they make complaints about modern or socially inclusive art as being "degenerate" with not a lick of self awareness.

I mentioned this in another thread but being on the wrong side of history is like failing an open note test.

[Felya]

Pretty much the same as any time anyone mentions "cultural marxism" as a bad thing, which literally started as a Nazi-created antisemitic conspiracy theory.

From now on, when ever you see cultural Marxism, I want you to think of this:

[Elegiac]

From now on, when ever you see cultural Marxism, I want you to think of this:

WAP = Wet Ass Proletariat

[Captain N]

WAP = Wet Ass Proletariat

I suddenly have the urge to fight for the party

[SirBeef]

At what point do we discuss involuntary commitment?

What's involuntary about it? They all know perfectly well what the fuck they are doing.

[SirBeef]

Involuntary commitment refers to someone being forced into a facility. In this case one that specializes in mental health.

I really need to have my coffee before reading and posting.

[Ivanstone]

have poured over $100 million in hard-to-trace dark money to fund political activities in races for state and local prosecutors.

Hmmm, I wonder which political party fought tooth and nail for the ability to use untraceable dark money in politics? I wonder....

[Gelannerai]

Hmmm, I wonder which political party fought tooth and nail for the ability to use untraceable dark money in politics? I wonder....

I was just about to say this. As if Citizens United weren’t a thing.