Former KKK leader David Duke: "Donald Trump is not a racist"
Source: CBS News
Former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke continued his months-long defense of Donald Trump in an interview with NPR Friday, saying that the GOP nominee is "not a racist" and declaring that he would be a strong backer of Trump's legislative agenda if he won a Senate seat.
Responding to some criticisms -- including those from Republicans -- that some of Trump's comments during his campaign are racially-charged, Duke told NPR's Steve Inskeep that "these are just nothing more than epithets and vicious attacks."
"Donald Trump is not a racist," the white nationalist said. "And the truth is, in this country, if you simply defend the heritage of European American people, then you're automatically a racist."
He asserted that actually, "there's massive racial discrimination against European Americans, and that's the reality." Duke said that there's a "very vicious anti-white narrative" in Hollywood, which he claimed was not controlled by European-Americans.
When Inskeep asked whether Duke was referring to Jews in the media, Duke replied: "Well they're from the Middle East, that's not European. That's not European, is it? That's Middle Eastern. And they have a particular orientation for their positions and their programs."
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-kkk-leader-david-duke-donald-trump-is-not-a-racist/
Tal Vez
(660 posts)Mendocino
(7,521 posts)he's never been seen wearing a bed sheet?
PSPS
(13,630 posts)63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)"...
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In an interview on NPR's "Morning Edition" Friday, former KKK leader David Duke said, if elected to the Senate in Louisiana, that no one would be a greater supporter of Trump in the Senate than he would be.
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"I represent the ideas of preserving this country and the heritage of this country and I think Trump represents that as well," Duke said.
"We've done the analysis of what's going on in Louisiana. We've already polled inside the Trump voters, and we know we're gonna carry 75 to 80 percent of those who are going to vote for Trump."
Entire article: http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/05/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-says-donald-trump-is-not-a-racist/21445810/
PSPS
(13,630 posts)MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)ripcord
(5,553 posts)If anyone would know a racist its David Duke.
TygrBright
(20,777 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,165 posts)Do tell, David!
Behind the Aegis
(54,044 posts)When Inskeep asked whether Duke was referring to Jews in the media, Duke replied: "Well they're from the Middle East, that's not European. That's not European, is it? That's Middle Eastern. And they have a particular orientation for their positions and their programs."
So, we have this asshole claiming Jews are Middle Eastern and not European and at the other end of the spectrum, those who claim the exact opposite. This also demonstrates something else many people share with this bigot is that Jews aren't "white", except when it is useful to call them racists, claim they have "white privilege", and/or not really a minority.
As for his comments about Trump, well, he does know racists, but given that he doesn't believe he is himself a racist, I don't give the statement much credit. Much like those who claim "I have never seen anti-Semitism" but can't even correctly define the word.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)marble falls
(57,441 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Not because he was a racist--I expected that. It was because he was so calm and collected as he discussed these insane conspiracy theories about Jews controlling Hollywood and how "European-Americans" are discriminated against.
When you piss Inskeep off enough to stop the interview then you are REALLY unhinged.
BumRushDaShow
(129,913 posts)The one and only television appearance (which was in a mini-series) of Marlon Brando was his role as George Lincoln Rockwell (head of the American Nazi Party during the '60s) in the sequel to "Roots" - "Roots: The Next Generations" (from 1979). I think he captured the creepiness that you are talking about... As a note, Brando won an Emmy for the part.
EricMaundry
(1,619 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,859 posts)I knew racists. Racists were friends of mine. Mr. Trump, you are no racist.