Racist Material Used at Trump N.Y.C. Rally Not Red Flagged
[guest post by Dana]
What I learned from the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden last night is: not only is it okay to be a racist, which we already knew about Trump and friends, but it’s also okay to say the quiet part out loud. Anytime, anywhere. Because if calling Kamala Harris a “cunt” was red flagged and removed from the “comedian’s” set, then we can assume that everything else that was said, no matter how racist, had been approved:
“He had a joke calling [Vice President Kamala] Harris a ‘cunt,’” a campaign insider involved in the discussions about the event told The Bulwark. “Let’s say it was a red flag.”
A sample of some of the “jokes” made last night:
And we’re right there by a wide open border. Where are my proud Latinos at tonight? You guys see what I mean? It’s wide open. There’s so many of them! Absolutely incredible.Believe it or not, people. I welcome migrants to the United States of America with open arms. And my open arms. I mean, like this. (GESTURES FEARFULLY).It’s wild. These Latinos, they love making babies. Let’s know that they do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They cum inside. Just like they did to our country! HAHAHAHA!…. And, you know, there’s a lot going on. Like I don’t know if you guys know, this is. Literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. Yeah. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.
The Trump campaign has attempted to distance itself from the attacks on minorities, but given Trump’s own racist comments, the campaign trying to distance itself rings hollow:
Trump has said immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country” and called them “criminals” who will “cut your throat.”
Earlier this year, Trump repeated false claims about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating the dogs and cats of the town’s residents.
—Dana