It seems violence and hateful rhetoric follows leading Republican candidate Donald Trump wherever he travels, and his recent appearance with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Mesa, Arizona was no exception. A new WaPo piece, “Cheers, a punch, a slur. What it’s like in the crowd at a Donald...
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As Republicans have traded in self-deportation for mass-deportation, a must-read piece from the Washington Post’s Editorial Board looks at the mainstreaming of extremism within the GOP since the entrance of Donald Trump to the 2016 Presidential race. The Washington Post editorial, entitled, “For Republicans, bigotry is the new normal,”...
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Frank Sharry: “Let us hope the nation ultimately rejects the radicalism of the right in favor of the humanity of our ideals” The stark contrast between the two parties on immigration was on full display this week. Yesterday, speaking at a naturalization ceremony at the National Archives, President Barack...
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Last night’s Republican Presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada became a race over who can go furthest to the extreme right, with leading candidates uniting as both anti-immigrant and anti-refugee. In a round-up below, journalists, immigration advocates, and others react to the radical agendas proposed by Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz,...
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump has already won the endorsement of white supremacists like former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke — and now that extremist support is becoming frighteningly visible at his campaign rallies, too. At a campaign rally in Las Vegas last night, Trump supporters gleefully watched as...
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Dec 10, 2015
New York Times Editorial Board Reminds GOP Why Renouncing Trump’s Proposals is Not Enough As we noted yesterday, in the wake of Donald Trump’s latest incendiary comments about barring Muslims from entering the United States, many Republicans have been quick to condemn his remarks and worldview, but few—and none...
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A petition to ban Donald Trump from entering the United Kingdom has garnered more than 250,000 signatures, “more than enough for a committee to consider sending the motion for parliamentary debate,” according to CNN. The public-led petition “was created on the British government’s official petitions website in response to...
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Lynn Tramonte: “Ohioans are looking for leaders, not lemmings, and Rob Portman is failing the test” When Donald Trump proposed a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” he was denounced by many within the Republican Party. But most of those critical of Trump’s remarks still plan to vote for him if he...
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Frank Sharry: “Remaining Open to Supporting Trump as the GOP Nominee Makes Republican Condemnations of Him Ring Hollow” Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from being admitted into the United States is merely the latest in a series of sweeping nativist sentiments that have defined his candidacy and...
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The “Dump Trump” movement continues to go global. Following Donald Trump’s recent attacks against Muslims, a Dubai-based retailer has announced it will pull all Trump-branded items from 160 stores, which range from Kuwait, to the UAE, to Saudi Arabia, to Pakistan. “As one of the most popular home decor brands...
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