Over two dozen Trump nominees won’t endorse the Brown vs. Board of Education decision

Today is the 65th anniversary of this landmark Supreme Court decision against school segregation. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t agree with it….unless you’re a racist.

Sherrilyn Ifill: For nearly 65 years, the legal consensus around Brown was unequivocal. But since April 2018, more than two dozen Trump nominees, including new judge Wendy Vitter and deputy attorney general Jeffrey Rosen, have declined to endorse it. https://t.co/75hVzmBpaU
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 17, 2019

Today is the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Bd of Educ. Yet while we celebrate this anniversary and its beneficial impact on millions of Americans, Trump has nominated and McConnell’s Senate has confirmed numerous judicial nominees who REFUSE to say Brown was correctly decided. Sad
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 17, 2019

Sez @Eugene_Scott : Brown embodies the legal foundation on which all other desegregation decisions were based and the principle on which our federal civil rights laws were premised.https://t.co/9d1xR0Rvvh
— Vanessa Williams (@WaPoVanessa) May 17, 2019

Brown v. Board of Education is more than a historic ruling. It paved the way for #CivilRights progress & laid the foundation for equal protection under the law. Refusing to affirm #BrownvBoard is to lack fidelity to the rule of law. More via @USATODAY: https://t.co/c4cb3GM15X
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) May 17, 2019

1/2 I’m with ⁦@Sifill_LDF⁩. Brown v. Board gave black children the right to attend school with white children & ended separate but equal. If you won’t commit to Brown in your confirmation hearing, you shouldn’t be a federal judge or the Deputy AG. https://t.co/sv1SSl1nKJ
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 13, 2019

51% of Republicans do not think white supremacists are a threat

ICYMI
Do you think that white supremacist groups pose a threat to the United States?
ALL
Yes 65%
No 29%
Dem.
Yes 88%
No 9%
Ind.
Yes 66%
No 29%
Rep.
Yes 41%
No 51%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 3/21-25/19)
trend: https://t.co/kj08CIY1oa
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 26, 2019

Black workers have seen the smallest wage increases

More evidence of racism in America.

“The disparity suggests black workers aren’t benefiting to the same degree as others from what is by several measures the best labor market in nearly half a century.” https://t.co/LyoPaRHujd
— Errin Haines Whack (@emarvelous) April 17, 2019

Donate money to rebuild the three black churches destroyed by arson

The $1.8 million goal to rebuild these three historically black churches has just been exceeded. Twitter is a truly great place. Faith in humanity restored. https://t.co/86bzKAa1dl
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 18, 2019

While good people of all faiths open their hearts and wallets to rebuilding an international symbol of faith rocked by tragedy, please don’t forget three historically black churches burned to the ground and still picking up the pieces right here at home.https://t.co/NfqHvv7JLE
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) April 15, 2019

A crowdfunding campaign for 3 fire-ravaged black churches in Louisiana received nearly $400,000 after it was widely shared on social media https://t.co/6kx7MCmY8H
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2019

Please share 3 historic black churches were set on fire because of racism. Please help rebuild these important historical monuments- https://t.co/13ohYWUkC6
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) April 17, 2019

54. The blessings continue to flow in!!!

Ravens owner contributes $100K toward rebuilding historically black churches burned in arson https://t.co/AGBaR23DOE
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) April 18, 2019

Another Trump nominee won’t say that Brown v. Board of Education was correct

Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case that resulted in a ruling that school segregation was unconstitutional.

Now, another Trump nominee won’t say that it was correctly decided. This is racism right out in the open.

Jeffrey Rosen, DAG nominee, declines to say if Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided https://t.co/GWSClINu96

This puts him in the same camp as a number of Trump's judicial nominees, including Judges Wendy Vitter and Andrew Oldham
— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) April 10, 2019

If you can’t agree that Brown v Board, SCOTUS’s 1954 education desegregation case, was decided correctly, you don’t belong at DOJ, let alone in the no. 2 position. https://t.co/wq2BN3LQQG
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 10, 2019

Burnings of black churches

I certainly think you can attribute this to Trump’s encouragement of white supremacism.

Trump and Pence quickly tweeted sympathy after the Notre Dame fire but said nothing about the black churches that burned.

“They burned down a building,” said the Rev. Harry J. Richard, whose Greater Union Baptist Church was among those destroyed in a series of suspicious fires. “They didn’t burn down our spirit.” https://t.co/NHQdVyWy0k pic.twitter.com/36SoFCrguk
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) April 9, 2019

Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case.

More at @nytimes: https://t.co/llcXMaR1Jg
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) April 6, 2019

The spike in church burnings in Southern states like #Tennessee & #Louisiana is a reflection of the emboldened racial rhetoric and tension spreading across the country. @NAACP stands vigilant to ensure that authorities conduct full investigations. https://t.co/mNczyhbDUr
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) April 8, 2019

So glad @CNN continues to cover the #burning of #blackchurches in #Louisiana. #thisis2019 https://t.co/VKIylRxftK
— Robbin Simmons (@RobbinSimmons7) April 9, 2019

Why aren't Pence or Trump speaking out about the 3 historically black churches in Louisiana burned down?

Hint: They are bigots.
— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) April 16, 2019

Analysis: Trump and Pence tweeted about Notre Dame fire but said nothing when 3 black churches burned https://t.co/YH863rMfYw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2019

Republicans use liars to deny the problem with white supremacists

Today’s House hearing on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism included Republican witnesses who lied about history. Republicans don’t want to deal with white supremacists because they are a large part of the Trump cult.

The Republican guests in today’s House hearing on white nationalist terrorism were there to distract from the fact that white supremacists are a vital GOP voting bloc, and that their extremism is to be tolerated. Read @CharlesPPierce. https://t.co/8uJ68ynXPL
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 9, 2019

Oh man. Rep. Ted Lieu now playing a tape of Candace Owens, who is sitting right there, saying it would have been fine if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great. pic.twitter.com/BIIQGOeKPC
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) April 9, 2019

Serious question: Which Republican invited Candace Owens to speak as an expert at a hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism?

Her views on this issue are out of line with the public and the data. And what is her expertise in this area? https://t.co/5GAE2PasIH
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019

"The political realignment that began as a result of the civil rights movement in the 1960s is well documented … In fact, when Ken Mehlman was RNC chairman, he effectively apologized for that political strategy at the 2005 NAACP national convention." https://t.co/MpA9YFbZYr
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 9, 2019

During House hearing today, @replouiegohmert and Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, promoted a conspiracy theory that the media somehow misreported Trump's comments about "very fine people" participating in a white supremacist rally in Virginia. pic.twitter.com/LksqnmFh8L
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 9, 2019

Tomorrow's House hearings on Hate Crimes and White Nationalism will feature, in addition to Candace Owens (??), avowed white supremacist @MortonAKlein7. This drawing features actual statements Mort has made.
Full list: https://t.co/kqKNHeQywR via @russelneiss pic.twitter.com/I1dETugWL4
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) April 8, 2019

Mort Klein is now telling Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, a man who is at this white supremacy on social media hearing because he lost two daughters and a son-in-law in a hate crime, about the "aspects of the Quran that promote murder" and that "we need to have Muslims step up."
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) April 9, 2019

Dr. Abu Salha’s daughters, Yusor and Razan, were killed in a hate crime. Razan wanted to be an architect; Yusor a dentist. They loved the beach.

Today Dr. Salha is sharing his story with @HouseJudiciary. I’m thankful for his bravery.

We must stop white nationalist violence. pic.twitter.com/ZgXLW1uNEY
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) April 9, 2019

Racist and anti-Semitic YouTube users overwhelmed the official YouTube livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism https://t.co/h36kBRg9xi
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 9, 2019

House Judiciary Cmte. hearing Tuesday about the rise of white nationalism unleashed a wave of online hate speech, prompting YouTube to turn off chats on livestreams of the hearing. https://t.co/nVM3iHIzEu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 9, 2019

UPDATE: House lawmakers who held a hearing on white nationalism grilled Facebook and Google. At the same time, users posted racist screeds on YouTube. Meanwhile, GOP-invited witnesses called the hearing a political stunt. https://t.co/V6F7mNLaNo
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) April 9, 2019

YouTube today disabled comments on a livestream of a House Judiciary hearing on hate speech and white nationalism, citing the presence of "hateful" messageshttps://t.co/ordoaD76It
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2019

To be clear, Candace Owens, who claims the Southern Strategy never existed, was the BEST the GOP had for this House Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes. (Below is a great explanation of the Southern Strategy via @RanttMedia.) pic.twitter.com/8GsxalqNl9
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) April 9, 2019