Trump doubles down on his racist tweets and the crowd in North Carolina

He disavowed the “Send her back” chant and then he doubled down by praising the crowd – this is just like Charlottesville.

It is pathetic how few Republicans pushed back against Trump’s racist comments. They know he will attack him and they will probably not get re-elected. They saw what happened to Flake and Corker.

"He always doubles down": Inside the political crisis caused by Trump's racist tweets, latest w/ @jdawsey1 @AshleyRParker @seungminkim https://t.co/EB42UyNZeT
— michaelscherer (@michaelscherer) July 20, 2019

Post-fact claim it was strategy by some Trump allies is similar to him saying he forecast AOC winning, when no aide heard him say that before her primary but many did after, when he would insist he saw it coming. https://t.co/Somw6bfKYu
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2019

"To watch raucous crowds of (mostly) white Americans unite in frenzied hatred of a black woman — to watch them cast her as a cancer on the body politic and a threat to a racialized social order — is to see the worst of our past play out in modern form." https://t.co/AEmpLfHhKG
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) July 20, 2019

Opinion: Those who don’t condemn Trump’s racism are complicit in his bigotry https://t.co/cTbK5WDCeq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 20, 2019

Every major western leader – Merkel, May, Trudeau, Macron – has condemned Trump’s racial invective. Can’t think of a parallel when America’s leading allies all censored US president. https://t.co/W8fOU35DBQ
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) July 19, 2019

Jon Meacham: "What the president's done here is, yet again, because he did it after Charlottesville and … when he was pushing the birther lie about Pres. Obama, is he has joined Andrew Johnson as the most racist president in American history." https://t.co/IkScd8sSkT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 20, 2019

“In 2007, the commission sued … on behalf of a … salesperson of Indian descent who was … told that he should ‘just go back where [he] came from.’ … The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals sided with EEOC[] [and] cited … the phrase several times in rendering its decision.” https://t.co/RtUgUzmt7M
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 20, 2019

Trump’s supposed Secret Political Genius is overblown – The Washington Post https://t.co/4u3AtVfp0c
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) July 19, 2019

Trump retweets a bigot

Trump retweets far-right British commentator praising his attacks on Omar https://t.co/ekI8h1G9dq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 20, 2019

Some context on the person whose tweet POTUS just quoted > https://t.co/bhSzKsvWTI
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 20, 2019

Thanks to Trump for getting Katie Hopkins trending on Twitter today so Americans can see the person Trump loves: A woman banned from South Africa for her racism and meets with Neo Nazis. She called a black man a "Jigga-boo," called for a Holocaust of Muslims. Details:
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 20, 2019

With Trump again retweeting the extreme racist — #KatieHopkins — four times today

This is a Must Read informative thread👇by @AdamWagner1 from June (the prior time Trump quote tweeted Hopkins).https://t.co/b6gtXv9mRn
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) July 20, 2019

Katie Hopkins was retweeted four times by Trump this morn. I wonder if he knows who she is. As but one example of her repulsive views, after the massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue last year which killed 11 Jewish worshippers, she pinned the blame on…a Jewish rabbi. pic.twitter.com/cFRpAvKWia
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) July 20, 2019

Racists liked Trump’s racist tweets

White supremacists were very supportive of Trump’s racist tweets.

Hate Watch: White supremacists celebrate Trump's racist tweets @sarasidnerCNN reports https://t.co/uxicXffDHN pic.twitter.com/PW0qfXt0Yq
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 16, 2019

Trump’s Twitter priorities

Since becoming president, Donald Trump has tweeted about:

✓Fox: 435x, including 198 tweets about Fox & Friends.
✓Hannity: 64x
✓Fake news: 437x
✓"Enemy of the People": 32x

✓Schools: 11x
✓Human rights: 4x
✓Infrastructure: 34x
✓Troops: 25x
✓Inequality: 0x
✓Climate: 3x
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 22, 2019

Trump’s urges a boycott of AT&T

I thought Republicans were big on free enterprise. They have been quiet as Trump suggests a boycott of AT&T because he doesn’t like the coverage he gets on their subsidiary CNN. This is how dictators act.

This is America. We don't have presidents who punish companies that don't flatter him. Nothing great again about taking America down the path of the despot. We have never had a President call for Americans to boycott a company he doesn't like. pic.twitter.com/U09NzyUzd5
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 4, 2019

This explains why the Trump Justice Department tried to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, a very unusual move for a “vertical” merger.

Government retaliation against a media organization based on its viewpoint violates the First Amendment.

It’s what tyrants do, not presidents. https://t.co/B2wvHaPybc
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 4, 2019

"A president calling for an economic boycott of one of the largest telecommunications companies because he doesn't like their news network … is completely norm-shattering," says @Hadas_Gold, as President Trump suggests a boycott of AT&T for carrying CNN. https://t.co/JSCy2AGhhF pic.twitter.com/iNcP2W94dW
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) June 3, 2019

Trump’s extreme language

No president in the last century would recognize the language Trump uses. But Goebbels would. https://t.co/xJkLBlwdUI
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) May 25, 2019

1/2: The @washingtonpost 's Dana @Milbank asked us to measure the polarity of Donald #trump 's language, how strongly positive or negative it is, and compare it to past presidents. The chart best illustrates the results. The column: https://t.co/IkGa4dECCL pic.twitter.com/1pVfaPVinb
— Factba.se (@FactbaseFeed) May 24, 2019

The media shouldn’t spread Trump’s nicknames for his opponents

The media helps Trump out by publicizing his immature and vile nicknames.

Never again should a media organization put one of Trump’s bullying nicknames in a headline. Or a tweet. Or a chyron. Or a news alert. … My new column https://t.co/cZ9aor1Km7
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) May 16, 2019

So I have a huge problem with media outlets rushing to indulge Trump's nicknames. I spoke to linguistics and story-telling experts in 2017, and they told me that epithets are among the sharpest weapons in Trump's rhetorical arsenal. More, today, for @CJR: https://t.co/1uw3F5Ah7z
— Jon Allsop (@Jon_Allsop) May 13, 2019

Trump talks with Putin about the “Russia hoax”

It appears he still accepts Putin’s word instead of the word of our intelligence agencies. What does Russia have on Trump?

Wow. The President of the United States just confirmed that he directly informed Vladimir Putin that he is not accepting the Mueller report's conclusion that Russia interfered in our 2016 election in "sweeping and systematic" fashion.

That seems problematic. https://t.co/QDxJxwwNJP
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 3, 2019

For all the "checking in with the boss" jokes – I just made one – Trump discussing the Mueller Report with Putin is a new line crossed in American politics. This presidency is a national emergency.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2019

Deleted tweet quoting NBC report that said Sanders said Trump discuses McGahn w Putin because a CNN reporter said it’s a mischaracherization of what she said.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 3, 2019

this concerns the NBC report discussed below

https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1124364585174278146?s=20

Fox News is State TV

Trump is pressuring them on who to broadcast and they are responding. He has tweeted many times about Fox News, praising shows that will be favorable to him. This is an unprecedented and inappropriate relationship between a network and a president.

The President controls a massive propaganda network that’s allowed to masquerade as the country’s biggest cable news outlet. https://t.co/0sQ7E9LSTz
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 26, 2019

Trump lies again about the VA

He has told this lie over and over.

You're claiming credit for the Veterans Choice and Accountability Act of … 2014? https://t.co/xfkSpJ8dRm
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 24, 2019

As always: Trump did not pass or sign the Choice bill. Obama did, in 2014. Trump signed the VA MISSION Act, which modified the Choice program. This is the 65th time he has made this claim.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2019

Conservative media outlets roundly mocked Ocasio-Cortez for saying the VA isn’t broken. Trump just said she was right (so he could take credit for the non-brokenness). pic.twitter.com/1RH0TIcdxa
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 24, 2019