Republican racism began before Trump

An excellent opinion column by Goldie Taylor

My latest @thedailybeast >> The GOP’s Racist Rot Began Long Before Trump https://t.co/T8d7xEsYxh

— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) June 23, 2018

“Witch Hunt”

Trump is using “witch hunt” more frequently in his tweets. I wonder what that means.

Trump tweets about the “witch hunt”

May 2017: 3 times
June 2017: 5 times
July 2017: 6 times
Oct 2017: 1 time
Dec 2017: 2 times
Jan 2018: 1 time
Feb 2018: 3 times
March 2018: 2 times
April 2018: 9 times
May 2018: 20 times
June 2018: 22 times

— David P Gelles (@gelles) June 23, 2018

Trump never shows the victims of mass shootings

This is a great tweet by Asha Rangappa (who does an excellent job when she is on CNN as an expert):

Funny how you never gather to hear from the AMERICAN VICTIMS of MASS SHOOTINGS. pic.twitter.com/frEgv2eClW

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 23, 2018

I’m sure the NRA would be unhappy if Trump treated mass shootings the same as killings by illegal immigrants. I am certainly sympathetic to the victims and families of murders by illegal immigrants. However, Trump is just exploiting them to further his bigoted anti-immigrant agenda.

Trump lies about the diversity lottery

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/1010250976111005699

Trump repeats his regular lie about the diversity visa lottery, falsely claiming other countries "put their absolute worst in a bin and start drawing people."

Individuals enter themselves in the lottery. The State Department conducts the lottery, not foreign countries.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2018

examples of people who benefitted from the lottery

Hello yes I won the Diversity Lottery. The gov't of my country of birth did not even know I entered, I did not need their clearance and certainly was not encouraged by them. I DID however need the US's clearance, which took time effort money and background checks. FWIW.

— Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir MPH&PhD (@kristjanahronn) June 22, 2018

When @Abdi_Iftin won the U.S. Diversity Visa lottery, he chose June 20, #WorldRefugeeDay, as his birthday. Today he reminds us that "the luckiest people are those who get to be born in free and peaceful countries."https://t.co/dUhw0m9FSt

— Alfred A. Knopf (@AAKnopf) June 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/S0nofaB1tch/status/1010259817640759297

Trump signed tax returns for his foundation that contained incorrect information

It’s a felony to knowingly file a false return.

The four times Trump signed tax returns for his foundation that contained incorrect information via @fahrenthold https://t.co/PoO62z0rUU

— Brooke Anne Lorenz (@BrookeLorenz) June 22, 2018

The Trump administration tried to suppress a report that American troops and their families were drinking unsafe water

Fearing bad PR, the White House and EPA tried to suppress a report that American troops and their families were potentially drinking unsafe drinking water at 126 military bases throughout the U.S. https://t.co/DwfATqDDp6

— Evan Siegfried (@evansiegfried) June 22, 2018

Americans are being hurt by Trump’s tariffs and the foreign response

Trump’s tariffs are backfiring.

“Real families are being crushed by these tariffs right now." U.S. papers around the country are running stories about how local businesses are being hurt by Trump's tariffs. One from Wisconsin: https://t.co/lc01yituPG

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2018

Tariffs against European automobiles sold stateside could cost 195,000 U.S. jobs. Retaliatory tariffs against American cars could cost more than triple that https://t.co/ON84bKXO7h pic.twitter.com/GRiF8eKPsv

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 22, 2018

500 employees in one of the poorest counties in Missouri are about to lose their jobs because of Trump: https://t.co/21w02r4D1h

— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 22, 2018

There are lots of stories like this. How Trump's tariffs on European steel will hurt the Mack Truck factory in Pennsylvania completely aside from the retaliatory tariffs: https://t.co/ubPmdlConN pic.twitter.com/wDso9ReSSV

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2018

A Trump supporting soybean farmer whose farm has lost ≈ $250k in value due to tariffs: “This isn't just numbers on a sheet or percentage of trade or dollar value. This is multi-generational American families, your base, that you are now squarely putting into financial peril." https://t.co/Ti2PNNEKmQ

— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) June 22, 2018

In response to Trump's tariffs, the European Union is imposing tariffs on $3,400,000,000 in American products, from whiskey and motorcycles to peanuts and cranberries. https://t.co/Bg221LvDT9

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 22, 2018

"Trump’s tariff on steel imports…has caused a southeast Missouri nail manufacturer to lose about 50% of its business in two weeks…. The company…has laid off 60 temporary workers. It could slash 200 more jobs by the end of July and be out of business around Labor Day"

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) June 22, 2018

Thanks to Bedford County farmers for hosting me last week for a listening session on the new tariffs. Farmers around TN have spoken loud & clear–they're concerned about these retaliatory tariffs. It's like taking an ax to a problem that needs a scalpel. https://t.co/kI00CErqga pic.twitter.com/7GHVXJoAl8

— Phil Bredesen (@PhilBredesen) June 22, 2018

In comments at odds with his home state's whiskey distillers, Kentucky's Republican governor is downplaying fears the EU's retaliatory tariffs could disrupt the booming market for the Bluegrass state's iconic bourbon industry. https://t.co/31usLva661 pic.twitter.com/qX9tLDBaDj

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 22, 2018

Tariffs Stir Unrest Among Whiskey Producers, reports @AP https://t.co/T7n1T5Vq5D pic.twitter.com/5HC0bJlVMS

— Distilled Spirits (@DistilledSpirit) June 22, 2018

Peanut farmers in Mississippi love Trump, but they don't love his trade war. European peanut butter tariffs are about to bite. https://t.co/iRq2uDILUF pic.twitter.com/umIjDV3W3w

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) June 23, 2018

Trump's tariffs are damaging Missouri's economy and making Claire McCaskill look conservative https://t.co/LWLh3j3zzB by @PhilipWegmann pic.twitter.com/30QWl6M5UZ

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 22, 2018

Republicans’ views of college have turned much more negative

In 2017, just 36% of Republicans and Republican leaners said colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country, an 18-percentage-point decline from two years prior. https://t.co/Ep2C0ZPlVq pic.twitter.com/BShoFnKMfV

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) June 16, 2018

This article notes “A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (58%) now say that colleges and universities have a negative effect on the country, up from 45% last year. By contrast, most Democrats and Democratic leaners (72%) say colleges and universities have a positive effect, which is little changed from recent years.”

Gallup poll

An opinion column on why many Republicans hate college

Unauthorized immigration is still far below historic levels

Nielsen: There is an “illegal immigration crisis” on our southern border.

Unauthorized immigration is increasing from a nearly five-decade low last year and is still far below historic levels. pic.twitter.com/q8YVHMIj6Y

— Noah Lanard (@nlanard) June 18, 2018

The total number of people apprehended for illegally crossing the southern U.S. border has been steadily falling for almost two decades. It's a long-term trend that sociologists, economists and federal officials have been tracking for years. https://t.co/2JxLf83ZfD pic.twitter.com/xcZzGJlX7P

— NPR (@NPR) June 25, 2018

Trump and other white men make decisions on immigration

You might not know this about me, but I'm a white guy. And as a white guy, I would encourage @realDonaldTrump & his fellow GOP white guys to consult a not-white-guy in their efforts to enact comprehensive immigration reform in less than 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/EkmCux3Nnm

— Rep. Joe Kennedy III (@RepJoeKennedy) June 20, 2018

"The optics of having all white men, most of them older, making decisions about populations they are not part of reinforces some of the largest concerns people of color have had about this administration." https://t.co/rPh53s5CIw

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 21, 2018

Sad!