Red
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Does anyone think Biden supports Spencer? So if Biden fails to denounce him, are we going to think he actually supports white supremacists?
could we say the same about Trump?
Biden will never be confused for a white supremacist. Gaffes involving blacks, yes, but the contrast with Trump is stark.
Trump has a pattern that’s easy to spot a mile away by now. If there is any stink on a guy, Trump didn’t know him, or might have met him once, or he was only around for a week, or, in the case of Duke, “I don’t know anything about him”. (He’s really thinking “that’s part of my base”). This distancing himself from stink happens so predictably that nobody could be blamed for just assuming he’s best friends with Duke. He’s not, I don’t think, but he knew part of his base would appreciate it if he did not outright repudiate Duke, so of course he didn’t.
For the same reason he did not repudiate QAnon. He knows people who believe he’s going to bust an evil ring of pedophile cannibals are part of his base.
Notice more QAnon supporters flexing their muscle as part of his base? And according to Trump, “they like me”, and “they love their country”. This has got to be the strangest brand of emergent fascism yet. I mean in history. A fascist who is depending in part on QAnon conspiracists. It’s some kind of Twilight Zone version of fascism. It’s like a portion of the country is going flat out nuts. And they’re part of his base.