As Stephen Starr reports, for weeks now, JD Vance has been spreading malicious lies about Springfield, Ohio, and its Haitian community as he campaigns, knowing as he does so that these lies :were initially spread online in August on social platforms us...
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"I’s important to see that what they are doing follows a strategy.
It’s the exact same pattern we’ve witnessed in recent cycles. And it ties directly into Donald Trump’s killing of the immigration bill in the Senate earlier this year."
~ David Pepper
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #NeoNazi #hate #violence #xenophobia
/10The Sick GOP Strategy Re. Springfield
The Same Tactic Every Two Years--and How We Respond
(davidpepper.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Fully aware that most of what they stand for is deeply unpopular (think abortion bans, Project 2025, and most everything Trump and Vance talk about), what’s happening around Springfield and Haitian migrants is now their playbook come election time....
To advance an agenda that most of the population disagrees with—to 'shape' the electorate in your favor—you need to divide that otherwise united majority over something else.
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #hate #violence
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"And the candidate for 'something else' too often turns out to be race. So time and again, the far right’s attack on democracy comes wrapped in an unvarnished appeal to racial prejudices, stereotypes, fear, and outright racism."
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #NeoNazi #hate #violence #xenophobia
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Two schools in Springfield had to be evacuated today because of your bullshit. This has gone way beyond offensive. You’re literally endangering people’s lives with your dishonest rhetoric. How do you sleep at night?"
~ Rex Huppke quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #NeoNazi #hate #violence #xenophobia
/13Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: An unhinged Trump week ends with a bang
Matt Gertz/ Media Matters: Why the MAGA movement can’t cut loose toxic liabilities like Tucker Carlson and Laura Loomer What it takes to get kicked out of the MAGA movement Right-wing media ...
Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"In less than a week, a series of social-media posts from J. D. Vance and MAGA supporters and a debate-stage remark from Donald Trump have escalated into bomb threats and school evacuations."
~ Isabel Fattal
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #NeoNazi #hate #violence #xenophobia
/14The Springfield Effect
Trump and Vance spread racist memes that turned into bomb threats and school evacuations.
The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Yesterday, Springfield’s mayor, Rob Rue, reported that the city had received multiple bomb threats via email, consisting of 'hateful language towards immigrants and Haitians'; the threats prompted the evacuation of Springfield City Hall, two schools, and a local Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles facility. Today, a second wave of threats led to the evacuation of multiple city buildings and two elementary schools."
#Trump #JDVance #Springfield #Ohio #Haitians #NeoNazi #hate #violence
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Estarriol, Cat owned Dragonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy not Springfield Ohio, they think it is the Springfield in the Simpsons.
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MylesRydenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
It is just Nixon's "Southern Strategy" over and over again.
Trump is the logical conclusion of the GOP being a racist, criminal organization since Goldwater.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to MylesRyden last edited by
@MylesRyden Yes. Having grown up in the US South during the Civil Rights movement and continuing to live there, I've always seen clearly that everything the Republican party is now hinges entirely on its embrace of white Southerners, most of them evangelicals, who were infuriated when the Democrats promoted civil rights for people of color, and who made a mass exodus to the Republican party as a result. I know these folks and what makes them tick.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Estarriol last edited by
@Thebratdragon So it seems. A quintessentially American place name replicated in state after state, connoting naive dreams of peace, concord, the American city on a hill showing the world how to live properly.
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Estarriol, Cat owned Dragonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy yeah but we all know neither vance nor trump could find springfield ohio on a map, I doubt they could find ohio either for that matter.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Estarriol last edited by
@Thebratdragon I've read that yesterday, Trump said the Springfield Haitians need to go back to Venezuela.
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John Rreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I’m under the impression, now, that Haitians aren’t the problem. It’s radical Republicans and their domestic terrorism.
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John Rreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
Mayor Pete says the goal of this misinformation campaign is to get people talking about this nonsense instead of talking about Trump’s record of failures and his unpopular stance on the major issues. Basically flood the zone with bullshit. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to John R last edited by
@thejohnr Yes, I think that's good analysis. I also think it would be dangerous for us not to talk about all of this, when vulnerable people are being targeted and need to be defended.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to John R last edited by
@thejohnr Yes, well-stated.