Kamala Campaign Resurrects Old, False Slur That Trump Supported Nazis
In what appears to be an organized effort, Democrats are pushing untrue information
The government, news media, and social media behemoths have proven through their terrible track record that they have no business being arbiters of facts and censors of public information. They have typically used their power to interfere in elections against Donald Trump, suppress opinions (and even true facts) they don’t like, further the agenda of Big Pharma and other corporate and political interests, and smear opponents.
So while I don’t support censorship, it’s worth noting that if these entities were serious and fair about their motivations for censoring supposed misinformation, they would be knocking Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her campaign off the public radar for this whopper resurrected from seven years ago: According to a recent Kamala HQ tweet: “7 years ago today, white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched on Charlottesville, chanting racist and antisemitic bile and killing an innocent woman. This is who Donald Trump calls ‘very fine people’.”
The tweet was viewed by 3.7 million people as of this writing.
The truth is, Trump not only didn’t say that—he said the opposite in numerous ways. He stated, for example, “we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. It has no place in America.”
But President Joe Biden repeated the false slur Monday night at the Democratic National Convention, and so did Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1825690958895223139).
They surely know what they are saying is untrue (even liberal-leaning and sometimes dishonest Snopes had to acknowledge the fact), yet there seems to be an organized effort to push out the untrue information, anyway. The Democrats’ campaign research must tell them that this false story resonates with voters.
It’s a long time trend.
As Trump ascended to political prominence and popularity in 2015, left-wing, pro Big Pharma, Soros-funded group Media Matters was part of an organized campaign to portray Trump as racist. That was after their efforts to paint him as a “clown” and then “dark” and “dangerous” failed to resonate.
The news media provided a big assist to the Democrats’ campaign by attacking Trump and demanding he disavow racism and white supremacy no matter how many times he’d already done so.
As early as 2000, Trump distanced himself from racial hatred. NBC’s Matt Lauer interviewed Trump about the Reform Party, which Trump called “self-destructing” because of its affiliation with racists.
“What do you see as the biggest problem with the Reform Party right now?” asked Lauer.
“Well, you’ve got David Duke [former leader of the racist group Ku Klux Klan] just joined — a bigot, a racist, a problem. I mean, this is not exactly the people you want in your party,” replied Trump at the time.
The same year, the New York Times reported that Trump stated, “The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. Fulani. This is not company I wish to keep.”
Below is my original fact check and links regarding the “Nazis are Fine People” hoax.
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Attkisson Fact Check of “Nazis are Very Fine People” Claim
On Aug. 15, 2017, at a news conference, President Trump gave an initial response to protests in Charlottesville, Va. The media falsely reported that Trump referred to Nazis and white supremacists as “very fine people.”
In fact, Trump explicitly, repeatedly condemned any white supremacists. He stated, for example, “we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence. It has no place in America.”
Trump also stated, “I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups. But not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue of Robert E. Lee.” And Trump added, “you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
Trump was condemning Nazis and white supremacists, and made the explicit distinction that not everyone who was protesting fell into that category.
Trump’s full remarks at left leaning Politifact
Yup and Joe tripled down on “ Bloodbath “ and “Dictator on Day One”. I heard both of those reference live. It was clear what Trump meant. One would think Democrats would take offense at being manipulated but evidently their TDS spares them any clarity.
It wouldn’t matter if was DeSantis, Cruz, Haley, or any other opponent. They would use the same playbook, strategy and tactics. They can get away with it as long as the mainstream media and Hollywood and most of Big Tech and Big Pharma are on their side. What baffles me is how they can live with themselves as chronic promoters of lies and deception. They must have enormous insecurity with their jobs and/or finances AND very little to zero belief in God.