Amid mounting protests against the death of George Floyd and other unarmed black Americans, President Trump took to Twitter early May 29, calling protesters “thugs” and warning, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
When President Trump advocates violence against political opponents and protest groups, extremists hear approval for their actions. Trump’s tweet glorifies violence against protesters and coincides with the president’s and the Republican Party’s history of encouraging harm against Black Lives Matter protesters. Right-wing extremists have previously responded to such calls with violence and have already responded favorably to Trump’s tweets threatening “shooting,” raising fears that some may act amid the violence and tension surrounding public health closures amid the ongoing global pandemic.
Showing posts with label Bill O’Reilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bill O’Reilly. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Josh Carples: The War on Christmas 2015: Breakfast Blend
Editor’s note: This is the first official update on the War on Christmas since we risked our lives on the front lines in 2012. We were unprepared for the next two years because as we all know, the world was supposed to end in December of that year. Please review the last update from the field here: Warning: The War on Christmas is in full effect.
Before the turkey could even get shoved into the oven to later be consumed for the bodily energy needed to trample our fellow Americans on the ever-encroaching hours of Black Friday, the first shot rang out on the annual face-off we’ve come to lovingly call the “War on Christmas.”
Before the turkey could even get shoved into the oven to later be consumed for the bodily energy needed to trample our fellow Americans on the ever-encroaching hours of Black Friday, the first shot rang out on the annual face-off we’ve come to lovingly call the “War on Christmas.”
Friday, February 14, 2014
Sam Fulwood III: What will be the political discourse post-Obama?
During his largely insipid Super Bowl Sunday interview with President Barack Obama, a preening Bill O’Reilly played to his audience of know-little Fox News watchers by pretending to ask the president tough and probing questions.
What a joke! All O’Reilly accomplished was to reload the ammunition for the wingnuts who continue to believe the president is a Marxist, socialist Kenyan bent on destroying their beloved nation. And, in the process, drive up the Fox News ratings to a 10-month high, allowing it to demand higher advertising revenues.
What a joke! All O’Reilly accomplished was to reload the ammunition for the wingnuts who continue to believe the president is a Marxist, socialist Kenyan bent on destroying their beloved nation. And, in the process, drive up the Fox News ratings to a 10-month high, allowing it to demand higher advertising revenues.
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