# Now Hillary plays the KKK card **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 26, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983 "2016-08-26T02:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/201 "2016-08-29T18:46:40Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Can you provide a short list of “favorable” facts regarding Trump that the WaPo has failed to print? Why? > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Did you read [this WaPo story](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-speech-targeting-trump-clinton-accuses-him-of-peddling-hate/2016/08/25/fc3f1ade-6a78-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html) about Hillary’s speech? > > Here’s the header and lede: > Tit for tat. He said, she said. > > Hillary gave a detailed indictment of Trump’s racist statements, actions, and connections. Trump responded by calling her a bigot. And this was how the WaPo played it. Uh, okay. I think that’s a decent summary of the words that were exchanged that day. I’m not sure what you think it proves. Look, I know some posters here would love it if every news source would bash the shit out of Republicans continuously, while also giving ammunition to call Republicans liars when they charge the media is biased. I’m not sure what kind of reality that is, but whatever. But the WaPo’s coverage of Trump has been blistering – and as I’ve said before, I think that’s partially because he’s earned every word they print on him. But if the old saw of the conservative grievance of those damn liberal journalists attacking primarily Republicans ever comes up again, I’m sure a scan of the WaPo’s coverage of the election would feature prominently in that argument. Let’s just scan what I have on Top Stories on my Post app: 1. McCain is in the fight of his political life in the age of Trump 2. Why so many Iowa Republicans are embracing Trump 3. Trump’s response to his shoddy doctors letter? Call for Clinton to disclose more. 4. [story about Weiner/Abedin separation, not relevant] 5. [story about Lucy the Ape, not relevant] 6. Joe Scarborough: the devolution of the GOP 7. One of Trump’s biggest lies is falling apart 8. Does it matter if Trump is really crazy? 9. Where are the #NeverHillary Democrats? 10. 10 good questions for Hillary Clinton 11. Facebook promotes false article on Fox News’ Megyn Kelly (accusing her of being a Clinton supporter) And other, non-relevant stories after that. I’m happy to update what Top Stories I see from the Post, but I assure you that this negative (and well-earned) coverage of Trump is typical of the last several weeks. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/202 "2016-08-29T18:56:00Z")
Another KKK card was just added to the deck. > **[David Duke Robocall Urges Voters To Vote For Him And Donald Trump](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/david-duke-robocall-urges-voters-to-vote-for-him-and-donald)** > > "We're losing our country. Look at the Super Bowl salute to the Black Panther cop killers. It's time to stand up and vote for Donald Trump for president and vote for me, David Duke for the U.S. Senate." ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/203 "2016-08-29T18:59:02Z")
God, if Trump’s surrogates would just stop playing the “we’re all racists here” card, all would be able to see Hillary for the bigot she is! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/204 "2016-08-29T20:49:02Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > There you go again demanding that Hispanics like me just be comfortable with silence. > > And I do think it is grossly condescending for you to imply that all white Republicans, independents and some Democrats are racists or such enablers of racists that they will ignore the evidence Clinton was talking about. That’s not at all what I said. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/205 "2016-08-29T21:07:28Z")
> [@DonLogan](#): > > Yeah I agree with this. Calling out Trump, not every day in every speech, but conclusively and unambiguously like she did, is both good for her own stature, her campaign and for the country. And necessary. I actually agree with this. Of course Clinton can mention Trump’s racism; I just don’t think it’s particularly wise for her to be offering up lift-out quotes and sound bytes discussing race on a nightly basis. I think that could elevate the sensationalism of the campaign, and I don’t think that would play to her strengths. People have known for a good year that Trump was going to use race as an issue. Short of secret documents and photographs of Trump involved in human trafficking or running a plantation, I don’t know how else he could look any worse. The cake has been baked on that one. Others may disagree, which is fine as long as the orange one loses on election night. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/206 "2016-08-29T21:10:58Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Why? > > Uh, okay. I think that’s a decent summary of the words that were exchanged that day. I’m not sure what you think it proves. > > Look, I know some posters here would love it if every news source would bash the shit out of Republicans continuously, while also giving ammunition to call Republicans liars when they charge the media is biased. I’m not sure what kind of reality that is, but whatever. > > But the WaPo’s coverage of Trump has been blistering – and as I’ve said before, I think that’s partially because he’s earned every word they print on him. But if the old saw of the conservative grievance of those damn liberal journalists attacking primarily Republicans ever comes up again, I’m sure a scan of the WaPo’s coverage of the election would feature prominently in that argument. > > Let’s just scan what I have on Top Stories on my Post app: > > 1. McCain is in the fight of his political life in the age of Trump > 2. Why so many Iowa Republicans are embracing Trump > 3. Trump’s response to his shoddy doctors letter? Call for Clinton to disclose more. > 4. [story about Weiner/Abedin separation, not relevant] > 5. [story about Lucy the Ape, not relevant] > 6. Joe Scarborough: the devolution of the GOP > 7. One of Trump’s biggest lies is falling apart > 8. Does it matter if Trump is really crazy? > 9. Where are the #NeverHillary Democrats? > 10. 10 good questions for Hillary Clinton > 11. Facebook promotes false article on Fox News’ Megyn Kelly (accusing her of being a Clinton supporter) > > And other, non-relevant stories after that. I’m happy to update what Top Stories I see from the Post, but I assure you that this negative (and well-earned) coverage of Trump is typical of the last several weeks. Donald J Trump brought it on himself when he banned the Washington Post from following him on the campaign trail. I don’t know what kind of access the WaPo has now, but I’m assuming that they still aren’t on speaking terms. When you make the decision to cut reporters out of the information loop, you’re basically telling them to write whatever the hell they want about you – and that’s exactly what they’re doing. Trump allowed his balls to overload his brain. Now he’s dealing with the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/207 "2016-09-03T20:05:11Z")
Because this post belongs in a different thread, apparently: > [@Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/5625): > > [Trump’s learned how to dog-whistle, and he’s whistling right to the White Nationalists](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/trump-makes-white-nationa_b_11814808.html): > > > [@](#): > > > > We’ve admitted 59 million immigrants to the United States between 1965 and 2015. Many of these arrivals have greatly enriched our country. So true. But we now have an obligation to them and to their children to control future immigration as we are following, if you think, previous immigration waves… > > To keep immigration levels measured by population share within historical norms. To select immigrants based on their likelihood of success in U.S. society and their ability to be financially self- sufficient. > > We take anybody. Come on in, anybody. Just come on in. Not anymore. > > So, what’s the significance of 1965? That’s when we modified our immigration laws to no longer fear a brown planet: We passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which repealed the Emergency Quota Act (as modified in 1924), destroying the racial quota system that act imposed on immigration. Make no mistake: The Emergency Quota Act was a White Nationalist act, in that it aimed to preserve a White Nation, explicitly capping every race other than White European at very low levels. > > [MediaMatters has the evidence that the message is getting through](https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/31/white-nationalist-media-cheers-trump-s-almost-perfect-immigration-speech/212803): > > > [@Richard B. Spencer](#): > > > > Trump is returning to the ideas of the 1924 Immigration Act. > > > > Immigrants will reflect the racial makeup of the country.#AmericaFirst > > > [@Richard B. Spencer](#): > > > > 1965 will be repealed. > > > > 1924 will be revived. #TrumpAZ > > Richard B. Spencer is the founder of the alt-right movement. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/208 "2016-09-04T05:01:33Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Because this post belongs in a different thread, apparently: If this happens, there goes Silicon Valley. 90 - 95% of the students I’ve hired over the past 10 years, and 90-95% of the resumes I’ve seen are from people who would be shut out under 1924 rules. Make America Out of Date Again! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983/209 "2016-09-04T05:19:18Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > If this happens, there goes Silicon Valley. 90 - 95% of the students I’ve hired over the past 10 years, and 90-95% of the resumes I’ve seen are from people who would be shut out under 1924 rules. > Make America Out of Date Again! 95% of the applicants or 95% of the immigrant applicants? I’ve gotta think white men make up more than 5% of CS majors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-hillary-plays-the-kkk-card/763983.md?page=10)