can you please talk about yeah, atmospheric is a good word. what straw men like him, do is they come in, and they address themselves to every form of extremist. they create a big tent, so you have races who hate black and brown people. you have antisemites, you have neo-nazis, all of these people found a place in donald trump s movement. and it is important that he called it a movement at the beginning. because they are extremists, such as lone wolf actors who don t like parties and establishments. you have anti government extremist. they don t maybe like parties. they like movements. there is a reason that hate crimes of all types, anti black, anti asian, antisemitic, all
shootings, hostage taking, assaults on jews in broad daylight in new york city, it goes on and on. will this be a der ternt? i think it s too soon to tell. but when the systems work, when justice is served, that s a sign to would-be antisemites, whether they are extremists or from the left, that there s no place for this kind of rhetoric. that alone is a very important message. thot just to the culprits, but to the jewish community. to know that the systems can work for us, and that we can be protected as well. as you re talking, i m thinking about texas. that attack, i was there. i went and visited that synagogue and talked to a couple of the people who survived. it was a hostage standoff. but the person who held them hostage was ultimately killed by
speakers, including the hitler was fighting the same people we are guy, they were dropped from it will no longer be speaking at trump s property or sharing a stage with trump s son. progress, right? sort of. for starters, even though they will not be appearing at this event, these two speakers are still on the reawaken america tour and its lineup for future events, which means that trump s property is still very much hosting an organization promoting known antisemites, even if those precise known antisemites will be skipping this particular leg of the tour. it s like seeing a touring production of cats, and the play bill say is that understudies will be playing the parts of mr mistoffoles and rum tum tugger, my favorite characters from cats. who did not get booted from
not alone. the real reawakened america tour is a who s who of election deniers and insurrectionists and sympathizers. aaron trump, his wife laura trump, roger stone, the pillow salesman, sydney powell, peter navarro, as my colleague rachel maddow reported on monday, that lineup previously included to brilliant antisemites. they ve since been booted from the tour, or at least the stop at the republican presidential front runners or in florida. but no credit is due for that because you should not actually have to disinvite their friends from your event. look, liberalism conspiracy theories, antisemitism, they ve all been around forever they are not even uniquely american pensions. what is different in modern america is that there is this weird overlap going on. extremists can be armed. they cannot obtain very deadly weapons very easily. one year ago, a white supremacist murdered black people at a buffalo supermarket because they were black people, using an ar-15. six days ago, a nazi
sort of. for starters, even though they will not be appearing at this event, these two speakers are still on the reawaken america tour and its lineup for future events, which means that trump s property is still very much hosting an organization promoting known antisemites, even if those precise known antisemites will be skipping this particular leg of the tour. it s like seeing a touring production of cats, and the play bill say is that understudies will be playing the parts of mr. mistoffelees and rum tum tugger, my favorite characters from cats. who did not get booted from trump s property are not without their own controversies, including speakers like a convicted capitol rioter, a leading promoter of the qanon and pizzagate conspiracies, and a doctor who believes that demon sperm and alien dna are responsible for many of america s health problems.