White nationalist and anti-Semite David Duke recently urged listeners to his radio show to vote for Donald Trump and to volunteer for Trump’s campaign. For Republicans, that’s pretty much business as usual, argued Chauncey DeVega in a Sunday article for Daily Kos.
“In the post-civil rights era conservatism and racism are one and the same thing. Because of that dynamic, the Republican Party is the United States’ largest white identity organization,” DeVega claimed. “Donald Trump is the hell spawn of decades of Republican racism and white supremacy. They can try to deny their bastard child…but the world will still know his parentage.”
From DeVega’s piece (bolding added):
The Republican Party’s “problems” with the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy are much bigger than Donald Trump…
The Ku Klux Klan was not coincidental to how the Republican Party was able to win over white, southern—and formerly Democratic—voters. The Ku Klux Klan was integral to that process…
…The Southern Democrats who founded the Ku Klux Klan would eventually become the Republicans and conservatives of the post-civil rights era. Moreover, these supposed defenders of “civil rights” and the legacy of Abraham Lincoln have feverishly worked to limit the voting rights of African Americans in the Age of Obama…
In the post-civil rights era conservatism and racism are one and the same thing. Because of that dynamic, the Republican Party is the United States’ largest white identity organization…
Racial animus, overt racism, nativism, and bigotry are not extreme or uncommon attitudes among Republican voters…Not all Republicans are racists, but racists are much more likely to be attracted to the Republican Party…
Donald Trump is the hell spawn of decades of Republican racism and white supremacy. They can try to deny their bastard child…but the world will still know his parentage.
