• @Snowclone@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      George HW Bush denounced David Duke as an insincere charlatan with a record of nothing but ugly hate, and then he was defeated in his run for a second term by Clinton, a southern Democrat who ran on racist anti immigrant rhetoric. The Republicans have never backed off fierce anti immigrant rhetoric since.

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        George HW Bush denounced David Duke as an insincere charlatan

        Then did laps around Bob Jones University collecting donor checks.

    • OptionalOP
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      111 months ago

      Half right is better than full nazi.

      But - hey, okay, fine let the GQP attack nazis for being “national socialists” and let’s see what happens. (Spoiler: they’re not going to do that. And only partly because they don’t know what “national socialism” is)

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        211 months ago

        Half right is better than full nazi.

        “My opponents are Nazis for raising my taxes” is not the critique of Nazism you think it is.

        • OptionalOP
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          111 months ago

          Oh dear my retort was removed for being uncivil.

          tsk tsk. Ah well. Perhaps one of the pre-built and pre-approved response options will prove illuminating.

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