Aaaaand the white supremacists officially join the party
by digby
I’m sure you all remember those robo-calls white supremacist Trump supporters have been running all over the country. Here’s a reminder:
Well, anyhoo, the man behind them,William Johnson, has been chosen as a Trump delegate to the national convention! Mother Jones has the scoop:
Johnson got the news that he had been selected by Trump in a congratulatory email sent to him by the campaign’s California delegate coordinator, Katie Lagomarsino. “I just hope to show how I can be mainstream and have these views,” Johnson tells Mother Jones. “I can be a white nationalist and be a strong supporter of Donald Trump and be a good example to everybody.”
Johnson says that in his application to be a delegate for Trump he disclosed multiple details about his background and activism, though he did not specifically use the term “white nationalist.” The Trump campaign and Lagomarsino did not immediately respond to requests for comment…
Armed with cash from affluent donors and staffed by what the movement considers to be its top thinkers, AFP now dedicates most of its resources to supporting Trump. Johnson claims that AFP’s pro-Trump robocalls, which have delivered Johnson’s personal cellphone number to voters in seven states, have helped the party find hundreds of new members. “[Trump] is allowing us to talk about things we’ve not been able to talk about,” Johnson says. “So even if he is not elected, he has achieved great things.”
Nobody can say that Trump has no outreach to underrepresented communities in America. Mainstreaming overt racism again is quite an achievement. If anybody can do it, he can.
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