Monday, October 29, 2018

Trump Log #67: This Week in Hate

This week 11 people were killed in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, two black people were killed in a Kroger Grocery Store by a white supremacist in Kentucky and 14 Democrats were sent bombs in the mail by a man who thought of Trump as his father figure. Just another week in America? Maybe. The new normal? Perhaps.It doesn't have to be that way.

You cannot draw a direct line between Trump and these heinous acts, but the country's leader sets a tone so, perhaps a dotted line is more appropriate. He has advocated violence against his opposition a number of times at his rallies. He refers to a group of refugees as "America's greatest threat" and lies about there being Middle Easterners hiding among them ... as if being a Middle Easterner, itself, is a bad thing. He called white supremacist marchers "good people" in Charlottesville. His dog-whisper hate ridden rhetoric is a call to arms to every nutbag across the country.

You can help to stop this.  Please remember to vote next week. 

Trump Log:

Monday 10/22/18 - Trump threatens to cut off all aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. (Source: New York Times)

Tuesday 10/23/18 - Under Trump, everything is politicized. Now judges, who make rulings on the veterans disability claims, will be grilled about their political leanings before they are appointed. (Source: Washington Post)

Wednesday 10/24/18 - When Trump lies, often his staff have to scramble, attempting to reverse engineer the truth. (Source: Washington Post)

Thursday 10/25/18 - Do you remember Trump complaining about Hillary's unsecure email server and his supporters chanting "Lock her up!" He still hasn't given up his personal unsecure iPhone that is being hacked by the Chinese and Russians. (Source: New York Times)

Friday 10/26/18 - According to a Pew Research Center survey, more than half of Hispanics in the US feel that life has gotten worse for them under Trump. (Source: Washington Post)

Saturday 10/27/18 - There is no crisis on US's southern border, yet Trump is doubling down with his hateful narrative. (Source: Washington Post)

Sunday 10/28/18 - We can differ in our opinions on whether Trump should cancel a rally on the day of a synagogue shooting. But we can all agree that the president shouldn't lie when he justifies having it. No, the NYSE didn't open on 9/12/01. He lies about facts you can easily verify and yet his supporters don't seem to care. (Source: Slate)

Prior Trump Logs:
Issue # 1 - posted November 15th, 2016
Issue # 2 - posted November 22nd, 2016
Issue # 3 - posted November 29th, 2016
Issue # 4 - posted December 6, 2016
Issue # 5 - posted December 12, 2016
Issue # 6 - posted December 19, 2016
Issue # 7 - posted December 26, 2016
Issue # 8 - posted January 3, 2017
Issue # 9 - posted January 10, 2017
Issue #10 - posted January 17, 2017
Issue #11 - posted January 24, 2017
Issue #12 - posted January 31, 2017
Issue #13 - posted February 7, 2017
Issue #14 - posted February 14, 2017
Issue #15 - posted February 21, 2017
Issue #16 - posted February 28, 2017
Issue #17 - posted March 7, 2017
Issue #18 - posted March 14, 2017
Issue #19 - posted March 21, 2017
Issue #20 - posted March 28, 2017
Issue #21 - posted April 5, 2017
Issue #22 - posted April 11, 2017
Issue #23 - posted April 18, 2017
Issue #24 - posted April 25, 2017
Issue #25 - posted May 2, 2017
Issue #26 - posted May 9, 2017
Issue #27 - posted May 16, 2017
Issue #28 - posted May 23, 2017
Issue #29 - posted May 30, 2017
Issue #30 - posted June 6, 2017
Issue #31 - posted June 13, 2017
Issue #32 - posted June 20, 2017
Issue #33 - posted June 27, 2017
Issue #34 - posted March 12, 2018
Issue #35 - posted March 19, 2018
Issue #36 - posted March 26, 2018
Issue #37 - posted April 1, 2018
Issue #38 - posted April 8, 2018
Issue #39 - posted April 15, 2018
Issue #40 - posted April 22, 2018
Issue #41 - posted April 29, 2018
Issue #42 - posted May 6, 2018
Issue #43 - posted May 13, 2018
Issue #44 - posted May 20, 2018
Issue #45 - posted May 27, 2018
Issue #46 - posted June 3, 2018
Issue #47 - posted June 10, 2018
Issue #48 - posted June 17, 2018
Issue #49 - posted June 24, 2018
Issue #50 - posted July 1, 2018
Issue #51 - posted July 8, 2018
Issue #52 - posted July 15, 2018
Issue #53 - posted July 22, 2018
Issue #54 - posted July 29, 2018
Issue #55 - posted August 5, 2018
Issue #56 - posted August 12, 2018
Issue #57 - posted August 19, 2018
Issue #58 - posted August 26, 2018
Issue #59 - posted September 2, 2018
Issue #60 - posted September 9, 2018
Issue #61 - posted September 16, 2018
Issue #62 - posted September 23, 2018
Issue #63 - posted September 30, 2018
Issue #64 - posted October 7, 2018
Issue #65 - posted October 14, 2018
Issue #66 - posted October 21, 2018

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