Trump hits the panic button: Antisemitic attacks on special counsel Jack Smith betray desperation

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    As detailed in historian George Fredrickson's landmark book "Racism: A Short History," there is a complex and overlapping relationship between the "religious" antisemitism of the European Middle Ages, the racist and white supremacist project of white-on-black chattel slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and then the Nazism and racial antisemitism of the 20th century. This translates into a type of path dependency, if not inevitable outcome: As the "conservative" movement becomes increasingly racist and white supremacist, it then becomes increasingly antisemitic.

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    We saw this after Trump's ominous warning to Jews in mid-October to "get their act together…before it's too late," which not one Republican condemned. Shortly thereafter, Business Insider contacted 38 Republicans, in and out of Congress, to ask why they have been unwilling to publicly reject antisemitism. Their responses included "silence, deflection, and rehashing old statements," generously summarized as "minimal outcry."

    While extremism may have once been relegated to the fringes of American society, today it has found a political home in the Republican Party.
    https://news.yahoo.com/trump-hits-panic-button-antisemitic-094502951.html
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    Is it true, Mainstream R's have embraced racism with trump as the leader?
     
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