Senate candidate – also noted white supremacist and former KKK leader – David Duke has issued a robocall to voters in his state. And of COURSE he wants people to vote for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
Neo-Nazi Loves Trump, Issues Robocall To Voters
OK, so that’s nothing new. Neo-Nazi groups are ALL OVER Trump. This particular Neo-Nazi, however, is running for the U.S. Senate. Lest you think that his Nazi tendencies are in the distant past, Duke’s own current campaign website (to which I refuse to include a link) is rife with racist and anti-Semitic language.
As part of his campaign, Duke issued a robocall to Louisiana voters, in which he stated,
“I’ll tell the truth that no other candidate will dare say. Unless massive immigration is stopped now, we’ll be outnumbered and outvoted in our own nation. It’s happening. We’re losing our gun rights, our free speech. We’re taxed to death. We’re losing our jobs and businesses to unfair trade. We’re losing our country. Look at the Super Bowl salute to the Black Panther cop killers. It’s time to stand up and vote for Donald Trump for president and vote for me David Duke for the U.S. Senate.”
https://soundcloud.com/buzzfeedandrew/david-duke-robocall1
Dog whistle, dog whistle, dog whistle.
To someone unaware of Duke’s past and current racist beliefs, the robocall may sound like a typical right-winger stumping for votes. It is, however, anything but that.
Duke Listed As ‘Extremist’ On SPLC Website
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is a civil rights group, gives David Duke his own “extremists” page. They state,
“David Duke is the most recognizable figure of the American radical right, a neo-Nazi, longtime Klan leader and now international spokesman for Holocaust denial who has nevertheless won election to Louisiana’s House of Representatives and once was nearly elected governor.”
The page lists many incidents from Duke’s past, as well as many of his more extreme quotes, spanning decades of hate.
Duke is, however, pretty representative of the hate coming from Trump supporters. The difference, of course, is that he’s running for Senate. Fortunately, his numbers do not look good.
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