November 29, 2017: The President Spends His day "Legitimizing Religious Bigotry."

 

11/29/17: By now anyone with a modicum of common sense knows the president is a dick. The only surprise is how much of a dick he is. 

Today he begins his morning at 6:37 a.m. by retweeting three anti-Muslim videos from Britain First, a right-wing fringe group in that country. 

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“Trump sharing Britain First. Let that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, extremist group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no friend of ours.” 

British lawmaker

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Condemnation from decent people is swift. Sen. Lindsey Graham warns that the president is “legitimizing religious bigotry.” When we ask Iraqis or Afghans or Kurds for help this is likely to backfire. “We need Muslim allies in the war on terror,” Graham explains. “I can only imagine how some of our Muslim allies must feel when the president gives legitimacy to it.” 

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper calls Trump’s decision to retweet the videos “bizarre and disturbing.”

 

Prime Minister Theresa May sends out a spokesperson to relay this blunt message: 

Britain First seeks to divide communities in their use of hateful narratives which pedal lies and stoke tensions…. British people overwhelming reject the prejudice[d] rhetoric of the far-right, which is the antithesis of the values that this country represents [emphasis added, unless otherwise noted]; decency, tolerance and respect. It is wrong for the president to have done this.

 

Members of Parliament join the chorus. Speaking in the House of Commons, one notes: 

It appears that the President of the United States has, in recent moments, been retweeting comments from far-fight organisation Britain First – highly inflammatory videos, including some posted by an individual who I believe has recently been arrested and charged relating to certain serious offences.

 

Another member offers biting assessment: “Trump sharing Britain First. Let that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, extremist group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no friend of ours.”

 

Brendan Cox, whose wife Jo Cox, a British lawmaker, was gunned down by a man shouting, “Britain first!” has this to say. “Trump has legitimised the far right in his own country, now he’s trying to do it in ours. Spreading hatred has consequences & the President should be ashamed of himself.”

 

As if on cue, Press Secretary Pinocchio is forced to go out and try to cover again for Trump and his spew. It doesn’t matter if the videos are real or not, Sarah Sanders insists, because “the threat is real.” 

Yes. It’s the dick in the Oval Office.