Crooked Media - What A Day: All our exes vote in Texas

Thursday, October 1, 2020
BY SARAH LAZARUS & CROOKED MEDIA

-Kayleigh McEnany on Amy Coney Barrett, who attended Rhodes College

Republican leaders have been going through pearl-clutching motions following President Trump’s refusal to condemn white supremacy at Tuesday’s debate, but they’ve made clear they see only one path to a GOP victory, and it’s not “winning over suburban women.”
 

  • GOP lawmakers are rightfully worried about what Trump’s refusals to disavow the Proud Boys could mean for the party’s electoral chances, while pretending that he hasn’t been blowing kisses at violent racists throughout his presidency, and that they aren’t complicit. A day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called it “unacceptable not to condemn white supremacists,” Senate Republicans blocked a resolution condemning white supremacists. (Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays.)
     
  • It takes some Cirque du Soleil-level contortions to (vaguely, carefully) disavow Trump’s debate comments while ignoring the overt racism and xenophobia that are central to his re-election strategy. Trump attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for the second time in less than a month at a Wednesday night rally in Duluth, MN, falsely accusing her of participating in election fraud based on an online disinformation campaign, and questioning her standing as an American: “Then she tells us how to run our country. Can you believe it?” Trump goaded the very white crowd into a “lock her up” chant, then widened the attack to Minnesota’s Somali community: “Biden will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp.”
     
  • None of these campaign rants are empty words. The Trump administration has just lowered the annual refugee cap for the fourth year running, informing Congress that it only intends to accept 15,000 refugees into the U.S. in the 2021 fiscal year—an appalling historic low. While the administration vilifies innocent refugees, it handles violent far-right extremists with kid gloves: DHS officials were expressly directed to make public comments sympathetic to teenage murderer Kyle Rittenhouse, and to suggest that he brought his AR-15 rifle to Kenosha to “help defend small business owners.”

None of this actually appeals to voters who aren’t up to their eyeballs in Fox News, which is why Trump and Republicans have no option left but to run against democracy itself.
 

We can’t stop Donald Trump from doing racist things or the GOP from showing its whole anti-voting ass, but we can correctly read each instance as an admission that they’re losing, and work to place victory out of their reach. Here’s your new mantra, courtesy of Stacey Abrams: “I'm not optimistic or pessimistic. I'm determined.” 33 days.

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The Agriculture Department has mandated that food-aid boxes include a letter from President Trump claiming credit, because what’s the point of distributing food to people in need if that food isn’t also a taxpayer-funded campaign ad? (Especially now that the administration’s literal taxpayer-funded ad campaign around the coronavirus response has exploded.) The letter is on White House letterhead, featuring Trump’s giant signature and reading, “As part of our response to coronavirus, I prioritized sending nutritious food from our farmers to families in need throughout America.” Food-bank directors are appalled (“In my 30 years of doing this work, I've never seen something this egregious”), and some charities are removing the letter before distributing the boxes.

A pro-Trump militant group has drawn in thousands of police, soldiers, and veterans, many of whom share the feeling that civil war is already upon us. Stewart Rhodes, who founded a militant group called the Oath Keepers in 2009, views the group’s current role as defending the country and Donald Trump from “insurrection.” An Atlantic investigation into Oath Keepers found that about two-thirds of the nearly 25,000 members in its database (as of 2015) had military or law enforcement backgrounds. Many current and former members have braced themselves for civil conflict that they view as forced upon them, not something they’ve incited, and are incredibly paranoid about the left. Several different flavors of not great!

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO DEFEND VOTING RIGHTS – FOR ALL OF US

The American Civil Liberties Union is taking action across the country – with more than 20 legal actions so far – to ensure that all of us can vote safely and securely in this year’s election. With just over a month left until Election Day, this fight is more important than ever. Every voice matters in the fight to defend voting rights and in this year’s election. You can make your voice is heard with the ACLU. Your vote can help determine the future of civil rights in America – immigrants’ rights, reproductive rights, criminal justice reform, and so much more are on the line. We’re working to ensure that all of us can vote like our rights depend on it – because they do. 

Sign our petition to join the fight and defend voting rights for all of us – time is running out. Click here to add your name today. 

Snapchat has helped over one million people register to vote. More than half are first-time voters, and more than 80 percent are under the age of 30. 

Joe Biden just broke his monthly fundraising record again, hauling in more than the $364.5 million he raised in August.

Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) has pardoned over 2,700 people convicted of minor marijuana possession. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has signed a law that will establish a task force to make recommendations for slavery reparations.

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