Trump Made the Most Flagrant Bigots Proud. They See Him as Their Leader. Why Wouldnât They ?
I know itâs hard to keep up  but this morning  President Donald Trump  did something so dangerous  offensive  and problematic that it must be confronted head-on. In my circles  we are wary of playing what we call the âOppression Olympics â where one horrible moment of bigotry gets ranked against the next  but I am forced to say that what  Trump  did this morning is a low moment for a very low presidency.
As he does most mornings   Trump  woke up and began  his  daily tweet-fest. Each tweet could be legitimately critiqued and dissected. This morning  however  there were three very disturbing retweets that we must confront like our lives depend on it â because for some of us  it does. I truly believe that  Trump  â who  I remind you  is the president of the United States and has over 44 million followers on Twitter alone â has just endangered millions of people.
 Trump  has just endangered millions of people.  The videos Trump promoted  are pieces of hateful  anti-Muslim propaganda.
 Trump  retweeted several videos from a group called Britain First  a far-right  white supremacist group.  The videos Trump promoted  are pieces of hateful  anti-Muslim propaganda. One of  the videos   purporting to be of a young Muslim immigrant assaulting a young Dutch man  appears to be an absolute hoax. There is no indication that the perpetrator of the attack is a Muslim. As my colleague Rob Mackey wrote  Britain First has a long history of distorting videos and releasing misleading information to promote its hateful cause; the group is a purveyor of bigoted hoaxes.
On Wednesday  Fransen was thrilled with Trumpâs retweets  posting an all-caps message about it: âDONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU  TRUMP ! GOD BLESS AMERICA!â she wrote. After thanking Trump  Fransen then went on a tweeting spree  in which she appears to openly accept that the videos were hateful  Islamophobic  and anti-Muslim.
The British reaction gives us an idea of how bad things are. David Lammy  a Labour member of parliament  was outraged. â Trump  sharing Britain First â  he  tweeted. âLet that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist  racist  extremist hate group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours.â
I know itâs hard to keep up  but this morning   [TGT] did something so dangerous  offensive  and problematic that it must be confronted head-on. In my circles  we are wary of playing what we call the âOppression Olympics â where one horrible moment of bigotry gets ranked against the next  but I am forced to say that what   [TGT]   did this morning is a low moment for a very low presidency.
As  [TGT]  does most mornings    [TGT] woke up and began   [TGT]   daily tweet-fest. Each tweet could be legitimately critiqued and dissected. This morning  however  there were three very disturbing retweets that we must confront like our lives depend on it â because for some of us  it does. I truly believe that  Trump  â who  I remind you  is the president of the United States and has over 44 million followers on Twitter alone â has just endangered millions of people.
  [TGT] has just endangered millions of people.   [TGT] are pieces of hateful  anti-Muslim propaganda.
  [TGT] retweeted several videos from a group called Britain First  a far-right  white supremacist group.   [TGT] are pieces of hateful  anti-Muslim propaganda. One of   [TGT] purporting to be of a young Muslim immigrant assaulting a young Dutch man  appears to be an absolute hoax. There is no indication that the perpetrator of the attack is a Muslim. As my colleague Rob Mackey wrote  Britain First has a long history of distorting videos and releasing misleading information to promote its hateful cause; the group is a purveyor of bigoted hoaxes.
On Wednesday  Fransen was thrilled with Trumpâs retweets  posting an all-caps message about it: âDONALD TRUMP HIMSELF HAS RETWEETED THESE VIDEOS AND HAS AROUND 44 MILLION FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS YOU   [TGT]  ! GOD BLESS AMERICA!â she wrote. After thanking Trump  Fransen then went on a tweeting spree  in which she appears to openly accept that the videos were hateful  Islamophobic  and anti-Muslim.
The British reaction gives us an idea of how bad things are. David Lammy  a Labour member of parliament  was outraged. â Trump  sharing Britain First â  he  tweeted. âLet that sink in. The President of the United States is promoting a fascist  racist  extremist hate group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours.â