Open Thread | What the GOP Has Done To Springfield, Ohio

The attacks rooted in racism to scare and gin up their voters by using said racism.
There are real, actual victims at the end of these racist smears.
Fact: there are only 5,000 Haitians in ALL of Ohio.
So, no, 15,000 haven’t overrun Springfield, Ohio.

They are LEGAL IMMIGRANTS
LEGAL
LEGAL
LEGAL
Immigrants

THEY SAY…that they don’t mind immigrants, as long as their Legal.
Well, the Haitians are LEGAL.
But, it’s not about them being legal.
It’s about them being BLACK.
BLACK
BLACK
BLACKEDITY
BLACK BLACK

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) posted at 10:58 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:
Amazing that JD’s whole line now is basically admitting that he lied about haitian pet bbqs but insisting with a straight face that the nuanced approach is to agree his lies don’t count and that immigrants are still super bad.
(https://x.com/joshtpm/status/1835890998594953461?t=gneN5gmY0zSqQALLknHdIg&s=03)

Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) posted at 10:48 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:
Remember when right now and for the last several days JD Weirdbro cynically incited violent pro-Trump extremists to terrorize the town of Springfield Ohio and the towns Republican mayor and county supervisors had to beg him to stop his lies and incitement.
(https://x.com/joshtpm/status/1835888522621784456?t=2wAj83vhJt40zVB1-HvPLg&s=03)

BNO News Live (@BNODesk) posted at 3:50 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:
Springfield, Ohio has received at least 33 bomb threats during the past week, Governor DeWine says.

From now on, police will be sweeping all schools in Springfield each morning. They’ll be present throughout the day.
(https://x.com/BNODesk/status/1835783381659037702?t=TJ_PWTN_CwsV7icEwig-Dw&s=03)

Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) posted at 5:55 AM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
“I’ve talked to Haitian newcomers. I’ve talked to longtime Springfield residents. The one thing that everyone agrees on is that this is unacceptable. This situation right now is unacceptable. It has to end.”

— @Eugene_Robinson on continued threats in Springfield, OH https://t.co/HPsSFYVbzO
(https://x.com/Morning_Joe/status/1835995917427569012?s=03)

Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) posted at 6:37 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
The day Vance first posted about Springfield, his staff member asked Springfield’s city manager if the claim was true.

The city manager says he said it was baseless.

Vance left the post up, then Trump said it at the debate anyway.

(Via @WSJ) https://t.co/JXeJ3lje2b
(https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/1836368944761876720?t=dxJWqd5h3K61xGdrry1dvA&s=03)

scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 2:27 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:
Impossible to overstate the damage Trump and Vance have done to the residents of Springfield, OH https://t.co/IvmrHCcSes
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1835762462211100904?t=fpWZE4KVuk07TNhytyaD1w&s=03)

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 9:37 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS!

Let’s break down the ugly tactics the right is using to win this election—and we’re the targets.

STOCHASTIC TERRORISM: Political violence sparked by hateful public rhetoric aimed at groups or individuals.

📌 Think of Trump’s nonstop attacks on immigrants or anyone living on the margins, and how he incites violence against those who speak out against him.

DEADCATTING: Also known as the “dead cat strategy”, the political strategy of deliberately making a shocking announcement to divert media attention away from problems or failures in other areas.

📌 What Trump and J.D. Vance are doing now, pushing lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets to distract from Trump’s failing campaign and J.D. Vance’s bizarre comments about childless women.

Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) posted at 2:00 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
VP Harris on Springfield, Ohio & Trump: This is not new in terms of this tropes and where it’s coming from. … Whether its the Central Park Five, or refusing the rent to Black tenants, or questioning the birthplace of the first Black president.

“It’s gotta stop,” Harris says.
(https://x.com/Yamiche/status/1836118141845504028?t=cgp49pSjpicYgS8Fwnceaw&s=03)

President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 7:29 PM on Mon, Sep 16, 2024:
One family thing about the vile attacks on Haitian Americans..

Is Black Americans have long said to the diaspora that no matter how you see yourself or how you think you’re “Not us/not like us” in this country .. yes you are because the majority doesn’t differentiate.
(https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1835838531937394744?t=DAgPkVP0BssQaELhVeGhSg&s=03)

Ben Meiselas 🇺🇸🦅 (@meiselasb) posted at 8:25 AM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
Amy from Springfield, Ohio sent me the following message I have permission to share:

“Ben, I am writing from Springfield, Ohio, where I was born and raised, and raised my kids. It’s a little town in Clark County, Ohio that was named in honor of my ancestor George Rogers Clark, brother of William Clark from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. My little city of 59,000 people, consists mostly of blue-collar workers, day laborers, teachers, nurses, etc. We are the home of the silent film actress Lillian Gish, comedian Jonathon Winters, and of course, the great John Legend.

I never imagined seeing our town as the epicenter of so much conversation, discussion, and debate.

Seriously, I can’t turn on the TV without hearing our city mentioned!
The truth is that no one steals our pets, let alone eats them. Our police department has verified this.

Our Haitian population is known to be hard workers, business owners, and good neighbors. One friend said his Haitian neighbors always smile and wave, and that you’ve never heard Brahm’s Lullaby until you’ve heard sung in French to an infant by a Haitian mother.

My friend who is a construction worker at the Intel plant in Columbus said that many Haitian employees reside in Springfield (more affordable) and travel to Columbus to work…and that they are good people, hard workers, and always on time. Some are taking the opportunity to get training to further their skill set and employability.

What HAS happened in Springfield is an outpouring of xenophobia. There are protests by the Proud Boys on the corners and violent threats to our city hall, colleges, and schools. Our tiny downtown (honestly, if you blink you’ll miss it!) has dealt with multiple bomb threats, causing several schools to be evacuated and closed. The college where I teach, Clark State, is going virtual this week (Sept 16-20) out of an abundance of caution. Thumbs up to our college president and other administrators for always making safety a priority.

Why?

Because of Trump’s complete lie about our city (a sarcastic “thank you” also to Loomer and Vance).

As you know, Haitians are here under protective status. They are not killing and eating our cats and dogs, along with ducks and geese in Snyder Park. It has now become a running joke with an abundance of memes. But the truth is, it’s sad and frightening.

Along with teaching college, I have a small Etsy business. A recent customer has been wonderfully patient as I postponed shipment because I hesitate to go downtown to the Post Office (a request of my kids who live in LA, I told them I’d find a different shipping location).

The lies from Trump and his allies are being perpetuated in the city. But fortunately, people are coming to Springfield to support our Haitian businesses!

I can only hope that this little town, which typically leans red, will wake up and see what is in store without a blue wave.”

(https://x.com/meiselasb/status/1836033785617698821?t=Kf9UrGnVXK8KSyUwy_OBQg&s=03)

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48 Responses to Open Thread | What the GOP Has Done To Springfield, Ohio

  1. rikyrah says:

    Anne Nelson

    @anelsona

    Republican governor of #Oklahoma just purged a fifth of state’s voters from the rolls (450,000+ of 2.3 million) 7 weeks before election, and one week after
    @TheOklahoman_
    reported Harris could win Oklahoma County.
    https://x.com/anelsona/status/1836839604554465608

  2. rikyrah says:

    Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) posted at 4:57 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Trump operative hints at their Project 2025 plan to purge the federal government of civil servants and replace them with MAGA loyalists: “You’re not voting for Trump. You’re voting for 5,000 people that will run your government… Who’s going to be at the FDA, the CDC, the NIH? I https://t.co/35kOvwINus
    (https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1836524918139171042?t=-yv7e_LPZRR9DeDRuTo_wA&s=03)

  3. rikyrah says:

    Uncle Willie’s Son (@Hereforfoolery2) posted at 0:25 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Who tf is keeping butter pecan ice cream in business?!
    (https://x.com/Hereforfoolery2/status/1836456546810970615?t=2syF53Ga97VAEj0sy0sPrQ&s=03)

    Jay Perk 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JohnathanPerk) posted at 3:54 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    ANSWER: Black Elders, mostly—as they should.

    After the U.S. Civil War, white people literally wouldn’t allow Black people to eat vanilla ice cream. Butter Pecan was one of our ancestors’ first substitute options.
    (https://x.com/JohnathanPerk/status/1836509057823510659?t=JjbboQWSjSKM0os2UAWFxQ&s=03)

  4. rikyrah says:

    Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) posted at 8:07 AM on Thu, Sep 19, 2024:
    Very true. But not of many of them in the Rustbelt; one reason Dems run much better w/non college Whites in MI/PA/WI than they do in NC/GA
    (https://x.com/RonBrownstein/status/1836754035128348802?t=kOnXxKW1erdCXRAV5aQhFA&s=03)

  5. rikyrah says:

    Ricky Davila
    @TheRickyDavila
    I love how Teamsters in Michigan, California, Nevada, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and more broke from National Teamsters by endorsing Kamala Harris due to their idiot president Sean O’Brien refusing to endorse her even though she’s very pro-union. 👊
    11:06 PM · Sep 18, 2024
    https://x.com/TheRickyDavila/status/1836617781758038223

  6. rikyrah says:

    Oprah event with Harris tonight — live stream link:

  7. rikyrah says:

    LarryO finally says what needs to be said
    
    those “exceptions” in Red States with abortion bans
    
    DO NOT EXIST 😡😡😡

  8. rikyrah says:

    New democrat….. unless dems act like wimps😎 (@reesetheone1) posted at 2:22 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Dems gotta stay parked in WI MI and PA…. and talk to just about every union household they can.

    That’s how Trump won in 16:

    He turned a 33-point Obama union margin in WI and MI in 2012 down to 10 and 13 by 2016.
    (https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1836485862525153533?t=Kvr33O8IjokEt7pgKd2LMA&s=03)

  9. rikyrah says:

    philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) posted at 4:09 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    NEW YORK (AP) — A second judge refuses to grant bail to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, citing the possibility that he will tamper with witnesses.
    (https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1836512910249500966?t=CPbx4jrlk_XiO4wr73lGdg&s=03)

  10. rikyrah says:

    Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆🌴🥥🇺🇸 (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 3:14 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    If I was rank and file in the @Teamsters I’d be deeply uncomfortable that union leaders refuse to do everything than can to keep union busting Republicans with Project 2025 plans to destroy the gains of unions from the last 100 years out of office.

    Cc @TeamsterSOB
    (https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1836499055155032089?s=03)

  11. rikyrah says:

    Conor Lamb (@ConorLambPA) posted at 3:55 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Some ask, why does it matter if Biden-Harris saved the Teamster pensions and did infrastructure. That’s the past.

    It’s because they show you @VP knows how to actually deliver on promises, and will again.

    If you’re a Teamster with kids, picture life with a few extra thousand $.
    (https://x.com/ConorLambPA/status/1836509337713291661?t=EteKswOBz9rAMZ-S9-EQ9A&s=03)

  12. rikyrah says:

    Portia ♍️ McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 1:42 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    So they’ve gone after:

    Childless by choice women, with or without cats.
    Women whose bodies can’t bear children.
    Women whose bodies need help bearing children.
    Stepmothers.
    Adoptive mothers.
    Women whose birth control failed.

    No mention of men.

    But they love Jesus, a stepson.
    (https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1836475884959863174?t=VP2-SFwllle7lJCrsuu4og&s=03)

  13. rikyrah says:

    James Singer (@Jemsinger) posted at 0:48 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    HUGE: “For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S.” https://t.co/y8VHgNgpLb
    (https://x.com/Jemsinger/status/1836462342579601558?s=03)

    The Biden Accomplishments Guy (@What46HasDone) posted at 0:55 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    So in addition to fixing COVID, unemployment, inflation, crime, and the border, the Biden-Harris administration is now on their way to reversing the opioid epidemic???
    (https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1836464190938054972?t=QIP0TvFcGOOIEixJlsrUlA&s=03)

  14. rikyrah says:

    Salome Strangelove (@salstrange) posted at 1:48 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Trump and Vance knew it was all lies before they amplified it and terrorized a whole town and marginalized community. They were told it was false, they knew it was false, and they chose racism and terror anyway.

    This would be the end of a ticket in any decent society.
    (https://x.com/salstrange/status/1836477401020403918?s=03)

  15. rikyrah says:

    David Darmofal (@david_darmofal) posted at 3:27 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    White man Biden runs in 2020: The Teamsters and Pope Francis are incredibly friendly toward him.
    Black woman Harris runs in 2024: The Teamsters and Pope Francis are not incredibly friendly toward her.
    What’s your alternative explanation? There is none.
    (https://x.com/david_darmofal/status/1836502275251990582?t=es0OUcrcROLnG6sKXTELoA&s=03)

  16. rikyrah says:

    The Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) posted at 2:14 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The Biden-Harris admin bailed out the Teamsters to the tune of 36 BILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS and the Teamsters decide to stay neutral in this election.

    What does that tell you about the Teamsters?
    (https://x.com/johnastoehr/status/1836483998014472257?t=yphCj3K9x_l45MimTCWouw&s=03)

  17. rikyrah says:

    John T (@TMROJ) posted at 1:58 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Racism is a powerful drug, man.

    The Teamsters would’ve lost their pension without Biden/Harris…apparently they’d prefer bigotry to ever getting to retire.
    (https://x.com/TMROJ/status/1836479985571233827?t=_O7ePY3wagLrhEVG3RRsCQ&s=03)

  18. rikyrah says:

    Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆🌴🥥🇺🇸 (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 2:22 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The reason Trump is doing a rally in Long Island is that’s the only way he can match her crowd sizes in the swing states bc of the population density. He’s literally ignoring the swing states to win the crowd size war🤣
    (https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1836485931769217044?t=PrL26gI2SvWjomXyLM6VSw&s=03)

  19. rikyrah says:

    Ian Sams (@IanSams) posted at 3:51 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Just today Vice President Harris has received the endorsements of:

    Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 (245,000 active and retired members)

    Teamsters Joint Council 42 (300,000 members including in battleground Nevada)
    (https://x.com/IanSams/status/1836508425418596659?t=iogaPBorDVVEq6Xfg_HZbw&s=03)

  20. rikyrah says:

    Pierce (@PierceAH66) posted at 2:16 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The Teamsters National Black Caucus endorsed Harris in early August. Several chapters have ignored leadership to do so too. In 2022 the Biden-Harris admin gave them the largest private pension bailout ever & the ARPA, supported solely by Democrats, saved pensions again in July.
    (https://x.com/PierceAH66/status/1836484481777389679?t=c3gkBtbf8x792z_uWLAmFQ&s=03)

  21. rikyrah says:

    HawaiiDelilah™ 🥥🌴🌊 (@HawaiiDelilah) posted at 3:40 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Who delivered the Senate’s tie-breaking vote on an $86 billion pension rescue package that benefited the Teamsters? Kamala Harris. Ungrateful jerks. Don’t ever say the words “economic anxiety” ever again when you really mean “racism”.
    (https://x.com/HawaiiDelilah/status/1836505488239804899?t=SLXq-rgtldg468uNaa39Ng&s=03)

  22. rikyrah says:

    Hayden (@the_transit_guy) posted at 2:00 PM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Grievance politics and vibes-based politics are wild because the Biden/Harris administration literally bailed out the Teamsters Union’s pension fund by $35.6 billion, and they still won’t vote for Harris.
    (https://x.com/the_transit_guy/status/1836480503601303831?t=Wk6NiDgmZIJROh7ugC77ng&s=03)

  23. rikyrah says:

    Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) posted at 10:49 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    This is how Black people got killed in the Jim Crow era. Something “bad” happened to a white person, and a lynch mob rushed out to string up a Black person. It’s how Emmett Till got lynched, how the Central Park Five got framed, and how Haitian immigrants are being targeted.
    (https://x.com/keithboykin/status/1836432467613618538?t=Q0TSwkzOW8C0v7EnHpvRCg&s=03)

  24. rikyrah says:

    UH HUH

    scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 5:45 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Pretty much gives away the game. the media is not actually interested in whether or not Harris does interviews, rather, if she does them, she must give them ~ buzzworthy ~ things to write about or they are going to pee in her corn flakes.
    (https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1836355795606200654?t=yv5aLjBmGlYlo-r7aqfMXw&s=03)

  25. rikyrah says:

    Donate to Downballot Democrats (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 3:25 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    when they claim to be “independent,” but their timeline is merely white supremacy without Trump’s name attached to it

    non-Trump conservatives ain’t slick for just stripping the label off the product
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1836320632394371111?t=B0h75RWGEcELwHZes166kQ&s=03)

  26. rikyrah says:

    Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) posted at 7:26 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    BREAKING: In a stunningly senile moment, Donald Trump attempted to show off how much he knew about the Air Force by suggesting Bagram Airfield was in Alaska. It’s in Afghanistan. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this failure and know he’s senile. https://t.co/UA4iG3ygpR
    (https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1836200092757377478?t=tbqkofJL3r1_Un-Sqaui3g&s=03)

  27. rikyrah says:

    Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 5:15 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    Reporter: A woman who is behind a Facebook post about the Haitian migrants in Springfield has now apologized for spreading false rumors. You say you have a responsibility to share what your constituents tell you, don’t you have a responsibility to fact check them first?

    JD Vance: I think the media has a responsibility to fact check the residents of Springfield.. not lie about them

    https://t.co/YP8w0iKPNK
    (https://x.com/Acyn/status/1836167081395655065?t=vru9XQ1SaLHf7L81R3l8iQ&s=03)

  28. rikyrah says:

    Ragnarok Lobster 

    @eclecticbrotha

    Caught a bit of WIND radio aka “560 The Answer” this morning. They were HOT about Kamala Harris’ NABJ appearance. Conservatives are praying for someone – ANYONE – to do an ambush gotcha interview to validate their manufactured belief Harris is an intellectual lightweight.

    8:23 AM · Sep 18, 2024
    https://x.com/eclecticbrotha/status/1836395633256575000

  29. rikyrah says:

    Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) posted at 9:15 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    RFK Jr: “I’m going to be deeply involved in helping to choose the people who run FDA, NIH, and CDC.”

    This should scare you. Vote!
    https://t.co/wX62aXUFOu
    (https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1836227468945998142?t=GmDA40mM1phBs5DAnjT7VQ&s=03)

  30. rikyrah says:

    Donate to Downballot Democrats (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 5:05 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    the conversation that needs to be had about Turning Point USA and is recruitment of younger Millennials & elder Zoomers into the continuous, intergenerational white supremacist pipeline

    if the kids do not go on to save us, this would be one reason why
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1836345915545690241?t=5j7zBqkGeSM7JZGh1DXmjA&s=03)

  31. rikyrah says:

    Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) posted at 11:51 AM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    Tuberville is holding up the confirmation of the officer in line to replace Mike Flynn’s brother, General Charles Flynn at US Army, Pacific. Don’t know why this isn’t bigger news: https://t.co/MTgJWxk1CQ
    (https://x.com/HC_Richardson/status/1836085517303312719?t=Gl9UN0DO9Cc-UmxnjUSkuA&s=03)

  32. rikyrah says:

    Donate to Downballot Democrats (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 4:43 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The way white Millennials will lie for their conservative parents and describe them as Trump voters without actually saying that they voted for Trump

    Person #1: my parents are Evangelicals from East Tennessee

    Person 2#: my dad doesn’t vote; my mom watches Fox News all day
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1836340210046587348?t=gfgOkYe2zuNpygRcXjbpCg&s=03)

  33. rikyrah says:

    Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) posted at 9:11 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    BREAKING: After Donald Trump and JD Vance asked Democrats to lower their rhetoric, CNN made a montage of all the inflammatory things Donald Trump and JD Vance have said. Retweet to make sure all Americans know it’s Trump and Vance who are the problem.https://t.co/mzFsvUO0pV
    (https://x.com/harris_wins/status/1836226469439164614?t=7ZNIsE4dnA-Hqlly166MpA&s=03)

  34. rikyrah says:

    Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) posted at 6:38 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    “It’s so patently obvious that it’s just to be hateful. They just do this to be hateful.”

    — @JoeNBC reacts to Gov. Huckabee Sanders slamming VP Harris for not having biological children https://t.co/WvU5xahfCC
    (https://x.com/Morning_Joe/status/1836369244717449350?t=n5SMS9jx2yg7UMyZntC-QQ&s=03)

  35. rikyrah says:

    Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) posted at 8:07 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Donald Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans in the House enacted the GOP Tax Scam in 2017.

    They hurt middle class Americans by shredding the State and Local Tax deduction.

    And now they are lying about it.

    Again.
    (https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1836391707023139200?t=1XOIQ_DWGVg5XLp8bZte5Q&s=03)

  36. rikyrah says:

    Someone did a video on TikTok that Dick Wolf has been working around the clock ever since Puffy’s arrest was revealed.
    A two week , spanning all three shows extravaganza
    Organized Crime
    SVU
    And the mother ship original Law and Order
    
    LOL!
    
    

  37. rikyrah says:

    Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) posted at 3:54 PM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    Here is the entire full interview of VP Kamala Harris at the NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists) in Philadelphia today.

    It is a stark contrast to Donald Trump’s campaign-wrecking racist meltdown.

    Worth the watch. https://t.co/F8AlQbuHqZ
    (https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1836146691747254640?t=us3y-ufno5Wq3xDFfHhyYQ&s=03)

  38. rikyrah says:

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The Asian Americans who have been here for a few generations tried to tell these folks how it was going to go down but these 1st Gen people didn’t want to listen

    1/

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    They believed the WS lie that Blacks are stupid, unqualified and stealing Asian spots and if only the Blacks were barred from going to these schools, more of them would be able to get in.

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    The 2nd+ generation Asian Americans tried to tell them, that’s not how it works. All that’s going to happen is more WHITE students will be admitted if the Black students are barred from admittance. Asian student population will not increase, but they didn’t want to listen.

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    In believing the fallacy of removing Black students, they told on themselves: they know it’s WHITE people that are capping Asian student acceptance & enrollment but know they could only increase their numbers by removing Black students.

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Except the joke is on them: even though Black student enrollment declined, so did the Asian student enrollment but the White student enrollments increased, which was the WS backers’ end game all along.

    Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Now this Asian student group is looking stupid and feeling played and I love that song for them because *everyone* tried to tell them what was going to happen.

    Don’t be mad, get glad! The most qualified students were admitted and that was your goal, right?🤔😂
    (https://x.com/Purify_toast17/status/1836408303804403914?t=liER7VSHI6s682Ff0TdP7g&s=03)

  39. rikyrah says:

    DFW Sports 4Life (@Kennymack1971) posted at 9:38 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Vance was fully aware that the eating pets story had no basis in fact. He ran with it anyway and so did Trump. And they doubled down. That’s the damn game. They have no substance to provide. Just racist white grievance bullshit.
    (https://x.com/Kennymack1971/status/1836414430499701160?t=yIQfiex9b22XPoa1x1kDPA&s=03)

  40. rikyrah says:

    New democrat….. unless dems act like wimps😎 (@reesetheone1) posted at 9:17 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    PSA:

    There’s a lot of folks out here that don’t have family values and have kids. Here’s an example. You don’t teach hate if you have family values.

    The GOP is getting frustrated because women they usually rely on to win are at least listening to Harris. https://t.co/YhMM3WXDB5
    (https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1836409141192953955?t=TTjCWPkN9VrGExv2qtkdWw&s=03)

  41. rikyrah says:

    Donate to Downballot Democrats (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 8:57 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    white leftist men are literally the patriarchy, and don’t let them tell you otherwise

    just as with their conservative counterparts, everything they do and everything they are is result of some ancestor who stole something and then gave it to them
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1836404226416668690?t=tZEFRGWBH8BIRmvT7XXZsw&s=03)

  42. rikyrah says:

    Bad Faith ✝️🐴🇺🇲🌻🇺🇦 (@Jeffdc5) posted at 9:07 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    It’s still hilarious to me that Kerstin Emhoff is more publicly supportive of Kamala Harris, than Melania is publicly supportive of Trump 😂. Why isn’t this a story, the news media is just straight garbage.
    (https://x.com/Jeffdc5/status/1836406645909266904?t=y7ZkjVfZOICgXLtv2p5OIA&s=03)

  43. rikyrah says:

    John W. Miller (@jwmjournalist) posted at 7:23 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Why we need professional journalists: @JDVance rep tells @wsj about Anna Kilgore, a Springfield OH woman whose cat went missing in August, so @Kris_Maher drives to her house. She found the cat in her basement and apologized to her Haitian neighbors. https://t.co/FCrOrxkSFY
    (https://x.com/jwmjournalist/status/1836380510253162720?t=0lJgysJjSphJM5_wavmHdw&s=03)

    Candidly Tiff 🪷💛 (@tify330) posted at 9:05 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    This is the plot twist I have been waiting for. REPORTERS do your jobs cause this was an entire Op meant to harm Haitian immigrants, cause division and perpetuate anti-blackness and use xenophobia by the Trump campaign.
    (https://x.com/tify330/status/1836406187983552539?t=tTc2V5hhWaEWZzSe1z1TOQ&s=03)

    Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) posted at 9:28 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    Somehow, the racist Trump lady who immediately jumped to the conclusion that Haitians had taken her cat that was in her basement still has more BASIC HUMAN DECENCY than JD Vance… because she, at least, apologized.
    (https://x.com/ElieNYC/status/1836411909110669453?t=EgcSqUhqoeaFF9i_pjVq_Q&s=03)

  44. rikyrah says:

    David Darmofal (@david_darmofal) posted at 9:13 AM on Wed, Sep 18, 2024:
    I saw a headline that said JD Vance is the first Senator to ever terrorize his own state. Actually, Vance is very reflective of the equally racist Jim
    Crow-era Senators who terrorized their states for their own personal gain. JD Vance is a modern-day Jim Crow politician.
    (https://x.com/david_darmofal/status/1836408209394769941?t=5sxFWVmEL6llxWOFSK8j3g&s=03)

  45. rikyrah says:

    Read No Shortcuts (@JoshuaPHilll) posted at 9:52 AM on Tue, Sep 17, 2024:
    New video has emerged of NYPD cops brutally beating a man working at a homeless shelter.

    The cops didn’t have a warrant to enter the facility, and the workers’ boss told him not to let them in.

    So they attacked him. Trigger warning for the video.

    https://t.co/raY7ieYrX4
    (https://x.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1836055555284128055?t=uXI9pUO8-2YLIvWS487fIA&s=03)

  46. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊

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