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CNN flips race card: Trump's Rhetoric Like George Wallace Saying 'Segregation Now'

2015-08-22

[Breitbart] CNN Presidential Historian Douglas Brinkley said that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's rhetoric was the same as George Wallace's "segregation now" statement on Friday's broadcast of "CNN Tonight."

Brinkley, during a discussion on the term "anchor baby" was asked about the historical context of controversial terms in politics. During the question, host Don Lemon stated the last term he remembers being so controversial was "welfare queens." Brinkley's response began, "Or Donald Trump playing the birther card about Barack Obama."

He continued, "I think there's a lot of -- they used to call them [in] the 19th century, Know-Nothingness. [The] Know-Nothing Party was anti-Mormon, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish. And here tonight in California -- I mean, in Alabama, tonight, watching this, you think about George Wallace with 'segregation now,' and 'segregation forever.' Plays well with a certain audience, but is that the brand the GOP wants to have represented. In other words, Trump did well tonight. He had a lot of momentum --."

Posted by:Besoeker

#4 Trump gains a little bit of traction and these hypocrites are scared shitless so they play the race care which is what they always do when they have nothing else. It really is fun to watch. Brinkley was in rare form calling Trump a demagogue and comparing him to George Wallace. The Chicana lady was pretty shrill too talking about how he's alienating Latino voters and offending veterans. You could see the fear in her face.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-08-22 15:15

#3 Wallace was a "Donk." The report was on Brinkley, CNN and Don Lemon so the credibility is zilch. The party that is still perpetuating racism is the left-wing Donks (I guess left-wing and Donks is redundant). That empire is ruled by political correctness.

Posted by: JohnQC 2015-08-22 10:00

#2 Last time I checked (before the Ministry of Truth may have shoved it down the memory hole), Gov. Wallace was a (D) when he stood in that door way.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-08-22 09:22

#1 anti-Mormon, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish...

Sounds like the modern left.

Posted by: OldSpook 2015-08-22 09:02

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