'He hasn't backtracked at all!' Morning Joe blasts Tommy Tuberville for defense of white nationalists
1 year, 5 months ago

'He hasn't backtracked at all!' Morning Joe blasts Tommy Tuberville for defense of white nationalists

Raw Story  

Sen. Tommy Tuberville finally and grudgingly admitted that white nationalists might be racist, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough wasn't impressed by his concession. "He still didn't say that white nationalists are racists, he says, 'Oh, if that's somebody's definition,'" Scarborough said. "But this guy has lived in the South for 50-something years -- 55, 56, 57 years -- he knows exactly what white nationalism is and he knows that white nationalists believe, that Black people and Hispanic people and anybody who's not white, they are inferior because of their race." "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski agreed, saying it's not plausible that a lifelong southerner would not be familiar with the concept of white nationalism and its inherent racism.

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Letters to the Editor: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Trump. Why is that a bad thing?
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Trump. Why is that a bad thing?

LA Times  

To the editor: I wish to disagree with columnist Lorraine Ali’s assessment, and those by many others, of MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s decision to visit President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. At least Scarborough and Brzezinski are trying something new. To the editor: I recently tuned in to a CNN segment featuring journalist Dana Bash talking about neo-Nazis …

Why Republicans are trying to rebrand white nationalism right now
1 year, 5 months ago

Why Republicans are trying to rebrand white nationalism right now

Salon  

In the 1970s and 1980s, overt white supremacists and their organizations were largely marginalized in American society. In a 2018 conversation, anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise offered this powerful description of how racism and white supremacy are central to today's Republican Party and "conservative" movement: All that stuff is continuing, and it seems to me that we are barking …

Tommy Tuberville on latest white nationalist flub: 'I didn’t explain it well'
1 year, 5 months ago

Tommy Tuberville on latest white nationalist flub: 'I didn’t explain it well'

Raw Story  

For the second time this year, Sen. Tommy Tuberville is being forced to explain his comments about white nationalists and white supremacy – and by his own admission, he's not doing it well. It all began in May, when Tuberville said that he sees white nationalists as Americans and nothing more than "Trump Republicans." But on Wednesday, Tuberville told CNN's …

Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominee
1 year, 5 months ago

Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominee

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — As U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama continues his blockade of hundreds of military promotions, he again entered the spotlight Tuesday for his comments that seemingly excused white nationalism. “White supremacy is simply unacceptable in the military and in our whole country,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky responded when reporters asked about Tuberville’s comments during the …

The View's Whoopi flattens Tommy Tuberville: You’re from Alabama, you know what a white nationalist is
1 year, 5 months ago

The View's Whoopi flattens Tommy Tuberville: You’re from Alabama, you know what a white nationalist is

Raw Story  

Monday night, CNN's Kaitlan Collins pressed Sen. Tommy Tuberville on his claim that he didn't know what a white nationalist is. "When you call somebody a white nationalist, why is the word 'white' in there if it doesn't have to do with race?" They have an 'acting' in the role but that affects military readiness so you can't do the …

'Most abjectly racist thing I've heard from a US senator': Jake Tapper shreds GOP's Tommy Tuberville
1 year, 5 months ago

'Most abjectly racist thing I've heard from a US senator': Jake Tapper shreds GOP's Tommy Tuberville

Raw Story  

CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday had some sharp words for Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who told fellow CNN host Caitlan Collins on Monday night that being a white nationalist doesn't necessarily make someone a racist. In analyzing Tuberville's comments, Tapper said that Alabama's senior senator "seems to be parsing the difference between people who are abject racists like members of the …

GOP's Tommy Tuberville refuses to answer as he gets grilled over his defense of white nationalists
1 year, 7 months ago

GOP's Tommy Tuberville refuses to answer as he gets grilled over his defense of white nationalists

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville has found himself caught in the middle of a scandal of his own making after he told a reporter that white nationalists serving in the military were nothing more than Americans. IN OTHER NEWS: Trump still refuses to speak to Netanyahu after he congratulated Biden on his 2020 win: journalist "I'm not gettin' into that …

Morning Joe bashes Tommy Tuberville's 'blatantly racist' and 'morally depraved' Trump rally speech
2 years, 2 months ago

Morning Joe bashes Tommy Tuberville's 'blatantly racist' and 'morally depraved' Trump rally speech

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Sen. Tommy Tuberville's "blatantly racist" remarks over the weekend at a rally for former President Donald Trump. The Alabama Republican claimed Democrats were "pro-crime" because they believe theft is a form of reparations for slavery, and the "Morning Joe" host said the senator's comments were stupid and bigoted. "It's a combination of really remarkably stupid, one …

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