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Hamid, is president of Muslim Women of the Carolinas
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Hamid (above with her daughter at her wedding in November) is the co-founder and president of Muslim Women of the Carolinas and writes a column for The Charlotte Observer about her faith
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Background: Hamid (above with her son in Mecca in September) was raised in America after being born to a Colombian mother and a Palestinian father
Nauseating display of provocation. She's wearing a mock yellow star, which Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany. Muslims in the West have it supremely easy compared to Jews in wartime Germany. The woman's own Sharia-approved uniform shows where her sympathies lie.
"The practice of wearing special markings in order to distinguish Jews and other non-Muslims (Dhimmis) in Muslim-dominated countries seems to have been introduced by UmayyadCaliph Umar II in early 8th century. The practice was reissued and reinforced by Caliph Al-Mutawakkil (847–61), subsequently remaining in force for centuries. A genizah document from 1121 gives the following description of decrees issued in Baghdad:
Two yellow badges [are to be displayed], one on the headgear and one on the neck. Furthermore, each Jew must hang round his neck a piece of lead with the word Dhimmi on it. He also has to wear a belt round his waist. The women have to wear one red and one black shoe and have a small bell on their necks or shoes."
Our resident dhimmi posts opinions nobody reads because he's too dumb to format them. Plus they're all by yeah yeah headnodders like him, so even if other site members could read them they wouldn't bother. Oh, he's not voting for Hillary either. Dhimmi.
Two yellow badges [are to be displayed], one on the headgear and one on the neck. Furthermore, each Jew must hang round his neck a piece of lead with the word Dhimmi on it. He also has to wear a belt round his waist. The women have to wear one red and one black shoe and have a small bell on their necks or shoes."
Our resident dhimmi posts opinions nobody reads because he's too dumb to format them. Plus they're all by yeah yeah headnodders like him, so even if other site members could read them they wouldn't bother. Oh, he's not voting for Hillary either. Dhimmi.
This hypocritical idiot lacks the decency to call Drumpf out for his anti semitic crap, just as he won't call out the REAL sick anti Semites down here. But those who have no evidence of anti semitism whatsoever, but disagree with his FRINGE political views, he has no problem in doing so, even though it's blatantly false. You're pathetic. FRINGY.
Donald Trump’s Speech to AIPAC
I speak to you today as a lifelong supporter and true friend of Israel. (CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
I am a newcomer to politics, but not to backing the Jewish state.
(APPLAUSE)
In 2001, weeks after the attacks on New York City and on Washington and, frankly, the attacks on all of us, attacks that perpetrated and they were perpetrated by the Islamic fundamentalists, Mayor Rudy Giuliani visited Israel to show solidarity with terror victims.
I sent my plane because I backed the mission for Israel 100 percent.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
In spring of 2004 at the height of the violence in the Gaza Strip, I was the grand marshal of the 40th Salute to Israel Parade, the largest-single gathering in support of the Jewish state.
(APPLAUSE)
It was a very dangerous time for Israel and frankly for anyone supporting Israel. Many people turned down this honor. I did not. I took the risk and I’m glad I did
I speak to you today as a lifelong supporter and true friend of Israel. (CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
I am a newcomer to politics, but not to backing the Jewish state.
(APPLAUSE)
In 2001, weeks after the attacks on New York City and on Washington and, frankly, the attacks on all of us, attacks that perpetrated and they were perpetrated by the Islamic fundamentalists, Mayor Rudy Giuliani visited Israel to show solidarity with terror victims.
I sent my plane because I backed the mission for Israel 100 percent.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
In spring of 2004 at the height of the violence in the Gaza Strip, I was the grand marshal of the 40th Salute to Israel Parade, the largest-single gathering in support of the Jewish state.
(APPLAUSE)
It was a very dangerous time for Israel and frankly for anyone supporting Israel. Many people turned down this honor. I did not. I took the risk and I’m glad I did
Donald Trump’s Speech to AIPAC
I came here to speak to you about where I stand on the future of American relations with our strategic ally, our unbreakable friendship and our cultural brother, the only democracy in the Middle East, the state of Israel.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
My number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you.
I have been in business a long time. I know deal-making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.
(APPLAUSE) The problem here is fundamental. We’ve rewarded the world’s leading state sponsor of terror with $150 billion, and we received absolutely nothing in return.
I came here to speak to you about where I stand on the future of American relations with our strategic ally, our unbreakable friendship and our cultural brother, the only democracy in the Middle East, the state of Israel.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
My number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you.
I have been in business a long time. I know deal-making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.
(APPLAUSE) The problem here is fundamental. We’ve rewarded the world’s leading state sponsor of terror with $150 billion, and we received absolutely nothing in return.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...w-a-dog-whistle-so-loud-the-world-can-hear-it
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Voter Suppression, Previewing the Republican convention and more
By Georgia Logothetis
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016 · 4:31 AM PDT
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on the right to vote in Kansas:
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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Voter Suppression, Previewing the Republican convention and more
By Georgia Logothetis
Tuesday Jul 05, 2016 · 4:31 AM PDT
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on the right to vote in Kansas:
The right to vote is turning into a tooth-and-claw saga in Kansas, thanks to right-wing ideologues’ determination to force new voters to produce a passport, a birth certificate or naturalization papers as proof of citizenship. [...]
Judge Robinson found that 18,372 qualified voters had been unfairly barred from federal elections — about 8 percent of new applicants. She also found that between 1995 and 2013, there were only three instances in Kansas when noncitizens had voted. This was a humiliating setback for Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has been a major proponent of the Republican fantasy that voter fraud is rampant. [...]
So goes the weakened state of democracy in Kansas. As the courts thrash through the Republicans’ “voter fraud” myth, it is shocking that thousands of qualified Kansans still have no certainty that they will be allowed into the voting booth.
Ryan Cooper at The Week also highlights the continued attack on voting rights:Judge Robinson found that 18,372 qualified voters had been unfairly barred from federal elections — about 8 percent of new applicants. She also found that between 1995 and 2013, there were only three instances in Kansas when noncitizens had voted. This was a humiliating setback for Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who has been a major proponent of the Republican fantasy that voter fraud is rampant. [...]
So goes the weakened state of democracy in Kansas. As the courts thrash through the Republicans’ “voter fraud” myth, it is shocking that thousands of qualified Kansans still have no certainty that they will be allowed into the voting booth.
Given the GOP's other vote suppression measures — like shortening early voting, eliminating night and weekend voting, making it harder to register to vote, and so on, all of which have nothing to do with fraud but disproportionately hit liberal constituencies — undermining Democratic turnout is the obvious motivation behind voter ID and similar policies. [...]
until Congress can re-protect the franchise, the key question for the future will be whether the Supreme Court will revisit its previous view that the Voting Rights Act is largely outdated and unnecessary. Chief Justice John Roberts came to that view through a tremendous effort of willful ignorance — but subsequent events could not possibly have proved him wrong more decisively. The next time voting rights comes before the court, the need to defend the franchise will be difficult to ignore.
Peter Stevenson at The Washington Post lists the “many tortured ways” Republicans are trying to avoid their convention and has video too:until Congress can re-protect the franchise, the key question for the future will be whether the Supreme Court will revisit its previous view that the Voting Rights Act is largely outdated and unnecessary. Chief Justice John Roberts came to that view through a tremendous effort of willful ignorance — but subsequent events could not possibly have proved him wrong more decisively. The next time voting rights comes before the court, the need to defend the franchise will be difficult to ignore.
Some of them struggled to endorse Trump, coming up with halfhearted praise and a collective "meh." And now a whole group of party elites won't attend this month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, thinking that it would devolve into some kind of Trump-infused circus.
Of course, that's not their stated reason for skipping out. No, they have a variety of excuses: They're too busy running their own campaigns, they'd rather watch on television, or they have previous engagements scheduled (like Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who apparently has to mow his lawn for the entire four-day political extravaganza).
Some didn't even bother with an excuse, like Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. Neither of the living Republican former presidents — George W. Bush, nor his father, George H.W. Bush — will attend. And Jeb Bush, who was once thought to be the 2016 front-runner, certainly won't be asking any of his supporters to "please clap" for Trump.
Ed Kilgore:Of course, that's not their stated reason for skipping out. No, they have a variety of excuses: They're too busy running their own campaigns, they'd rather watch on television, or they have previous engagements scheduled (like Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who apparently has to mow his lawn for the entire four-day political extravaganza).
Some didn't even bother with an excuse, like Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. Neither of the living Republican former presidents — George W. Bush, nor his father, George H.W. Bush — will attend. And Jeb Bush, who was once thought to be the 2016 front-runner, certainly won't be asking any of his supporters to "please clap" for Trump.
While the original nightmare of angry Trump supporters rioting as the nomination is "stolen" has abated, protests against Trump are a certainty. And they could get out of hand.
Local police originally drew up a plan to keep protesters as far away from the convention site as possible. But a federal judge has intervened with an order killing the plan. No telling which restrictions might survive.
And yes, even without a coup, there are going to be pro-Trump demonstrators in the vicinity. A group called Citizens for Trump is expecting 5,000 people to show up under its banner. Worse yet, the Traditionalist Worker Party, a pro-Trump fringe group that recently became embroiled in violent clashes with leftists in Sacramento, is planning to travel to Cleveland to "protect Trump supporters." The convention will be an all-purpose freak magnet. And if that's not scary enough, it's clear Ohio's "open carry" law will be in force in whatever area is eventually made available to the various protesters (it might have been enforced even inside the convention site had the Secret Service not stomped on that possibility).
Bill Schneider at Reuters:Local police originally drew up a plan to keep protesters as far away from the convention site as possible. But a federal judge has intervened with an order killing the plan. No telling which restrictions might survive.
And yes, even without a coup, there are going to be pro-Trump demonstrators in the vicinity. A group called Citizens for Trump is expecting 5,000 people to show up under its banner. Worse yet, the Traditionalist Worker Party, a pro-Trump fringe group that recently became embroiled in violent clashes with leftists in Sacramento, is planning to travel to Cleveland to "protect Trump supporters." The convention will be an all-purpose freak magnet. And if that's not scary enough, it's clear Ohio's "open carry" law will be in force in whatever area is eventually made available to the various protesters (it might have been enforced even inside the convention site had the Secret Service not stomped on that possibility).
We're about to see a showdown at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, later this month between the Trump movement and the Tea Party. Remember the Tea Party? They were hard-line, anti-government conservatives who took on the Republican Party establishment in 2010.
They won.
The Tea Party’s favorite candidate this year was Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, not Trump. Some conservatives are determined to resist Trump's nomination at the convention. In last month's NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, a majority of conservative Republican voters said they would prefer that the party nominate someone other than Trump. That won't happen. But conservatives are trying to change party rules so that they can regain control of the party in the future. Presumably after Trump loses in November.
Lisa Desjardins at PBS runs down the anticipated “anti-Trump rebellion” at the GOP convention:They won.
The Tea Party’s favorite candidate this year was Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, not Trump. Some conservatives are determined to resist Trump's nomination at the convention. In last month's NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, a majority of conservative Republican voters said they would prefer that the party nominate someone other than Trump. That won't happen. But conservatives are trying to change party rules so that they can regain control of the party in the future. Presumably after Trump loses in November.
The battle to control the GOP convention in Cleveland — and the fate of party — has reached a turning point.
While the “Stop Trump” movement has unleashed a barrage of cross-country phone calls and emails to seek support for their proposals, a group of longtime Republican rule makers, some working with the Trump campaign, have quickly coalesced to try and block them.
Those Republican rule makers are also going on offense by proposing what would be relatively historic changes in order to take some power away from convention delegates this year and close more primaries to non-Republicans the next time around.
Over at The Atlantic, J.D. Vance has an interesting take on Donald Trump’s supporters:While the “Stop Trump” movement has unleashed a barrage of cross-country phone calls and emails to seek support for their proposals, a group of longtime Republican rule makers, some working with the Trump campaign, have quickly coalesced to try and block them.
Those Republican rule makers are also going on offense by proposing what would be relatively historic changes in order to take some power away from convention delegates this year and close more primaries to non-Republicans the next time around.
In some ways, Trump’s large, national coalition defies easy characterization. He draws from a broad base of good people: kind folks who open their homes and hearts to people of all colors and creeds, married couples with happy homes and families who live nearby, public servants who put their lives on the line to fight fires in their communities. Not all Trump voters spend their days searching for an analgesic.
Yet a common thread among Trump’s faithful, even among those whose individual circumstances remain unspoiled, is that they hail from broken communities. These are places where good jobs are impossible to come by. Where people have lost their faith and abandoned the churches of their parents and grandparents. Where the death rates of poor white people go up even as the death rates of all other groups go down. Where too many young people spend their days stoned instead of working and learning.
On a final note, Joel Dodge at The Week thinks Hillary Clinton should consider Vice President Joe Biden for her ticket — what do you think?Yet a common thread among Trump’s faithful, even among those whose individual circumstances remain unspoiled, is that they hail from broken communities. These are places where good jobs are impossible to come by. Where people have lost their faith and abandoned the churches of their parents and grandparents. Where the death rates of poor white people go up even as the death rates of all other groups go down. Where too many young people spend their days stoned instead of working and learning.
As America's affable "Uncle Joe," he is viewed positively by 51 percent of the country and unfavorably by just 36 percent. He's absolutely beloved by Democrats, helping to shore up the Sanders-Warren wing of the party. And he has already proven to be an able complement to a candidate who, like Clinton, sometimes struggles to connect viscerally and emotionally with voters. He also appears to absolutely love being vice president, and is good at the job.
Picking a sitting vice president would not be historically unprecedented. Unlike the presidency, there is no constitutional limit on how many terms a vice president can serve. In fact, both George Clinton and John C. Calhoun served as veep for two different presidents: Clinton for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and Calhoun for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
Picking a sitting vice president would not be historically unprecedented. Unlike the presidency, there is no constitutional limit on how many terms a vice president can serve. In fact, both George Clinton and John C. Calhoun served as veep for two different presidents: Clinton for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and Calhoun for John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
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Shush()*@)ointer:cheersgif:laughingbWith Trump, Things Are Finally Looking Up For The Ku Klux Klan
By Dartagnan
Friday Jul 01, 2016 · 3:14 PM PDT
One hundred and fifty years ago, a remarkably enduring American institution was born:
The Klan's overt approach to violent threats has also softened somewhat. Rather than directly advocating murder and lynching of African-Americans--and to a lesser extent, Jews—the Klan has genuflected to "political correctness” and more often than not now attempts to stir up violence through its persuasion and rhetoric:
The Third iteration of the Klan is the one we know from the Civil Rights era, which shaped the leaders of the movement—such as Trump supporter David Duke--who we recognize today. Having landed several of its members in jail for, among other things, the murder of black schoolchildren and civil rights workers, that version of the Klan has now dwindled into small factions. The broad consensus among leaders of the Klan today, however, is that a spirit of rejuvenation and rebirth reminiscent of the 1920’s Klan movement has taken over with the ascension to national political prominence of Donald Trump, and this has surviving Klan members thrilled with anticipation:
By Dartagnan
Friday Jul 01, 2016 · 3:14 PM PDT
One hundred and fifty years ago, a remarkably enduring American institution was born:
Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing the fight against civil rights in the 1960s. Membership dwindled, a unified group fractured, and one-time members went to prison for a string of murderous attacks against blacks. Many assumed the group was dead, a white-robed ghost of hate and violence.
Yet today, the KKK is still alive and dreams of restoring itself to what it once was: an invisible white supremacist empire spreading its tentacles throughout society. As it marks 150 years of existence, the Klan is trying to reshape itself for a new era.
The Klan has fallen on hard times since its heyday in the 1920’s, when it boasted a membership of 2-5 million members. This year, the Klan’s 150th Anniversary, the Southern Poverty Law center, which tracks white supremacist groups like the Klan, estimates the organization’s membership has dwindled to a few thousand nationwide, comprised of about 190 chapters varying widely in size. The organization is riven with dissent, with some members gravitating to the traditional “white robed” garb (available online in either or cotton [$145] or for the more style-conscious, satin [$165]) and others urging a more “stealth"-like approach, communicating via the Internet through videos and manifestos. There are also internal disputes about whether the Klan should “team up” with other like-minded groups such as the Neo-Nazis to spread their message and influence.Yet today, the KKK is still alive and dreams of restoring itself to what it once was: an invisible white supremacist empire spreading its tentacles throughout society. As it marks 150 years of existence, the Klan is trying to reshape itself for a new era.
The Klan's overt approach to violent threats has also softened somewhat. Rather than directly advocating murder and lynching of African-Americans--and to a lesser extent, Jews—the Klan has genuflected to "political correctness” and more often than not now attempts to stir up violence through its persuasion and rhetoric:
Historian David Cunningham, author of "Klansville, U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan," notes that while the Klan generally doesn't openly advocate violence, "I do think we have the sort of 'other' model of violence, which is creating a culture that supports the commission of violence in the name of these ideas."
The Klan is generally seen by historians as a product of three distinct time periods. The “Reconstruction" Klan of the mid to late 1800’s was largely one of vigilantism, murder and terrorism against African-Americans by white Southerners infuriated at the outcome of the Civil War. Outlawed in 1871, it was succeeded in 1915 when William Simmons, a former minister, sought to refashion the Klan as a vehicle for “Americanism," Protestantism, and white pride dressed in “Christian virtue” and patriotic pride. Not only African-Americans but immigrants of all stripes were seen as the enemy, with “nativism" coming to the fore as the group's philosophy, hewing to one overriding principle:
A white Protestant citizenry and the desire to maintain their dominance culturally and politically, then, defined 100 percent Americanism... White Protestants were the creators of America, and the nation would only succeed with their continued dominance.
This second coming of the Klan drew millions of adherents, frightened by the influx of European immigrants in the early 20th century, and introduced mass rallies and parades.
The Third iteration of the Klan is the one we know from the Civil Rights era, which shaped the leaders of the movement—such as Trump supporter David Duke--who we recognize today. Having landed several of its members in jail for, among other things, the murder of black schoolchildren and civil rights workers, that version of the Klan has now dwindled into small factions. The broad consensus among leaders of the Klan today, however, is that a spirit of rejuvenation and rebirth reminiscent of the 1920’s Klan movement has taken over with the ascension to national political prominence of Donald Trump, and this has surviving Klan members thrilled with anticipation:
In a series of interviews with The Associated Press, Klan leaders said they feel that U.S. politics are going their way, as a nationalist, us-against-them mentality deepens across the nation. Stopping or limiting immigration — a desire of the Klan dating back to the 1920s — is more of a cause than ever.
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The current hot-button issue for Klan members — fighting immigration and closing U.S. borders — is one of the most talked-about topics in the presidential election. Klan leaders say Donald Trump's immigration position and his ascendancy in the GOP are signs things are going their way.
"You know, we began 40 years ago saying we need to build a wall," Arkansas-based Klan leader Thomas Robb said.
Klan members point to a spike in memberships coming at the tail-end of the Obama Administration as the 2016 election cycle unfolded. The near-universal adoption in this election by the Republican Party of the Klan’s philosophy of intolerance is naturally heartening to its members, as is the fact that the presumed Republican nominee has run a campaign that, as others have pointed out, perfectly echoes the rhetoric that emanated from the Klan organization during the 1920’s, particularly that of its former Imperial Grand Wizard, H.W. Evans. Back then:* * *
The current hot-button issue for Klan members — fighting immigration and closing U.S. borders — is one of the most talked-about topics in the presidential election. Klan leaders say Donald Trump's immigration position and his ascendancy in the GOP are signs things are going their way.
"You know, we began 40 years ago saying we need to build a wall," Arkansas-based Klan leader Thomas Robb said.
[t]he Klan described the influx of immigrants as a “menace” that threatened “true Americanism,” “devotion to the nation and its government,” and, worst of all, America as a civilization. Evans claimed that “aliens” (immigrants) challenged and attacked white Americans instead of doing the right thing—and joining the Klan’s cause. (Yes, strangely, he expected immigrants’ support even though the Klan limited membership to white Protestant men and women. Of course, it’s also strange that Trump expects Latino support.) Writing in the Klan newspaper The Imperial Night-Hawk in 1923, Evans declared that immigrants were “mostly scum,” a dangerous “horde.”
The enemies of the 1920’s Klan were African-Americans, European immigrants (especially Jews) and Catholics. Today Trump has simply substituted Latinos, Hispanics and Muslims in attempting to exploit the fears of white, working-class Americans, while at the same time creating at his rallies what the New York Times has characterized as a “safe space" for bigots, racists, homophobes and haters of all stripes. As Times reporter Jared Yates Sexton put it after attending one of Trump’s rallies:
Seemingly emboldened by the atmosphere of serial transgression, a man a few feet away from me answered a warm-up speaker’s call for solidarity with the victims of the massacre in Orlando, Fla., by shouting, “The gays had it coming!”
* * * When Mr. Trump left the stage and the doors opened, I found myself in a glut of supporters streaming into the parking lot. As vendors hawked T-shirts by yelling, “Hillary sucks!” the people — more than a few of whom appeared inebriated — were discussing such worthy topics as the untrustworthiness of most Latinos, the inhumanity of immigrants and the racial epithets they’d used when Mr. Trump had referred to Mr. Obama as “one hell of a lousy president.”
The respect that the Klan and similar groups have shown to Trump in this election cycle has grown so ardent that some have now vowed to protect Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention:* * * When Mr. Trump left the stage and the doors opened, I found myself in a glut of supporters streaming into the parking lot. As vendors hawked T-shirts by yelling, “Hillary sucks!” the people — more than a few of whom appeared inebriated — were discussing such worthy topics as the untrustworthiness of most Latinos, the inhumanity of immigrants and the racial epithets they’d used when Mr. Trump had referred to Mr. Obama as “one hell of a lousy president.”
A white nationalist group that was involved in a violent brawl with anti-racist protesters this weekend in Sacramento has announced its plans to be at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 18-21 to protect Donald Trump supporters. A spokesman for the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP), which organized Sunday's march where at least five people were stabbed, told McClatchy that roughly 30 members of the group would be in attendance at the GOP event. "We're essentially just going to show up and make sure that the Donald Trump supporters are defended from the leftist thugs," he said.
Thus far Trump has been only too happy to accept the support of these groups, and has shown no inclination to repudiate them or their beliefs. Like the Klan in its current posture, Trump’s rallies tacitly encourage the permeation of violence in the culture without incurring the messy legal consequences of directly advocating it. In fact it may be the knowledge that his campaign so seamlessly duplicates the rhetoric of the 1920’s Ku Klux Klan that keeps Trump from disavowing them. Given that and the historical debt their frontrunner clearly owes to the Klan and other like-minded groups, it makes perfect sense for the Republicans to commemorate the group’s 150th Anniversary at the Republican Convention this July.
[h=1]Hillary's slide continues as Trump closes to within 5 points in poll she led by 11 in the spring – as pollster predicts the winner will be decided by voters 'holding their noses'[/h]
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 13:45, 5 July 2016 | UPDATED: 15:21, 5 July 2016
Donald Trump has moved to within 5 percentage points of Hillary Clinton in a new national poll, cutting her lead in half.
The USA Today/Suffolk University poll found 45.6 per cent of likely voters would choose the former secretary of state if the November election were held today, compared with 40.4 per cent who would pick the real estate tycoon.
And when pollsters included Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein as choices, the margin drops to just 4 points, with a margin of error of 3.
That's nearly a dead-heat.
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HILLARY ON TOP FOR NOW: The former secretary of state enjoys a 5-point lead in the latest poll, but she was ahead by 11 two months ago
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CREEPING UP: Trump is disliked by more voters than Clinton but holds an edge among independents
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THIRD PARTY BLUES: Clinton is losing more of her support to Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein than Trump is
Two months ago in the same poll, Clinton's advantage over Trump was 11 points – 50 to 39 per cent.
The election is shaping up as a lesser-of-two-evils scenario among all-important independent voters, as both leading candidates are disliked by more than half of all voters.
Trump's 'unfavorability' rating is now 60 per cent. Clinton's is 53 per cent.
And roughly 20 percent of voters have a negative view of both of them, setting up the potential for a decision based on which candidate is less difficult to support when voters decide between the devil they know and the devil they don't.
Suffolk University Political Research Center director David Paleologos said Monday that voters who dislike both Clinton and Trump may wind up 'holding their noses and picking one of them or opting for a third-party option. Or staying home, come November.'
So far Trump is leading among the group that can't stand either of their top two options.
When asked to pick Trump or Clinton, 26 per cent of them chose the Republican, 19 per cent picked the Democrat, 44 per cent were undecided and 11 per cent refused to answer.
'The majority are up for grabs,' Paleologos said.
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ABOUT AVERAGE: The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Hillary Clinton ahead by 4.6 points, about the same as the USA Today poll's result
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SMASHMOUTH: Trump's brash style of campaigning has alienated about as many voters as it's inspired
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: Clinton still faces trustworthiness issues related to an FBI probe into thousands of classified documents found on her secret, private email server
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Trump supporters are more likely than Clinton voters – 27 to 24 per cent – to say they are 'excited' about this year's election.
Clinton supporters, by a 62-56 edge, more often said they were 'alarmed.'
Among key demographic groups, Clinton leads Trump among female voters, 50 to 38 per cent. Men give Trump an edge, but a much smaller one – 43-41.
Trump leads white voters by 9 points, while Clinton is winning Hispanics by more than a 2-1 margin. Her advantage among black voters is 10-1.
Overall, the latest polling average calculated by Real Clear Politics gives Clinton a 4.6 per cent lead.
Trump led Clinton by 4 points in a Rasmussen poll published Friday, which covered the same days as the new USA Today survey.
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- Hillary Clinton led Donald Trump in May by 11 percentage points in a USA Today poll, but that lead is now just 5.2 points
- When Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are included, Clinton's lead shrinks to 4 points
- The election is shaping up as a lesser-of-two-evils scenario among all-important independent voters
- So far Trump is leading among the group that can't stand either of their top two options
- See more US election poll news as Hillary Clinton's slide continues
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 13:45, 5 July 2016 | UPDATED: 15:21, 5 July 2016
Donald Trump has moved to within 5 percentage points of Hillary Clinton in a new national poll, cutting her lead in half.
The USA Today/Suffolk University poll found 45.6 per cent of likely voters would choose the former secretary of state if the November election were held today, compared with 40.4 per cent who would pick the real estate tycoon.
And when pollsters included Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein as choices, the margin drops to just 4 points, with a margin of error of 3.
That's nearly a dead-heat.
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HILLARY ON TOP FOR NOW: The former secretary of state enjoys a 5-point lead in the latest poll, but she was ahead by 11 two months ago
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CREEPING UP: Trump is disliked by more voters than Clinton but holds an edge among independents
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THIRD PARTY BLUES: Clinton is losing more of her support to Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein than Trump is
Two months ago in the same poll, Clinton's advantage over Trump was 11 points – 50 to 39 per cent.
The election is shaping up as a lesser-of-two-evils scenario among all-important independent voters, as both leading candidates are disliked by more than half of all voters.
Trump's 'unfavorability' rating is now 60 per cent. Clinton's is 53 per cent.
And roughly 20 percent of voters have a negative view of both of them, setting up the potential for a decision based on which candidate is less difficult to support when voters decide between the devil they know and the devil they don't.
Suffolk University Political Research Center director David Paleologos said Monday that voters who dislike both Clinton and Trump may wind up 'holding their noses and picking one of them or opting for a third-party option. Or staying home, come November.'
So far Trump is leading among the group that can't stand either of their top two options.
When asked to pick Trump or Clinton, 26 per cent of them chose the Republican, 19 per cent picked the Democrat, 44 per cent were undecided and 11 per cent refused to answer.
'The majority are up for grabs,' Paleologos said.
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ABOUT AVERAGE: The Real Clear Politics average of polls shows Hillary Clinton ahead by 4.6 points, about the same as the USA Today poll's result
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SMASHMOUTH: Trump's brash style of campaigning has alienated about as many voters as it's inspired
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION: Clinton still faces trustworthiness issues related to an FBI probe into thousands of classified documents found on her secret, private email server
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Trump supporters are more likely than Clinton voters – 27 to 24 per cent – to say they are 'excited' about this year's election.
Clinton supporters, by a 62-56 edge, more often said they were 'alarmed.'
Among key demographic groups, Clinton leads Trump among female voters, 50 to 38 per cent. Men give Trump an edge, but a much smaller one – 43-41.
Trump leads white voters by 9 points, while Clinton is winning Hispanics by more than a 2-1 margin. Her advantage among black voters is 10-1.
Overall, the latest polling average calculated by Real Clear Politics gives Clinton a 4.6 per cent lead.
Trump led Clinton by 4 points in a Rasmussen poll published Friday, which covered the same days as the new USA Today survey.
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David Duke: “No Way” Star In Trump’s Tweet Was A Sheriff’s Star
“Of course later the campaign made the excuse, ‘Well, no, that’s like a sheriff’s badge.’ Well, no way, folks. Clinton, money, the most campaign corrupt person.”
posted on Jul. 5, 2016, at 5:07 p.m.
Andrew KaczynskiBuzzFeed News Reporter
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Prominent white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke on Tuesday dismissed Donald Trump’s explanation of his controversial tweet featuring Hillary Clinton next to a pile of money, a Star of David, and the words the “most corrupt candidate ever.”
A Trump staffer took the blame for the tweet on Monday evening, saying he found the image via an anti-Clinton Twitter account and believed it was a sheriff’s star, not a Star of David. Duke, however, said on his radio show it was clearly not a sheriff’s star.
“Let’s go to the tweet. The tweet again shows Clinton, it shows a Star of David. Of course later the campaign made the excuse, ‘Well, no, that’s like a sheriff’s badge.’ Well, no way, folks. Clinton, money, the most campaign corrupt person,” said Duke.
Earlier in the broadcast, Duke praised Trump for the tweet, saying his tweet was “all true.”
“We have situation right now where Trump is being absolutely pummeled for, guess what, posting a tweeting that shows Hillary Clinton with a big — in the midst of thousands of hundred-dollar bills — a big Star of David, and the words ‘the most corrupt candidate ever,’” Duke said. “And Trump tweeted this: ‘Hillary Clinton the most corrupt candidate ever.’ Now of course, the media immediately came out and said that this was ‘anti-Semitic.’ But of course, it’s all true. We’re not talking about something that’s not true.”
Duke said all the “Jewish extremists” were supporting Clinton.
“So everything in the tweet that Donald Trump retweeted, that his campaign retweeted was absolutely correct,” concluded Duke. “Absolutely right.”
He said it was important everyone vote for Trump, because even though he wasn’t “strong enough on these issues,” he was the only thing they had against Hillary Clinton.
“Of course later the campaign made the excuse, ‘Well, no, that’s like a sheriff’s badge.’ Well, no way, folks. Clinton, money, the most campaign corrupt person.”
posted on Jul. 5, 2016, at 5:07 p.m.
Andrew KaczynskiBuzzFeed News Reporter
Burt Steel / AP
w.soundcloud.com
Prominent white nationalist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke on Tuesday dismissed Donald Trump’s explanation of his controversial tweet featuring Hillary Clinton next to a pile of money, a Star of David, and the words the “most corrupt candidate ever.”
A Trump staffer took the blame for the tweet on Monday evening, saying he found the image via an anti-Clinton Twitter account and believed it was a sheriff’s star, not a Star of David. Duke, however, said on his radio show it was clearly not a sheriff’s star.
“Let’s go to the tweet. The tweet again shows Clinton, it shows a Star of David. Of course later the campaign made the excuse, ‘Well, no, that’s like a sheriff’s badge.’ Well, no way, folks. Clinton, money, the most campaign corrupt person,” said Duke.
Earlier in the broadcast, Duke praised Trump for the tweet, saying his tweet was “all true.”
“We have situation right now where Trump is being absolutely pummeled for, guess what, posting a tweeting that shows Hillary Clinton with a big — in the midst of thousands of hundred-dollar bills — a big Star of David, and the words ‘the most corrupt candidate ever,’” Duke said. “And Trump tweeted this: ‘Hillary Clinton the most corrupt candidate ever.’ Now of course, the media immediately came out and said that this was ‘anti-Semitic.’ But of course, it’s all true. We’re not talking about something that’s not true.”
Duke said all the “Jewish extremists” were supporting Clinton.
“So everything in the tweet that Donald Trump retweeted, that his campaign retweeted was absolutely correct,” concluded Duke. “Absolutely right.”
He said it was important everyone vote for Trump, because even though he wasn’t “strong enough on these issues,” he was the only thing they had against Hillary Clinton.
