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Title: Trump Selects White Separatist As Calif. Delegate
Post by: Howey on May 10, 2016, 06:20:46 pm
On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state. Trump's slate includes William Johnson, one of the country's most prominent white nationalists.

Johnson leads the American Freedom Party, a group that "exists to represent the political interests of White Americans" and aims to preserve "the customs and heritage of the European American people." The AFP has never elected a candidate of its own and possesses at most a few thousand members, but it is "arguably the most important white nationalist group in the country," according to Mark Potok, a senior fellow for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which tracks hate groups.

Johnson got the news that he had been selected by Trump in a congratulatory email sent to him by the campaign's California delegate coordinator, Katie Lagomarsino. "I just hope to show how I can be mainstream and have these views," Johnson tells Mother Jones. "I can be a white nationalist and be a strong supporter of Donald Trump and be a good example to everybody."

Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California | Mother Jones (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/donald-trump-white-nationalist-afp-delegate-california)



Title: Re: Trump Selects White Separatist As Calif. Delegate
Post by: paddymcdougall on May 11, 2016, 06:52:28 pm
Apparently he has now resigned; I love the whole "database error". because they don't know who this guy is who did robo calls for them? give me a break

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html)

Based on the article, the guy is a total douchebag


Title: Re: Trump Selects White Separatist As Calif. Delegate
Post by: uselesslegs on May 11, 2016, 10:32:16 pm
Apparently he has now resigned; I love the whole "database error". because they don't know who this guy is who did robo calls for them? give me a break

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html)

Based on the article, the guy is a total douchebag

Yeah, it's a little hard to believe that slipped through the cracks. I mean shit does happen, but for as much BS as Trump gets himself involved in, you'd think his people would be a bit extra cautious in vetting.


Title: Re: Trump Selects White Separatist As Calif. Delegate
Post by: Howey on May 11, 2016, 10:33:26 pm
Apparently he has now resigned; I love the whole "database error". because they don't know who this guy is who did robo calls for them? give me a break

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-nominates-then-dumps-white-supremacist-as-a-gop-convention-delegate/2016/05/11/20281480-17a1-11e6-924d-838753295f9a_story.html)

Based on the article, the guy is a total douchebag
Nope. He's still in there.