rightwingwatch--2020-10-28--‘Prophetess’ Kat Kerr Claims That Angels Refer to Joe Biden as ‘Sleepy Joe’ and God Called Trump ‘A

‘Prophetess’ Kat Kerr Claims That Angels Refer to Joe Biden as ‘Sleepy Joe’ and God Called Trump ‘A Superhero’

Self-proclaimed “ prophetess ” and “ weather warrior ” Kat Kerr appeared on the Elijah Streams YouTube channel Tuesday , where she declared that God is not upset with President Donald Trump ’ s language or attacks on his political enemies because even the angels refer to Joe Biden as “ Sleepy Joe.
” When asked by host Steve Shultz if God is ever “ shocked or disappointed ” by the way that Trump acts , Kerr declared “ absolutely not.
” “ He knows exactly who he ’ s going to pick , and you all know none of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ God ’ s seen the beginning and the end , and he knows exactly who he needs to do those jobs.
” “ God likes bold personalities , passionate people , ” she continued .
“ That means they ’ re expressive , they ’ re fierce about what they believe in , and sometimes those people maybe go over a line we don ’ t like , but he ’ s not shocking God at all .
That means it ’ s not necessarily OK , but you get it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ definitely accomplishing everything God wants.
” “ Actually , this is hilarious , ” Kerr added .
“ The angels sometimes will repeat the very things that Trump say .
Like they call him ‘ Sleepy Joe.
’ When God had me prophesying up in Colorado , he actually said these words , ‘ Why would you pick a villain for a president when I have already sent you a superhero ?
’ That would be Trump .
”

Self-proclaimed “prophetess” and “weather warrior” Kat Kerr appeared on the Elijah Streams YouTube channel Tuesday, where she declared that God is not upset with President Donald Trump’s language or attacks on his political enemies because even the angels refer to Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe.”
When asked by host Steve Shultz if God is ever “shocked or disappointed” by the way that Trump acts, Kerr declared “absolutely not.”
“He knows exactly who he’s going to pick, and you all know none of us are perfect,” Kerr said. “God’s seen the beginning and the end, and he knows exactly who he needs to do those jobs.”
“God likes bold personalities, passionate people,” she continued. “That means they’re expressive, they’re fierce about what they believe in, and sometimes those people maybe go over a line we don’t like, but he’s not shocking God at all. That means it’s not necessarily OK, but you get it with the package, and he is definitely accomplishing everything God wants.”
“Actually, this is hilarious,” Kerr added. “The angels sometimes will repeat the very things that Trump say. Like they call him ‘Sleepy Joe.’ When God had me prophesying up in Colorado, he actually said these words, ‘Why would you pick a villain for a president when I have already sent you a superhero?’ That would be Trump.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-29--Right Wing Round-Up: Preemptive Impeachment

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rightwingwatch--2020-10-29--Charisma Promoting Anti-Biden Conspiracy Theories in Zeal to Get Trump Reelected

Charisma , an influential Pentecostal-oriented media outlet that has become an unofficial arm of Trump ’ s reelection campaign , is spreading dubious lurid and inflammatory claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden .
In addition to spreading spurious claims about a laptop that supposedly contains “ evil and revolting ” images of Biden ’ s son Hunter with Chinese children , a post published by Charisma Wednesday amplified the claim that right-wing propaganda site National File has obtained “ a copy of the complete diary of Ashley Blazer Biden , 39-year-old daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is edited by Tom Pappert , whose credits include InfoWars and Breitbart .
The Media Bias Fact Check site describes National File as “ an extreme right Tin-Foil Hat Conspiracy website.
” The Charisma column targeting Biden ’ s daughter is by Amir George—not the acclaimed filmmaker by that name but an associate of former Breitbart editor and White House aide Steve Bannon and contributor to right-wing disinformation site WND .
George wrote that Ashley Biden was depicted in the diary as explaining a struggle with drugs and referring to “ probably not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she was a young girl and suggesting that she may have been molested .
National File has been publishing pages from the alleged diary , which they say “ was started while the author was in a drug rehabilitation facility in Florida.
” According to the site , “ National File obtained this document from a whistleblower who was concerned the media organization that employs him would not publish this potential critical story in the final 10 days before the 2020 presidential election.
” In an August column in Katy Christian Magazine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bannon by the “ anti-Christian and completely out of control Southern District of New York.
” George wrote , “ The 2016 election was truly a miracle led by Steve Bannon and other believers who fasted , prayed , and watched God work.
” In September , George authored a column for Charisma that was ostensibly an inquiry into whether the conspiracy-promoting QAnon was a “ freedom movement or hoax ” —but which promoted QAnon ’ s credibility by noting that Charisma CEO Stephen Strang has portrayed Trump as being under siege by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ column , George promoted “ a collaborative book written by 12 author/contributors and citizen journalists who have YouTube channels , blogs , Twitter followings or sub-Reddits that feature Q decodes , news and commentary , ” calling it “ a good guide to QAnon.
” Charisma is a multimedia company with a magazine , a network of podcasts , and a publishing house that publishes End Times author Jonathan Cahn ’ s bestselling books .
Strang portrays Trump as anointed by God and has authored several pro-Trump books .
National File hosted right-wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Conservative Political Action Conference .
Pappert has run God Emperor Trump , which National File calls an “ irreverent pro-Trump meme page , ” which was removed by Facebook last week .
He is apparently back on Facebook with a page entitled God Emperor Trump II : The Emperor Strikes Back .

Charisma, an influential Pentecostal-oriented media outlet that has become an unofficial arm of Trump’s reelection campaign, is spreading dubious lurid and inflammatory claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
In addition to spreading spurious claims about a laptop that supposedly contains “evil and revolting” images of Biden’s son Hunter with Chinese children, a post published by Charisma Wednesday amplified the claim that right-wing propaganda site National File has obtained “a copy of the complete diary of Ashley Blazer Biden, 39-year-old daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.”
National File, founded last year, is edited by Tom Pappert, whose credits include InfoWars and Breitbart. The Media Bias Fact Check site describes National File as “an extreme right Tin-Foil Hat Conspiracy website.”
The Charisma column targeting Biden’s daughter is by Amir George—not the acclaimed filmmaker by that name but an associate of former Breitbart editor and White House aide Steve Bannon and contributor to right-wing disinformation site WND. George wrote that Ashley Biden was depicted in the diary as explaining a struggle with drugs and referring to “probably not appropriate showers” with her father when she was a young girl and suggesting that she may have been molested.
National File has been publishing pages from the alleged diary, which they say “was started while the author was in a drug rehabilitation facility in Florida.” According to the site, “National File obtained this document from a whistleblower who was concerned the media organization that employs him would not publish this potential critical story in the final 10 days before the 2020 presidential election.”
In an August column in Katy Christian Magazine, George decried the “attack” on Bannon by the “anti-Christian and completely out of control Southern District of New York.” George wrote, “The 2016 election was truly a miracle led by Steve Bannon and other believers who fasted, prayed, and watched God work.”
In September, George authored a column for Charisma that was ostensibly an inquiry into whether the conspiracy-promoting QAnon was a “freedom movement or hoax”—but which promoted QAnon’s credibility by noting that Charisma CEO Stephen Strang has portrayed Trump as being under siege by the “deep state.” In that column, George promoted “a collaborative book written by 12 author/contributors and citizen journalists who have YouTube channels, blogs, Twitter followings or sub-Reddits that feature Q decodes, news and commentary,” calling it “a good guide to QAnon.”
Charisma is a multimedia company with a magazine, a network of podcasts, and a publishing house that publishes End Times author Jonathan Cahn’s bestselling books. Strang portrays Trump as anointed by God and has authored several pro-Trump books.
National File hosted right-wing events that took place around this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. Pappert has run God Emperor Trump, which National File calls an “irreverent pro-Trump meme page,” which was removed by Facebook last week. He is apparently back on Facebook with a page entitled God Emperor Trump II: The Emperor Strikes Back.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-29--Stephen Strang Praises Barrett Confirmation, Claims Democratic Wins in 2020 Would be ‘Very, Very Dan

Stephen Strang Praises Barrett Confirmation, Claims Democratic Wins in 2020 Would be ‘Very, Very Dangerous’

Stephen Strang , CEO of the Pentecostal-oriented media company Charisma and publisher of several books praising President Donald Trump , devoted time on his podcast Tuesday to celebrating the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett , which passed the Senate without a single Democratic vote on Monday night .
He said Trump ’ s Supreme Court nominations will be one of his “ greatest legacies.
” Like other right-wing leaders , Strang pivoted to warning of the supposed dangers of Democrats “ packing ” the Supreme Court if they win the presidency and control of Congress .
An @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be “ absolutely horrible ” and “ very , very dangerous for America.
” Strang claimed it would mean that “ every socialist dream that they have would get passed and America as we know would not exist.
” He said he was concerned about the future of religious liberty because “ there are lefties who think that we are dangerous .
They think what the Bible teaches is hate speech.
” Strang repeatedly called the upcoming election the most important of his lifetime .
Noting that many of the “ prophets ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have also prophesied that Trump would get a second term , Strang says he believes that Trump will win reelection .
He said he believes that Barrett ’ s confirmation and the Democratic response to it are moving polls in Trump ’ s direction .
Strang told listeners that Barrett ’ s confirmation “ should make all spirit-filled Christians proud ” and talked about his long relationship with leaders of the charismatic Catholic People of Praise group of which Barrett is part .
Strang has turned the multimedia Charisma into a virtual public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Stephen Strang, CEO of the Pentecostal-oriented media company Charisma and publisher of several books praising President Donald Trump, devoted time on his podcast Tuesday to celebrating the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, which passed the Senate without a single Democratic vote on Monday night. He said Trump’s Supreme Court nominations will be one of his “greatest legacies.”
Like other right-wing leaders, Strang pivoted to warning of the supposed dangers of Democrats “packing” the Supreme Court if they win the presidency and control of Congress. An expanded court, Strang said, would be “absolutely horrible” and “very, very dangerous for America.”
Strang claimed it would mean that “every socialist dream that they have would get passed and America as we know would not exist.” He said he was concerned about the future of religious liberty because “there are lefties who think that we are dangerous. They think what the Bible teaches is hate speech.”
Strang repeatedly called the upcoming election the most important of his lifetime. Noting that many of the “prophets” who prophesied that Trump would be elected have also prophesied that Trump would get a second term, Strang says he believes that Trump will win reelection. He said he believes that Barrett’s confirmation and the Democratic response to it are moving polls in Trump’s direction.
Strang told listeners that Barrett’s confirmation “should make all spirit-filled Christians proud” and talked about his long relationship with leaders of the charismatic Catholic People of Praise group of which Barrett is part.
Strang has turned the multimedia Charisma into a virtual public relations vehicle promoting Trump and his reelection.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-29--Nothing Says ‘Merry Christmas’ Like Being Stared Down by a Screaming Jeanine Pirro

The Faith and Freedom Coalition held a voter mobilization rally in Waco , Texas , last Sunday , where the keynote speaker was Jeanine Pirro of Fox News .
Pirro used her speech to encourage voters to support President Donald Trump , whom she praised for making it acceptable to say “ Merry Christmas ” again—which she said she now does with gusto while staring people down .
“ I remember when Donald Trump was running and he talked about bringing back ‘ Merry Christmas , ” ‘ Pirro said .
“ I live in New York .
I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says it.
’ You know , you try to be politically correct because ‘ Happy Hanukkah , ’ Kwanzaa , this , that , the atheists , the agnostics , whatever .
And then I said , ‘ He ’ s right.
’ This guy who ’ s never been in politics , a New York City billionaire who builds buildings for a living , who fights the swamp in New York City , he ’ s got a better handle on it than I do.
” “ And since he came in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ and I say it a decibel louder now , ” Pirro declared .
“ And I stare them down and so should you .
”

The Faith and Freedom Coalition held a voter mobilization rally in Waco, Texas, last Sunday, where the keynote speaker was Jeanine Pirro of Fox News. Pirro used her speech to encourage voters to support President Donald Trump, whom she praised for making it acceptable to say “Merry Christmas” again—which she said she now does with gusto while staring people down.
“I remember when Donald Trump was running and he talked about bringing back ‘Merry Christmas,”‘ Pirro said. “I live in New York. I’m like, ‘Yeah, nobody says it.’ You know, you try to be politically correct because ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ Kwanzaa, this, that, the atheists, the agnostics, whatever. And then I said, ‘He’s right.’ This guy who’s never been in politics, a New York City billionaire who builds buildings for a living, who fights the swamp in New York City, he’s got a better handle on it than I do.”
“And since he came in, I say, ‘Merry Christmas’ and I say it a decibel louder now,” Pirro declared. “And I stare them down and so should you.”


rightwingwatch--2020-10-30--Right Wing Round-Up: Perdue Chickens Out


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rightwingwatch--2020-10-30--Far-Right and White Supremacist Groups Are Training for Violence in the US

Earlier this week , Buzzfeed reported that Patriot Front , a three-year-old a white supremacist group labeled “ one of the most active hate groups in the United States , ” is actively training in preparation for violence following the upcoming presidential elections .
The group , which was created in the aftermath of the 2017 melée in Charlottesville known as the ‘ Unite the Right ’ rally , now has several hundred members training with the ultimate goal of creating a white ethno-state .
According to the report , the group celebrates Hitler and Mussolini and wants to “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Jews , remaking the fabric of America.
” Patriot Front members reportedly participate in mandatory weight-loss regimens and workouts , and train in “ hand-to-hand combat ” in anticipation of future conflicts no matter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election .
“ It does not matter what people personally believe about it , ” wrote the organization ’ s leader , Thomas Rousseau ( h/t Buzzfeed News ) .
“ Casting a ballot is a submissive gesture to legitimize tyranny .
It is fundamentally amoral .
It is done as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the organization.
” The white supremacist group is one of several militant gangs that have emerged in the U.S. following President Donald Trump ’ s election in 2016 .
Among the most infamous of these groups is the Rise Above Movement ( RAM ) , a white supremacist group that refers to itself as the “ premier MMA ( mixed martial arts ) club of the Alt-Right.
” RAM made headlines over the past few years for violent encounters during protests in Huntington Beach , Berkeley , and Charlottesville .
Their members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ videos .
Four RAM members , including co-founder Ben Daley and UCLA doctoral student Michael Miselis , were arrested by the FBI in 2018 for their role in the violence that erupted in Charlottesville at the hands of participants in the Unite the Right gathering .
They pled guilty and were sentenced .
RAM co-founder Robert Rundo and two other members were later arrested on rioting charges in relation to a rally in Huntington Beach but were released after the charges were dismissed by a district judge .
Since being released , Rundo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RAM ’ s violent ideology .
His posts include “ Combat Sports For The Future of Nationalist , ” where he referred to mixed martial arts as a “ weapon ” for white supremacists .
“ This sporting culture is something we can lay claim to , this is something we are setting the trend in , ” Rundo wrote .
“ What better trend to set for our people to become in shape , active , and capable .
Meanwhile , the left is burning itself out pushing drug culture , consumerism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ include the Proud Boys , a far-right male chauvinist hate group that promotes political violence in the U.S .
Under the leadership of Vice co-founder and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and now under chairman Enrique Tarrio , the gang has made it its mission to target leftists at protests .
Some of their members even wear “ Pinochet Did Nothing Wrong ” shirts , referring to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet ’ s murders of leftists and socialists .
For a time , the Proud Boys had a “ tactical defense arm ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( FOAK ) , led by convicted felon Kyle Chapman .
The group used hand-to-hand combat as well as weapons like knives to attack protestors .
The aim of the group was to “ protect and defend our right-wing brethren ” through “ street activism , preparation , defense and confrontation.
” They also claimed that violence was the only way to save Western civilization from “ globalism , radical Islam , and communism.
” There are several MMA fighters who have shown support for the Proud Boys , including Ultimate Fighter veteran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweeted a fake list of anti-fascist activists and organizers ahead of a Proud Boys rally in Portland .
The list , which was devised on 8chan — an extremist forum where white supremacists and domestic terrorists have uploaded their manifestos — is actually a list of people who signed an anti-Trump petition from refusefacism.org .
Then , during a protest in Portland , Oregon , LaRosa pinned a demonstrator on the ground in an attempt to restrain her .
When the pinned woman gasped “ I can ’ t breathe , ” LaRosa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ care.
” LaRosa later claimed that the woman she pinned down approached her and shouted , “ Fuck Proud Boys , ” after which a fight broke out .
No arrests were made .
There is a clear trend between the rise of far-right militias in the United States and their attraction to combat sports such as MMA .
For some , it is a community-building tool for like-minded white supremacists .
For others , it is a necessary weapon in their ongoing conflict against anti-fascists and progressive Americans .

Earlier this week, Buzzfeed reported that Patriot Front, a three-year-old a white supremacist group labeled “one of the most active hate groups in the United States,” is actively training in preparation for violence following the upcoming presidential elections.
The group, which was created in the aftermath of the 2017 melée in Charlottesville known as the ‘Unite the Right’ rally, now has several hundred members training with the ultimate goal of creating a white ethno-state. According to the report, the group celebrates Hitler and Mussolini and wants to “expel immigrants, people of color, and Jews, remaking the fabric of America.”
Patriot Front members reportedly participate in mandatory weight-loss regimens and workouts, and train in “hand-to-hand combat” in anticipation of future conflicts no matter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
“It does not matter what people personally believe about it,” wrote the organization’s leader, Thomas Rousseau (h/t Buzzfeed News). “Casting a ballot is a submissive gesture to legitimize tyranny. It is fundamentally amoral. It is done as an insult to the nation’s cause and the organization.”
The white supremacist group is one of several militant gangs that have emerged in the U.S. following President Donald Trump’s election in 2016. Among the most infamous of these groups is the Rise Above Movement (RAM), a white supremacist group that refers to itself as the “premier MMA (mixed martial arts) club of the Alt-Right.” RAM made headlines over the past few years for violent encounters during protests in Huntington Beach, Berkeley, and Charlottesville. Their members would then glorify their antics in propaganda videos.
Four RAM members, including co-founder Ben Daley and UCLA doctoral student Michael Miselis, were arrested by the FBI in 2018 for their role in the violence that erupted in Charlottesville at the hands of participants in the Unite the Right gathering. They pled guilty and were sentenced. RAM co-founder Robert Rundo and two other members were later arrested on rioting charges in relation to a rally in Huntington Beach but were released after the charges were dismissed by a district judge.
Since being released, Rundo has taken to writing blog posts espousing RAM’s violent ideology. His posts include “Combat Sports For The Future of Nationalist,” where he referred to mixed martial arts as a “weapon” for white supremacists.
“This sporting culture is something we can lay claim to, this is something we are setting the trend in,” Rundo wrote. “What better trend to set for our people to become in shape, active, and capable. Meanwhile, the left is burning itself out pushing drug culture, consumerism, and apathy.”
Other such groups include the Proud Boys, a far-right male chauvinist hate group that promotes political violence in the U.S. Under the leadership of Vice co-founder and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and now under chairman Enrique Tarrio, the gang has made it its mission to target leftists at protests. Some of their members even wear “Pinochet Did Nothing Wrong” shirts, referring to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s murders of leftists and socialists.
This is Gavin McInnes, founder of The Proud Boys, talking about why he created them & what their purpose is. They are still not designed as a terrorist group.pic.twitter.com/6TljU51tH3 — Rational Disconnect (@RationalDis) May 31, 2020
For a time, the Proud Boys had a “tactical defense arm” known as the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights (FOAK), led by convicted felon Kyle Chapman. The group used hand-to-hand combat as well as weapons like knives to attack protestors. The aim of the group was to “protect and defend our right-wing brethren” through “street activism, preparation, defense and confrontation.” They also claimed that violence was the only way to save Western civilization from “globalism, radical Islam, and communism.”
There are several MMA fighters who have shown support for the Proud Boys, including Ultimate Fighter veteran and pioneer Tara LaRosa. The fighter tweeted a fake list of anti-fascist activists and organizers ahead of a Proud Boys rally in Portland. The list, which was devised on 8chan — an extremist forum where white supremacists and domestic terrorists have uploaded their manifestos — is actually a list of people who signed an anti-Trump petition from refusefacism.org.
Then, during a protest in Portland, Oregon, LaRosa pinned a demonstrator on the ground in an attempt to restrain her. When the pinned woman gasped “I can’t breathe,” LaRosa responded with “I don’t care.”
LaRosa later claimed that the woman she pinned down approached her and shouted, “Fuck Proud Boys,” after which a fight broke out. No arrests were made.
There is a clear trend between the rise of far-right militias in the United States and their attraction to combat sports such as MMA. For some, it is a community-building tool for like-minded white supremacists. For others, it is a necessary weapon in their ongoing conflict against anti-fascists and progressive Americans.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-30--Trump ‘Prophet’ Lance Wallnau Uses QAnon Rhetoric To Promote Preelection Spiritual Warfare Rally

Trump-supporting “ prophetic ” personality Lance Wallnau will host a preelection “ prayer assault ” and spiritual warfare rally on the National Mall in Washington , D.C. , this weekend .
Wallnau ’ s advocacy on behalf of Trump has earned him insider status at the White House .
Wallnau , a promoter of Seven Mountains Dominionist theology , is a member of the leadership council of the POTUS Shield prayer network .
He has described Trump as a “ rough prophet.
” Wallnau recently declared , “ Fighting with Trump is fighting with God ” and he blamed demons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the animosity , hatred , venom , and vitriol ” that is stirred up against Trump .
This month , he appealed to God to make sure that Trump was reelected so that heathens will not be able to embarrass Trump .
On Friday , Wallnau promoted this weekend ’ s “ As One ” rally with an email with the subject line , “ The Storm is Here ” —the latest example of a religious-right figure employing rhetoric popular among followers of QAnon conspiracy theories .
In QAnon-speak , “ The Storm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powerful people—political opponents of Trump—that are supposedly involved in a satanic pedophile network that Trump is always just on the verge of bringing down .
Amedia doesn ’ t mention that conspiracy , but does use the storm metaphor to describe “ demonic turbulence ” and a “ cultural tropical war ” that will “ make landfall ” during the Nov. 3 elections : Over the last few months it has been like watching a cultural tropical storm ramp up into a category 5 hurricane , and now as the eye of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 2020 election is the flood barrier upon which this storm now breaks .
The question on everyone ’ s mind is , “ Will the ship of state be able weather the storm or will it sink ?
” For more reasons than COVID , the nation is dealing with an “ invisible enemy.
” If we do nothing to stop this demonic turbulence , it will not simply go away , it will actually increase and intensify .
… We must learn to deal with the organizational structures looking to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind them .
“ We are going to have to wage war in the heavenlies and contend for the destiny of America , ” Wallnau wrote .
A day earlier , another rally-promoting email from Wallnau and his wife Anabelle declared , “ This coming election will define , or redefine , America as we know it for the next 50 years.
” “ Yet , many Christians choose not to vote because they don ’ t think it will make a difference , especially if they live in states dominated by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ email stated .
“ What they fail to realize is that their vote means something , their vote counts , it is a seed they get to plant in the soil of America .
It is a statement of faith.
” Like other leaders associated with the New Apostolic Reformation movement within Pentecostal Christianity , Wallnau believes that the church has a responsibility to “ disciple nations.
” “ We must do all we can to support candidates on every level who will govern according to Biblical principles , ” the Wallnaus wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 1,000 for a “ spiritual warfare ” gathering at Trump International Hotel in Washington , D.C. Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck , Wallnau was planning a “ Glorious Chaos ” tour of swing states to promote Trump , who Wallnau declared “ God ’ s Chaos Candidate ” in 2016 .
Wallnau ’ s “ As One ” rally is scheduled to take place Saturday , Oct. 31 from 6pm to 9 pm and Sunday , Nov. 1 from 10am to 6pm .
Scheduled speakers include Mario Murillo , Ramiro Pena , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jeremiah Johnson and some “ wonder women ” from event sponsor Women Fighting for America .
According to Wallnau , the Museum of the Bible , a culture-war beachhead for religious-right activists in the nation ’ s capital , is offering “ As One ” attendees a 50 percent discount .

Trump-supporting “prophetic” personality Lance Wallnau will host a preelection “prayer assault” and spiritual warfare rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend. Wallnau’s advocacy on behalf of Trump has earned him insider status at the White House.
Wallnau, a promoter of Seven Mountains Dominionist theology, is a member of the leadership council of the POTUS Shield prayer network. He has described Trump as a “rough prophet.” Wallnau recently declared, “Fighting with Trump is fighting with God” and he blamed demons living inside journalists for “all of the animosity, hatred, venom, and vitriol” that is stirred up against Trump. This month, he appealed to God to make sure that Trump was reelected so that heathens will not be able to embarrass Trump.
On Friday, Wallnau promoted this weekend’s “As One” rally with an email with the subject line, “The Storm is Here”—the latest example of a religious-right figure employing rhetoric popular among followers of QAnon conspiracy theories. In QAnon-speak, “The Storm” refers to predicted mass arrests of powerful people—political opponents of Trump—that are supposedly involved in a satanic pedophile network that Trump is always just on the verge of bringing down. Amedia doesn’t mention that conspiracy, but does use the storm metaphor to describe “demonic turbulence” and a “cultural tropical war” that will “make landfall” during the Nov. 3 elections:
Over the last few months it has been like watching a cultural tropical storm ramp up into a category 5 hurricane, and now as the eye of the storm is about to make landfall America’s 2020 election is the flood barrier upon which this storm now breaks. The question on everyone’s mind is, “Will the ship of state be able weather the storm or will it sink?” For more reasons than COVID, the nation is dealing with an “invisible enemy.” If we do nothing to stop this demonic turbulence, it will not simply go away, it will actually increase and intensify. … We must learn to deal with the organizational structures looking to exploit the turbulence and the spirits working behind them.
“We are going to have to wage war in the heavenlies and contend for the destiny of America,” Wallnau wrote.
A day earlier, another rally-promoting email from Wallnau and his wife Anabelle declared, “This coming election will define, or redefine, America as we know it for the next 50 years.”
“Yet, many Christians choose not to vote because they don’t think it will make a difference, especially if they live in states dominated by a demonic ideology,” Thursday’s email stated. “What they fail to realize is that their vote means something, their vote counts, it is a seed they get to plant in the soil of America. It is a statement of faith.”
Like other leaders associated with the New Apostolic Reformation movement within Pentecostal Christianity, Wallnau believes that the church has a responsibility to “disciple nations.”
“We must do all we can to support candidates on every level who will govern according to Biblical principles,” the Wallnaus wrote.
Last year Wallnau charged people about $1,000 for a “spiritual warfare” gathering at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Wallnau was planning a “Glorious Chaos” tour of swing states to promote Trump, who Wallnau declared “God’s Chaos Candidate” in 2016.
Wallnau’s “As One” rally is scheduled to take place Saturday, Oct. 31 from 6pm to 9 pm and Sunday, Nov. 1 from 10am to 6pm. Scheduled speakers include Mario Murillo, Ramiro Pena, Robert Henderson, Mario Bramnick, and Jeremiah Johnson and some “wonder women” from event sponsor Women Fighting for America.
According to Wallnau, the Museum of the Bible, a culture-war beachhead for religious-right activists in the nation’s capital, is offering “As One” attendees a 50 percent discount.


rightwingwatch--2020-10-30--Hey, Washington Post: Trump ‘Prophet’ Frank Amedia Is Not a Voice of Reason and Unity

Former Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia , a pro-Trump “ prophet , ” is the founder of POTUS Shield , a network of dominionist religious leaders created to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump .
While Right Wing Watch covers Amedia regularly , he does not get much mainstream media coverage .
It was frustrating , therefore , to have the Washington Post ’ s Marc Fisher present Amedia as a voice of reason in a story about ways in which people across the U.S. political spectrum see victory by their political opponents as a threat to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used Amedia as an example of apocalyptic rhetoric from the religious right—linking to a Right Wing Watch video to make the point .
But then it quoted repeatedly from an interview with Amedia , portraying him as “ more anguished than angry , more searching than seething.
” “ Why are some people joining into causes and movements ?
Why are they finding some credence in things like QAnon ?
” Amedia was quoted asking .
He told the Post that his church will accept the election results “ whatever they are , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to be the voice that brings the unity.
” And he says POTUS Shield will continue praying for Biden if he wins .
I believe Fisher was far too credulous in letting Amedia present himself as a voice of reason and unity .
Amedia says that God instructed him to create POTUS Shield on the night of the 2016 presidential election to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of Trump and against his enemies .
Amedia and his POTUS Shield colleagues portray Trump as playing a divinely-appointed role in God ’ s plans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ .
And they label Trump ’ s political opponents as demonic agents of Satan .
Amedia is a regular guest on the TV show hosted by James Bakker , a disgraced pastor who now peddles conspiracy theories and hawks survival food products to preppers .
Amedia and his POTUS Shield colleagues promote “ deep state ” conspiracy theories–including one that an intelligence agency had bugged the White House and that God warned them through Amedia to sweep it three times to clear the bugs .
Last week Amedia published an hour-long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who aren ’ t willing to take a stand against abortion or the “ perversion ” of homosexuality and marriage equality .
He said they aren ’ t really part of the body of Christ .
This week Amedia posted an exhortation to his “ warriors , worshippers and watchmen ” and called on God to send delusions against “ the evil and the enemy.
” Notably , POTUS Shield ’ s “ prophets ” have repeatedly prayed for God to knock off pro-choice Supreme Court justices to make room for more Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s death a “ move of God ” that fulfilled his prophecy that Trump would get three justices during his first term .
On his Oct. 21 video , Amedia repeated earlier criticisms he has made of Chief Justice John Roberts , saying he is not a real conservative and can not be trusted .
Amedia ’ s complaint this time was Roberts voting to allow the state of Pennsylvania to move ahead with changes in vote-counting rules made to accommodate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on voting and mail delivery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change him or remove him , ” adding that Roberts “ doesn ’ t deserve that title.
” Fortunately , Amedia said , God told him that the election will not hinge on Pennsylvania but on some as-yet-undivulged “ sleeper state.
” Amedia has prophesied that God would give Trump a second term and that he will intervene in key Senate races to shift five percentage points away from Democratic candidates and toward Republicans .
In his video , he rallied his troops to have faith and not be discouraged by polls .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ spiritual earthquake ” through the elections .
And he prayed for a number of Republican Senate candidates by name , including Lindsey Graham , who Amedia said had completed a divine assignment in ushering Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court .
“ We understand what it means to take ground and hold it in the kingdom of God , ” Amedia said .
Drawing from a well-known scriptural passage about putting on “ the whole armor of God , ” he said God is calling his people to battle : And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because we need the armor of God for battle .
What good is a sword ?
If all you do is hang it on a wall and look at it and polish it once a year ?
What good is the word of God if we don ’ t attack with it , and we don ’ t defend with it ?
What good is a shield if the only thing that we ’ re really deflecting with it is our own fears ?
So , God is calling his people to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calling us right now .
It ’ s not comfortable for some .
It ’ s not comfortable .
There ’ s nothing comfortable about war .
There ’ s nothing glorious about war .
War has fatalities .
War has casualties .
The reason you go to war is because you have to go to war .
…You can not be double minded and do battle in the kingdom of God .
If you ’ re not sure that you ’ re a fierce warrior that stands against immorality , perverse sex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unborn children , disobedience of the law of God , if you ’ re not sure of that , you ’ d best just stay home and do nothing .
Which is probably what you ’ re doing anyway .
Amedia said the times call for conservative Christians to be on offense , not defense .
And he told them , “ It ’ s all about power.
” Here ’ s what he said : It ’ s all about power .
It ’ s all about power .
It seems like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any kind of effect on us , it understands power , but as the body of Christ , we seem to be ashamed to admit power .
But it ’ s about power .
It ’ s about the power of God and the power of the kingdom , and the power of the body of Christ , and the power of the voice of the body of Christ , and the power of the actions of the body of Christ .
A voice without actions is a tinkling bell .
It has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about power , put on the whole armor of God , that you might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil , for we wrestle not against flesh and blood , but against principalities , against powers , against the rulers of the darkness of this world , against spiritual wickedness in high places– spiritual wickedness , because we are earthly and human beings , manifests itself in spheres of influence here on this earth , in this nation , in our politics , and in people .
Some people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We need to accept and understand that .
It doesn ’ t matter what they say , it matters what they do .
And it matters what they don ’ t do .
What do they do that ’ s the kingdom of God ?
What don ’ t they do , that they should be doing—or they could do ?
Amedia has said that Ginsburg ’ s death was just the first part of a multi-event “ blast ” that God would use to save Trump ’ s campaign and presidency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ took the microphone after Amedia returned to the idea of God ’ s divine blast , praying :

Commentary
Former Trump campaign adviser Frank Amedia, a pro-Trump “prophet,” is the founder of POTUS Shield, a network of dominionist religious leaders created to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of President Donald Trump. While Right Wing Watch covers Amedia regularly, he does not get much mainstream media coverage. It was frustrating, therefore, to have the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher present Amedia as a voice of reason in a story about ways in which people across the U.S. political spectrum see victory by their political opponents as a threat to the country itself.
The article initially used Amedia as an example of apocalyptic rhetoric from the religious right—linking to a Right Wing Watch video to make the point. But then it quoted repeatedly from an interview with Amedia, portraying him as “more anguished than angry, more searching than seething.”
“Why are some people joining into causes and movements? Why are they finding some credence in things like QAnon?” Amedia was quoted asking. He told the Post that his church will accept the election results “whatever they are,” adding that “we’re going to be the voice that brings the unity.” And he says POTUS Shield will continue praying for Biden if he wins.
I believe Fisher was far too credulous in letting Amedia present himself as a voice of reason and unity. Amedia says that God instructed him to create POTUS Shield on the night of the 2016 presidential election to wage spiritual warfare on behalf of Trump and against his enemies. Amedia and his POTUS Shield colleagues portray Trump as playing a divinely-appointed role in God’s plans for the End Times and return of Jesus Christ. And they label Trump’s political opponents as demonic agents of Satan.
Amedia is a regular guest on the TV show hosted by James Bakker, a disgraced pastor who now peddles conspiracy theories and hawks survival food products to preppers. Amedia and his POTUS Shield colleagues promote “deep state” conspiracy theories–including one that an intelligence agency had bugged the White House and that God warned them through Amedia to sweep it three times to clear the bugs.
Last week Amedia published an hour-long video in which he railed against Christians who aren’t willing to take a stand against abortion or the “perversion” of homosexuality and marriage equality. He said they aren’t really part of the body of Christ. This week Amedia posted an exhortation to his “warriors, worshippers and watchmen” and called on God to send delusions against “the evil and the enemy.”
Notably, POTUS Shield’s “prophets” have repeatedly prayed for God to knock off pro-choice Supreme Court justices to make room for more Trump nominees. Amedia called Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death a “move of God” that fulfilled his prophecy that Trump would get three justices during his first term.
On his Oct. 21 video, Amedia repeated earlier criticisms he has made of Chief Justice John Roberts, saying he is not a real conservative and cannot be trusted. Amedia’s complaint this time was Roberts voting to allow the state of Pennsylvania to move ahead with changes in vote-counting rules made to accommodate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on voting and mail delivery. Amedia asked God to “either change him or remove him,” adding that Roberts “doesn’t deserve that title.” Fortunately, Amedia said, God told him that the election will not hinge on Pennsylvania but on some as-yet-undivulged “sleeper state.”
Amedia has prophesied that God would give Trump a second term and that he will intervene in key Senate races to shift five percentage points away from Democratic candidates and toward Republicans. In his video, he rallied his troops to have faith and not be discouraged by polls. Amedia prayed that God would send a “spiritual earthquake” through the elections. And he prayed for a number of Republican Senate candidates by name, including Lindsey Graham, who Amedia said had completed a divine assignment in ushering Amy Coney Barrett onto the Supreme Court.
“We understand what it means to take ground and hold it in the kingdom of God,” Amedia said. Drawing from a well-known scriptural passage about putting on “the whole armor of God,” he said God is calling his people to battle:
And we put on the armor of God because we need the armor of God for battle. What good is a sword? If all you do is hang it on a wall and look at it and polish it once a year? What good is the word of God if we don’t attack with it, and we don’t defend with it? What good is a shield if the only thing that we’re really deflecting with it is our own fears? So, God is calling his people to a high level. And he’s calling us right now. It’s not comfortable for some. It’s not comfortable. There’s nothing comfortable about war. There’s nothing glorious about war. War has fatalities. War has casualties. The reason you go to war is because you have to go to war. …You cannot be double minded and do battle in the kingdom of God. If you’re not sure that you’re a fierce warrior that stands against immorality, perverse sex, same-sex marriage, the killing of unborn children, disobedience of the law of God, if you’re not sure of that, you’d best just stay home and do nothing. Which is probably what you’re doing anyway.
Amedia said the times call for conservative Christians to be on offense, not defense. And he told them, “It’s all about power.” Here’s what he said:
It’s all about power. It’s all about power. It seems like every other sphere of influence that has any kind of effect on us, it understands power, but as the body of Christ, we seem to be ashamed to admit power. But it’s about power. It’s about the power of God and the power of the kingdom, and the power of the body of Christ, and the power of the voice of the body of Christ, and the power of the actions of the body of Christ. A voice without actions is a tinkling bell. It has no effect whatsoever. It’s about power, put on the whole armor of God, that you might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places– spiritual wickedness, because we are earthly and human beings, manifests itself in spheres of influence here on this earth, in this nation, in our politics, and in people. Some people are instruments of wickedness in high places. We need to accept and understand that. It doesn’t matter what they say, it matters what they do. And it matters what they don’t do. What do they do that’s the kingdom of God? What don’t they do, that they should be doing—or they could do?
Amedia has said that Ginsburg’s death was just the first part of a multi-event “blast” that God would use to save Trump’s campaign and presidency. One of the prayer leaders who took the microphone after Amedia returned to the idea of God’s divine blast, praying:


rightwingwatch--2020-10-30--Glenn Beck Says the 2020 Election Is a Spiritual Battle Against ‘Satan Himself’

Thursday night ’ s episode of the “ America Stands : Flashpoint ” program airing on televangelist Kenneth Copeland ’ s Victory Channel network featured an interview with Glenn Beck in which Beck revealed that he had a frightening prophetic dream in which he was shown that the 2020 election is a spiritual battle against “ Satan himself.
” Beck , who owns the right-wing web-based network called The Blaze , claimed that he had a prophetic dream several years ago “ that was so terrifying ” that he refused to tell anyone about it .
A while later , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unnamed religious leader called Beck out of the blue and asked to meet with him .
Beck said he got on a plane and went to see this person , who sat him down and told him , “ Sometimes the Lord speaks to us in dreams .
… And you know exactly what I ’ m talking about.
” After promising not to dismiss this prophetic dream he had supposedly received , Beck then returned home where he said he eventually realized its terrifying significance .
“ All of a sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Beck said .
“ I just warn you that we are in a spiritual battle against evil unleashed .
We are not fighting the Democrats ; we are fighting Satan himself .
”

Thursday night’s episode of the “America Stands: Flashpoint” program airing on televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s Victory Channel network featured an interview with Glenn Beck in which Beck revealed that he had a frightening prophetic dream in which he was shown that the 2020 election is a spiritual battle against “Satan himself.”
Beck, who owns the right-wing web-based network called The Blaze, claimed that he had a prophetic dream several years ago “that was so terrifying” that he refused to tell anyone about it. A while later, he had the same vision again when an unnamed religious leader called Beck out of the blue and asked to meet with him.
Beck said he got on a plane and went to see this person, who sat him down and told him, “Sometimes the Lord speaks to us in dreams. … And you know exactly what I’m talking about.”
After promising not to dismiss this prophetic dream he had supposedly received, Beck then returned home where he said he eventually realized its terrifying significance.
“All of a sudden it took on a completely new meaning,” Beck said. “I just warn you that we are in a spiritual battle against evil unleashed. We are not fighting the Democrats; we are fighting Satan himself.”


rightwingwatch--2020-11-01--Attorney General Bill Barr Meets With Radical Right-Wing Activist Dave Daubenmire

On Friday and Saturday , a small group of right-wing activists , led by radical religious-right bigot Dave Daubenmire , carried out a series of protests outside the home of Joe Biden in Delaware , as well as the home of former president Barack Obama in Washington , D.C. , demanding that the Democratic presidential nominee and the president for whom he worked as vice president be arrested , tried , and executed for treason .
On Saturday afternoon , Daubenmire and crew took their protest to the home of Attorney General Bill Barr , who personally came out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and take photos with them .
The protests were a continuation of Daubenmire ’ s “ Equal Justice Tour , ” which began in 2019 , when the same group of activists protested outside the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua , New York , declaring that Hillary must be arrested and sent to prison so that she would “ be taught to fear God.
” Since then , Daubenmire has only ratcheted up his attacks on Clinton , declaring last month that she must be publicly executed .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ever been a more corrupt American politician than Hillary Clinton , ” Daubenmire said on the Oct. 8 episode of his “ Pass The Salt Live ” program .
“ Her public life has been one slimy action after another .
The demonic left loves her .
There is no doubt in my mind that she is under control of very dark forces .
Spiritual forces .
Demonic forces .
Gates of hell forces .
Hillary Clinton is a child of the devil.
” “ The greatest example of love is discipline , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The greatest example of love is to kill those traitors , so others learn never to do it.
” Daubenmire is a deeply bigoted , anti-Semitic , anti-choice , anti-LGBTQ , right-wing conspiracy theorist—the sort who proudly declares that women become lesbians because they are so ugly that no man could ever love them , asserts that Barack Obama was “ a quasi-Muslim freak ” and “ an emissary from Hell , ” warns that Oprah Winfrey was planning to run for president in order to carry out a white genocide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say the “ N-word , ” gripes that the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a “ psy-op ” intended to promote “ the blending of the races , ” and calls interracial marriage “ spiritual AIDS.
” Daubenmire has defended former Republican senatorial nominee Roy Moore , the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church , and the extremists he deemed “ patriots ” who marched at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville , Virginia in 2017 .
He has also declared that only evangelical Christians should be allowed to serve on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ woman can never be president “ because women are not to have authority over men , ” lamented that the North won the Civil War , and called for the embrace of a “ more violent Christianity.
” Daubenmire is openly homophobic and regularly accuses Democratic politicians of being “ non-human ” and demon possessed .
Daubenmire made news earlier this year by threatening to sue the NFL for supposedly putting his eternal salvation at risk by broadcasting unsolicited “ crotch shots ” of performers into his home during the Super Bowl halftime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daubenmire is a thoroughly radical and intensely bigoted right-wing activist for whom the U.S. attorney general inexplicably found time to personally speak , pray , and take photos with yesterday , even as Daubenmire was protesting to demand the arrest and execution of leading Democratic political figures .

On Friday and Saturday, a small group of right-wing activists, led by radical religious-right bigot Dave Daubenmire, carried out a series of protests outside the home of Joe Biden in Delaware, as well as the home of former president Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., demanding that the Democratic presidential nominee and the president for whom he worked as vice president be arrested, tried, and executed for treason.
On Saturday afternoon, Daubenmire and crew took their protest to the home of Attorney General Bill Barr, who personally came out to meet the group, pray with them, and take photos with them.
The protests were a continuation of Daubenmire’s “Equal Justice Tour,” which began in 2019, when the same group of activists protested outside the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, declaring that Hillary must be arrested and sent to prison so that she would “be taught to fear God.”
Since then, Daubenmire has only ratcheted up his attacks on Clinton, declaring last month that she must be publicly executed.
“I do not believe that there has ever been a more corrupt American politician than Hillary Clinton,” Daubenmire said on the Oct. 8 episode of his “Pass The Salt Live” program. “Her public life has been one slimy action after another. The demonic left loves her. There is no doubt in my mind that she is under control of very dark forces. Spiritual forces. Demonic forces. Gates of hell forces. Hillary Clinton is a child of the devil.”
“The greatest example of love is discipline,” he added later in the program. “The greatest example of love is to kill those traitors, so others learn never to do it.”
Daubenmire is a deeply bigoted, anti-Semitic, anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, right-wing conspiracy theorist—the sort who proudly declares that women become lesbians because they are so ugly that no man could ever love them, asserts that Barack Obama was “a quasi-Muslim freak” and “an emissary from Hell,” warns that Oprah Winfrey was planning to run for president in order to carry out a white genocide, complains that he is not allowed to say the “N-word,” gripes that the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was a “psy-op” intended to promote “the blending of the races,” and calls interracial marriage “spiritual AIDS.”
Daubenmire has defended former Republican senatorial nominee Roy Moore, the anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, and the extremists he deemed “patriots” who marched at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. He has also declared that only evangelical Christians should be allowed to serve on the Supreme Court, proclaimed that a woman can never be president “because women are not to have authority over men,” lamented that the North won the Civil War, and called for the embrace of a “more violent Christianity.”
Daubenmire is openly homophobic and regularly accuses Democratic politicians of being “non-human” and demon possessed.
Daubenmire made news earlier this year by threatening to sue the NFL for supposedly putting his eternal salvation at risk by broadcasting unsolicited “crotch shots” of performers into his home during the Super Bowl halftime show.
By any measure, Dave Daubenmire is a thoroughly radical and intensely bigoted right-wing activist for whom the U.S. attorney general inexplicably found time to personally speak, pray, and take photos with yesterday, even as Daubenmire was protesting to demand the arrest and execution of leading Democratic political figures.


rightwingwatch--2020-11-02--Right Wing Round-Up: Trump Train vs Biden Bus


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rightwingwatch--2020-11-02--Right-Wing Disinformation Efforts Target Disaffected Black Voters

In the final days before the 2016 election , Bloomberg Businessweek published a report about how the campaign to elect Donald Trump had given up courting the Black vote and decided instead to simply suppress it .
“ We have three major voter suppression operations under way , ” a senior official in the Trump campaign told Bloomberg Businessweek .
Most notably among the groups targeted were African Americans voters .
In 2020 , the Trump campaign is bringing out the old playbook , determined to suppress the Black vote by recreating the environment of 2016 .
While 2020—with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ affects Black and brown communities , mass anti-racism protests , an opponent who served as vice president to the first Black president , and a Black vice presidential candidate on the ticket—is no 2016 , the tactics , at first glance , appear to be much the same though improved upon from 2016 .
Key to the Trump campaign ’ s success in depressing turnout among Black voters who would otherwise be reliable Democratic voters was a third-party presidential candidate who syphoned off votes from Clinton and a disinformation campaign meant to disillusion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton was no less racist than Trump and that participation in politics has not helped Black Americans .
Despite only receiving only 6 percent of the Black vote , Trump ’ s 2016 campaign to depress the Black vote was successful .
Black turnout fell for the first time in two decades in 2016 .
Essential to Trump ’ s win were three states : Michigan , Wisconsin , and Pennsylvania , where he took in roughly 70,000 more votes than Clinton .
In Detroit , Michigan , where 79 percent of residents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : 90,000 Americans headed to the polls but left the top presidential ticket blank .
In 2016 , the Trump campaign got their hands on a large cache of data on nearly 200 million voters put together from the now defunct Cambridge Analytica .
The U.K. ’ s Channel 4 News investigation , published in September , revealed how the campaign used the data , which included everything from street address and occupation to likely personality type , to divide voters into different categories based on how they were likely to vote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ Deterrence ” category—marked as voters the Trump campaign didn ’ t want heading to the polls .
With the help of a Facebook employee embedded in the Trump campaign , the campaign pumped out thousands of ads and social media posts targeting these individuals , creating a narrative that “ they ’ re both the same , ” says Shireen Mitchell , a digital data analyst focusing on disinformation .
Why bother voting for Hillary Clinton when she ’ s no better than Donald Trump ?
Other ads encouraged voters to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jill Stein .
They weren ’ t the only ones .
A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found that a Russian fake-news campaign targeted “ no single group … more than African-Americans , ” using thousands of fake Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , and YouTube accounts with the goal of getting Trump elected .
In July , former Clinton-supporter Chance the Rapper took to Twitter to voice his support for Kanye West ’ s presidential bid and his skepticism of Biden .
“ And yall out here tryna convince me to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a retweet of Kanye .
“ Are u more pro biden or anti ye and why ?
” Chance asked his 8 million followers , referring to his friend West by his nickname Ye .
“ I get that you ’ ll want to reply that you ’ re just tryna ‘ get trump out ’ but in this hypothetical scenario where you ’ re replacing Trump , can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better ?
?
” West , a Grammy-winning rapper , producer , and former MAGA-hat wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the presidency in July , poured nearly $ 12 million into his presidential campaign , and hired top political consultants .
At his one campaign stop , West , who announced in 2018 that he is bipolar , broke down in tears on stage .
He ’ s pushed GOP talking points himself , advocated for bringing God back into the discussion , and has acknowledged that his presidential bid could pull voters away from Biden , adding , “ To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not considered a serious candidate for president—some have said it ’ s a publicity stunt for his latest album , while others have suggested it ’ s a practice run for 2024—one thing is clear : Republican right-wing operatives want him on the ballot .
At least six Republican operatives , some tied to the Trump campaign , have tried to get West on the ballot in key states in an apparent effort to pull votes away from Biden .
One of the operatives , Mark Jacoby , was arrested on voter fraud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gather signatures for the California Republican Party in 2008 and was accused of tricking people to signing up to register as Republicans , according to ABC News .
In Wisconsin , a GOP operative who has worked for the Wisconsin Republican Party , Republican National Committee , and Trump campaign , dropped off the required signatures to put West ’ s name on the ballot , while in Arkansas , another GOP operative with West ’ s campaign previously served as the executive director of Ralph Reed ’ s Faith and Freedom Coalition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which puts on the biggest annual gathering of conservatives in the country .
“ It is clear that Republicans and Trump think they will benefit from having Kanye West on the ballot , ” Justin Myers , CEO of the union-funded super PAC For Our Future , told Politico .
“ They ’ re trying to get Kanye West onto key states that they think they can win in , ” Mitchell said , “ to recreate the exact same environment that they had in 2016 .
And they really don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moment to stave off any potential votes from the Democratic Party .
So they ’ re trying to create that environment with Kanye West.
” Even just a small number of voters voting third party can be consequential in tight races .
Stein won just 1 percent of the vote nationally , but had those voters , who would appear to lean progressive , voted for Clinton in just three states—Michigan , Wisconsin , and Pennsylvania—Clinton would have won the presidency .
While it would be beneficial to Trump ’ s campaign to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recent history has won northward of 90 percent of the Black vote—the other part of the goal is simply to “ get disaffected people not to bother , ” Mitchell says .
That is what Russia did in 2016 with social media posts targeting Black voters with lines like , “ A Vote for Jill Stein is Not a Wasted Vote , ” “ Our Votes Don ’ t Matter , ” and “ Don ’ t Vote for Hillary Clinton , ” according to a Senate report on Russia ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polling around 2 percent nationally , according to an August Politico-Morning Consult poll , and is doing just as poorly among Black voters .
While both Democratic and Republican strategists appear to believe West ’ s presidential bid will not have spoiler status , there are still those who will see his run as a vote worth casting .
On Oct. 24 , podcast host and former MMA star Joe Rogan , who recently hosted radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones , had West on his show .
The nearly three-hour interview has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on YouTube .
Chance , for his part , changed his tune by the end of the day after a deluge of criticism , deciding it wasn ’ t a hill he wanted to die on .
“ Ok sprinting down the hill now : I understand the improbability of Ye winning the 46th Presidential seat and I understand that everyone voting for Biden isn ’ t necessarily doing so enthusiastically , ” he tweeted .
In May , Biden joined the hosts of the Breakfast Club , a popular Black radio show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of the interview came remarks Biden would later label as “ much too cavalier.
” “ If you have a problem figuring out whether you ’ re for me or Trump , then you ain ’ t Black , ” Biden told co-host Charlamagne tha God .
Later that afternoon , the Trump campaign ran a Twitter ad highlighting the comments , and that evening , they began selling a “ # YouAintBlack ” T-shirt .
The Trump campaign launched a $ 1 million digital ad campaign highlighting the comments as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that labeled Biden racist .
For the past week , “ A set of 40 digital ads claiming ‘ Joe Biden Insulted Millions of Black Americans ’ has been running across the country , ” The New York Times reported Saturday .
To Mitchell , it was just the latest example of the Trump campaign trying to paint Biden and Trump as “ both the same , ” a way to re-up their 2016 line of attack to discourage Black voters from heading to the polls .
She took a moment to clarify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ One candidate is a fascist , and the other is a centrist , OK ?
But nothing about those two things are the same.
” “ When they saw that , they saw that as an opportunity .
They thought they could get another wedge into Black voters with that , ” Mitchell said .
The ad blitz was reminiscent of other comments the 2016 presidential campaign took advantage of : comments from 1996 in which Hillary Clinton referred to African American youth in gangs as “ superpredators.
” These comments were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media posts and videos 2016 , airing on television 402 times in October of that year and receiving millions of views on Facebook , according to Channel 4 .
Channel 4 reporters found that the campaign spent $ 55,000 on such messages targeting Black voters in Georgia alone .
It ’ s hard to say just how successful the “ predators ad ” was at keeping voters home , but Black turnout fell for the first time in 20 years in 2016 , and it ’ s clear Team Trump sees it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks , Trump has falsely accused Biden of calling Black people “ superpredators.
” At the final presidential debate on Oct. 22 , Trump was asked about the talk Black parents give their children about law enforcement ; he took the question as an opportunity to launch his false attack on Biden .
“ [ Biden has ] been in government 47 years .
He never did a thing .
Except in 1994 , when he did such harm to the Black community and they were called , and he called them ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he said it , ‘ superpredators , ’ ” Trump said .
Biden has not said any such thing , but that hasn ’ t stopped Trump for repeating the lie .
Part of this strategy is to deflect from Trump ’ s long history of racism .
In 1989 , Trump called for the death penalty for five teenage boys wrongly convicted of attacking and raping a white woman in Central Park , taking out a full-page ad to call for their deaths .
He has refused to apologize for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unite the Right white supremacist gathering in which counterprotester Heather Heyer was murdered , Trump said there were “ very fine people on both sides.
” Just this summer , Trump attacked Black Lives Matter protesters and fear-mongered about anarchists from the protests destroying the suburbs .
Meanwhile , Trump defended Kyle Rittenhouse , a white 17-year-old vigilante who shot three anti-racism protesters , killing two .
At the first presidential debate he declined to disavow white supremacists and told the Proud Boys hate group to “ Stand back , and stand by.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Top of the Ticket Blank , Attack Kamala Harris Right-wing political operatives have jumped onto other campaigns that push the narrative that Trump and Biden might as well be the same and that Harris isn ’ t really Black .
The controversial American Descendants of Slavery organization , frequently referred to as ADOS , has pushed for reparations for American descendants of slaves—but not other Black descendants of slaves even if they ’ re American citizens—and argued that Democrats take advantage of the Black vote .
The desire for reparations and a feeling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party are not new in the Black community , but “ it ’ s that kernel of truth that they use to weaponize the rest of it , ” Mitchell said .
ADOS has encouraged African American voters to vote down ballot , with one supporter explaining just what they meant by that : to head to the polls and vote Democrat but to leave the top of the ticket blank .
The logic behind that appears to be to show that the Black vote must be earned and , presumably , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presidential candidate winning over another .
It ’ s also what Russia and Team Trump encouraged Black voters to do in 2016 .
Far-right commentator Ann Coulter has voiced her support for ADOS , retweeting the group and attacking Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as not being American enough .
( The group is also anti-immigrant , which may be where Coulter ’ s support began .
Coulter , who is notoriously anti-immigrant , has argued that death squads may be necessary for people who refuse to stop immigration . )
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement , fake accounts of people posing as Black Americans have also popped up to support ADOS messaging .
In 2016 , Russia had thousands of fake accounts posing as Black Americans .
Russian agents specifically “ focused on developing black audiences and recruiting black Americans as assets , ” according to a 2018 report commissioned by the Senate .
And it appears Team Trump has learned from them .
Right-wing commentators have also tried to define Harris ’ blackness .
Since before Harris , who is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate , these attacks began with what appears to be a coordinated effort , according to a report released by Stop Online Violence Against Women .
Those attacks were renewed when she became Biden ’ s running mate .
“ Kamala Harris is not an African-American .
She is Indian and Jamaican .
Jamaica is part of the Caribbean .
India is out there near China , ” right-wing commentator Mark Levin said .
“ I only point that out because if you dare raise that you ’ re attacked .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Dinesh D ’ Souza accused Harris of being related to a white slaveowner—as many descendants of enslaved people are due to the horrors many women who were enslaved faced—and suggested , strangely , that he supports reparations but that Harris doesn ’ t deserve reparations .
“ I ’ m not saying Kamala Harris is to blame for her slaveowner heritage .
But by the same logic whites descended from slaveowners aren ’ t to blame either .
So why are we talking about reparations ?
” D ’ Souza said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of past exploitation , so does Harris .
Make her pay !
” Right-wing groups have also tried to make smaller groups that claim to be made up of voters of color leaving the Democratic Party , including Blexit and the Walk Away Campaign , appear more influential than they actually are .
Blexit advocates for Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party .
The campaign is led by right-wing provocateur Candace Owens , who resigned from Turning Point USA after she suggested that the only problem with Adolf Hitler was that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also called George Floyd , who died at the knee of a white police officer , a “ horrible human being.
” In October , Trump gave his first speech at the White House since his COVID-19 diagnosis .
Footage of the event showed a crowd full of MAGA-hat wearing Black Trump supporters .
After the event , ABC News reported that Blexit paid for the travel and lodging of these supporters who they required to wear a “ Blexit ” T-shirt ; it is still unclear who is funding Blexit .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservatives who will decide to vote for Trump because they believe he is the best candidate on the ticket .
Mother Jones recently published a deep dive on Black Trump supporters and the long history of Black conservatism that doesn ’ t fit neatly into the two-party system .
But the numbers still don ’ t suggest a Black exit from the Democratic Party .
While Trump has gained some ground among African American men , Black voters are still overwhelmingly in support of Biden , which is why , though the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters with criminal justice reform , it has also renewed its line of attacks to keep disaffected Black voters at home .
“ And there ’ s so many Black people that say that their votes don ’ t matter , ” Mitchell said .
“ It ’ s like if their votes didn ’ t matter , why is everybody , foreign and domestic , coming for your vote ?
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In the final days before the 2016 election, Bloomberg Businessweek published a report about how the campaign to elect Donald Trump had given up courting the Black vote and decided instead to simply suppress it. “We have three major voter suppression operations under way,” a senior official in the Trump campaign told Bloomberg Businessweek. Most notably among the groups targeted were African Americans voters.
In 2020, the Trump campaign is bringing out the old playbook, determined to suppress the Black vote by recreating the environment of 2016. While 2020—with a pandemic and accompanying economic downturn that overwhelmingly affects Black and brown communities, mass anti-racism protests, an opponent who served as vice president to the first Black president, and a Black vice presidential candidate on the ticket—is no 2016, the tactics, at first glance, appear to be much the same though improved upon from 2016. Key to the Trump campaign’s success in depressing turnout among Black voters who would otherwise be reliable Democratic voters was a third-party presidential candidate who syphoned off votes from Clinton and a disinformation campaign meant to disillusion Black voters, making the case that Clinton was no less racist than Trump and that participation in politics has not helped Black Americans.
Despite only receiving only 6 percent of the Black vote, Trump’s 2016 campaign to depress the Black vote was successful. Black turnout fell for the first time in two decades in 2016. Essential to Trump’s win were three states: Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, where he took in roughly 70,000 more votes than Clinton. In Detroit, Michigan, where 79 percent of residents are Black, a curious thing happened: 90,000 Americans headed to the polls but left the top presidential ticket blank.
What Happened in 2016?
In 2016, the Trump campaign got their hands on a large cache of data on nearly 200 million voters put together from the now defunct Cambridge Analytica. The U.K.’s Channel 4 News investigation, published in September, revealed how the campaign used the data, which included everything from street address and occupation to likely personality type, to divide voters into different categories based on how they were likely to vote. African American voters were disproportionately included in the “Deterrence” category—marked as voters the Trump campaign didn’t want heading to the polls.
With the help of a Facebook employee embedded in the Trump campaign, the campaign pumped out thousands of ads and social media posts targeting these individuals, creating a narrative that “they’re both the same,” says Shireen Mitchell, a digital data analyst focusing on disinformation. Why bother voting for Hillary Clinton when she’s no better than Donald Trump? Other ads encouraged voters to cast their ballot for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
They weren’t the only ones. A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee found that a Russian fake-news campaign targeted “no single group … more than African-Americans,” using thousands of fake Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube accounts with the goal of getting Trump elected.
Third Party Candidate
In July, former Clinton-supporter Chance the Rapper took to Twitter to voice his support for Kanye West’s presidential bid and his skepticism of Biden.
“And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for biden,” Chance said in a retweet of Kanye.
“Are u more pro biden or anti ye and why?” Chance asked his 8 million followers, referring to his friend West by his nickname Ye. “I get that you’ll want to reply that you’re just tryna ‘get trump out’ but in this hypothetical scenario where you’re replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??”
West, a Grammy-winning rapper, producer, and former MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporter, announced his run for the presidency in July, poured nearly $12 million into his presidential campaign, and hired top political consultants. At his one campaign stop, West, who announced in 2018 that he is bipolar, broke down in tears on stage. He’s pushed GOP talking points himself, advocated for bringing God back into the discussion, and has acknowledged that his presidential bid could pull voters away from Biden, adding, “To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism and white supremacy.”
Though West is not considered a serious candidate for president—some have said it’s a publicity stunt for his latest album, while others have suggested it’s a practice run for 2024—one thing is clear: Republican right-wing operatives want him on the ballot.
At least six Republican operatives, some tied to the Trump campaign, have tried to get West on the ballot in key states in an apparent effort to pull votes away from Biden. One of the operatives, Mark Jacoby, was arrested on voter fraud charges for using a childhood address to gather signatures for the California Republican Party in 2008 and was accused of tricking people to signing up to register as Republicans, according to ABC News. In Wisconsin, a GOP operative who has worked for the Wisconsin Republican Party, Republican National Committee, and Trump campaign, dropped off the required signatures to put West’s name on the ballot, while in Arkansas, another GOP operative with West’s campaign previously served as the executive director of Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition and of the American Conservative Union, which puts on the biggest annual gathering of conservatives in the country.
“It is clear that Republicans and Trump think they will benefit from having Kanye West on the ballot,” Justin Myers, CEO of the union-funded super PAC For Our Future, told Politico.
“They’re trying to get Kanye West onto key states that they think they can win in,” Mitchell said, “to recreate the exact same environment that they had in 2016. And they really don’t have a third party candidate at this moment to stave off any potential votes from the Democratic Party. So they’re trying to create that environment with Kanye West.”
Even just a small number of voters voting third party can be consequential in tight races. Stein won just 1 percent of the vote nationally, but had those voters, who would appear to lean progressive, voted for Clinton in just three states—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania—Clinton would have won the presidency.
While it would be beneficial to Trump’s campaign to syphon votes away from the Democratic nominee—who in recent history has won northward of 90 percent of the Black vote—the other part of the goal is simply to “get disaffected people not to bother,” Mitchell says.
That is what Russia did in 2016 with social media posts targeting Black voters with lines like, “A Vote for Jill Stein is Not a Wasted Vote,” “Our Votes Don’t Matter,” and “Don’t Vote for Hillary Clinton,” according to a Senate report on Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections.
West is polling around 2 percent nationally, according to an August Politico-Morning Consult poll, and is doing just as poorly among Black voters. While both Democratic and Republican strategists appear to believe West’s presidential bid will not have spoiler status, there are still those who will see his run as a vote worth casting. On Oct. 24, podcast host and former MMA star Joe Rogan, who recently hosted radical right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, had West on his show. The nearly three-hour interview has already amassed more than 10 million views on YouTube.
Chance, for his part, changed his tune by the end of the day after a deluge of criticism, deciding it wasn’t a hill he wanted to die on. “Ok sprinting down the hill now: I understand the improbability of Ye winning the 46th Presidential seat and I understand that everyone voting for Biden isn’t necessarily doing so enthusiastically,” he tweeted.
‘Both the Same’ Narrative
In May, Biden joined the hosts of the Breakfast Club, a popular Black radio show, to discuss his campaign. At the end of the interview came remarks Biden would later label as “much too cavalier.”
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t Black,” Biden told co-host Charlamagne tha God.
Later that afternoon, the Trump campaign ran a Twitter ad highlighting the comments, and that evening, they began selling a “#YouAintBlack” T-shirt. The Trump campaign launched a $1 million digital ad campaign highlighting the comments as well as a website dedicated to them that labeled Biden racist. For the past week, “A set of 40 digital ads claiming ‘Joe Biden Insulted Millions of Black Americans’ has been running across the country,” The New York Times reported Saturday.
To Mitchell, it was just the latest example of the Trump campaign trying to paint Biden and Trump as “both the same,” a way to re-up their 2016 line of attack to discourage Black voters from heading to the polls. She took a moment to clarify how differently she sees the candidates: “One candidate is a fascist, and the other is a centrist, OK? But nothing about those two things are the same.”
“When they saw that, they saw that as an opportunity. They thought they could get another wedge into Black voters with that,” Mitchell said.
The ad blitz was reminiscent of other comments the 2016 presidential campaign took advantage of: comments from 1996 in which Hillary Clinton referred to African American youth in gangs as “superpredators.” These comments were pushed across social media and broadcasts in social media posts and videos 2016, airing on television 402 times in October of that year and receiving millions of views on Facebook, according to Channel 4. Channel 4 reporters found that the campaign spent $55,000 on such messages targeting Black voters in Georgia alone.
It’s hard to say just how successful the “predators ad” was at keeping voters home, but Black turnout fell for the first time in 20 years in 2016, and it’s clear Team Trump sees it as a successful strategy.
In recent weeks, Trump has falsely accused Biden of calling Black people “superpredators.” At the final presidential debate on Oct. 22, Trump was asked about the talk Black parents give their children about law enforcement; he took the question as an opportunity to launch his false attack on Biden. “[Biden has] been in government 47 years. He never did a thing. Except in 1994, when he did such harm to the Black community and they were called, and he called them ‘superpredators,’ and he said that, he said it, ‘superpredators,’” Trump said.
Biden has not said any such thing, but that hasn’t stopped Trump for repeating the lie.
Part of this strategy is to deflect from Trump’s long history of racism. In 1989, Trump called for the death penalty for five teenage boys wrongly convicted of attacking and raping a white woman in Central Park, taking out a full-page ad to call for their deaths. He has refused to apologize for the comments. In 2017, at the Unite the Right white supremacist gathering in which counterprotester Heather Heyer was murdered, Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides.” Just this summer, Trump attacked Black Lives Matter protesters and fear-mongered about anarchists from the protests destroying the suburbs. Meanwhile, Trump defended Kyle Rittenhouse, a white 17-year-old vigilante who shot three anti-racism protesters, killing two. At the first presidential debate he declined to disavow white supremacists and told the Proud Boys hate group to “Stand back, and stand by.”
Right-Wing Activists Push Voters to Leave Top of the Ticket Blank, Attack Kamala Harris
Right-wing political operatives have jumped onto other campaigns that push the narrative that Trump and Biden might as well be the same and that Harris isn’t really Black.
The controversial American Descendants of Slavery organization, frequently referred to as ADOS, has pushed for reparations for American descendants of slaves—but not other Black descendants of slaves even if they’re American citizens—and argued that Democrats take advantage of the Black vote.
The desire for reparations and a feeling of being taken for granted by the Democratic Party are not new in the Black community, but “it’s that kernel of truth that they use to weaponize the rest of it,” Mitchell said.
ADOS has encouraged African American voters to vote down ballot, with one supporter explaining just what they meant by that: to head to the polls and vote Democrat but to leave the top of the ticket blank. The logic behind that appears to be to show that the Black vote must be earned and, presumably, that nothing worse will come of one presidential candidate winning over another. It’s also what Russia and Team Trump encouraged Black voters to do in 2016.
Far-right commentator Ann Coulter has voiced her support for ADOS, retweeting the group and attacking Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as not being American enough. (The group is also anti-immigrant, which may be where Coulter’s support began. Coulter, who is notoriously anti-immigrant, has argued that death squads may be necessary for people who refuse to stop immigration.)
Tariq: I like #ADOS, but I think it should be #DOAS – Descendants of American slaves. Not Haitian slaves, not Moroccan slaves, etc. https://t.co/Zo6f7vNmSH — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) February 7, 2019
I for one am not defining her "blackness." I'm defining her "Americanness." All we talk about is slavery, and yet we're still waiting for a POTUS/VPOTUS candidate who a descendant of American slaves. https://t.co/l2vycNkPKN — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 12, 2020
While there are real people in the ADOS movement, fake accounts of people posing as Black Americans have also popped up to support ADOS messaging.
In 2016, Russia had thousands of fake accounts posing as Black Americans. Russian agents specifically “focused on developing black audiences and recruiting black Americans as assets,” according to a 2018 report commissioned by the Senate. And it appears Team Trump has learned from them.
Right-wing commentators have also tried to define Harris’ blackness. Since before Harris, who is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, was determined the vice presidential candidate, these attacks began with what appears to be a coordinated effort, according to a report released by Stop Online Violence Against Women. Those attacks were renewed when she became Biden’s running mate.
“Kamala Harris is not an African-American. She is Indian and Jamaican. Jamaica is part of the Caribbean. India is out there near China,” right-wing commentator Mark Levin said. “I only point that out because if you dare raise that you’re attacked. But the truth is, she’s not.”
Dinesh D’Souza accused Harris of being related to a white slaveowner—as many descendants of enslaved people are due to the horrors many women who were enslaved faced—and suggested, strangely, that he supports reparations but that Harris doesn’t deserve reparations.
“I’m not saying Kamala Harris is to blame for her slaveowner heritage. But by the same logic whites descended from slaveowners aren’t to blame either. So why are we talking about reparations?” D’Souza said. “If whites enjoy the present effects of past exploitation, so does Harris. Make her pay!”
Right-wing groups have also tried to make smaller groups that claim to be made up of voters of color leaving the Democratic Party, including Blexit and the Walk Away Campaign, appear more influential than they actually are.
Blexit advocates for Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. The campaign is led by right-wing provocateur Candace Owens, who resigned from Turning Point USA after she suggested that the only problem with Adolf Hitler was that he took his ambitions outside Germany. Owens has also called George Floyd, who died at the knee of a white police officer, a “horrible human being.”
In October, Trump gave his first speech at the White House since his COVID-19 diagnosis. Footage of the event showed a crowd full of MAGA-hat wearing Black Trump supporters. After the event, ABC News reported that Blexit paid for the travel and lodging of these supporters who they required to wear a “Blexit” T-shirt; it is still unclear who is funding Blexit.
There are, of course, Black conservatives who will decide to vote for Trump because they believe he is the best candidate on the ticket. Mother Jones recently published a deep dive on Black Trump supporters and the long history of Black conservatism that doesn’t fit neatly into the two-party system. But the numbers still don’t suggest a Black exit from the Democratic Party.
While Trump has gained some ground among African American men, Black voters are still overwhelmingly in support of Biden, which is why, though the Trump campaign has made some overtures to Black voters with criminal justice reform, it has also renewed its line of attacks to keep disaffected Black voters at home.
“And there’s so many Black people that say that their votes don’t matter,” Mitchell said. “It’s like if their votes didn’t matter, why is everybody, foreign and domestic, coming for your vote?”