How White Nationalists Made Trump One of Their Own
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Frodo
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« on: October 25, 2016, 08:01:10 AM »

Even when Donald Trump is defeated in November, the white nationalist genie he released from its bottle will ensure that any future nominee will have to contend with white nationalists as a legitimate political force that will shape the GOP as comprehensively as the Religious Right did in its heyday.  No candidate will succeed in winning the nomination without at least their tacit blessing:

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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2016, 09:52:26 AM »

This, the movement of white nationalist discourse into the mainstream, is the story of the election. When Trump loses on the 8th his young "alt-right" followers will be lost, looking for direction. These old school White Nationalist groups are primed to provide that direction. I expect these groups (KKK, American Nazi Party, Traditionalist Worker's Party, Hammerskins, etc.) to see a huge spike in recruitment over the next six months or so.
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