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- Title
The Political Rise of a New White Nationalism.
- Authors
Lusane, Clarence
- Abstract
In 2020, The Daily Show ran a segment in which statementsby Republican leaders, including Donald Trump,Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Senator TedCruz (R-TX), and various Fox News personalities werejuxtaposed with those made by Ku Klux Klan leaders likeformer Grand Wizard David Duke and former Imperial WizardBill Wilkerson. Still, more recently, the Klan and the GOP got new lifewhen Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamythought it a good idea to liken African AmericanCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Black scholarIbram Kendi to what he called "the modern grand wizards ofthe modern KKK." Donald Trump is then shown at a rally (with several Blackpeople behind him wearing "Blacks for Trump" T-shirts)saying about Covid treatments, "If you're white, you haveto go to the back of the line.
- Subjects
WHITE nationalism; UNITED States presidential election, 2020; UNITED States Capitol Insurrection, 2021; VOTER registration
- Publication
CounterPunch, 2023, p263
- ISSN
1086-2323
- Publication type
Article