• Snowclone@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    George HW Bush denounced David Duke as an insincere charlatan with a record of nothing but ugly hate, and then he was defeated in his run for a second term by Clinton, a southern Democrat who ran on racist anti immigrant rhetoric. The Republicans have never backed off fierce anti immigrant rhetoric since.

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      5 months ago

      George HW Bush denounced David Duke as an insincere charlatan

      Then did laps around Bob Jones University collecting donor checks.