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Donald Trump, Pepe the Frog, and White Supremacists: an explainer
Hillary Clinton Campaign Website ^ | September 13, 2016 | Elizabeth Chan

Posted on 09/13/2016 2:14:54 PM PDT by abigkahuna

Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s son and one of his closest advisers posted an odd photo on their social media accounts:

This raised some important questions.

Why is there a frog standing directly behind Trump?

That’s Pepe. He’s a symbol associated with white supremacy.

Wait. Really? White supremacy?

That’s right.

Please explain.

Here’s the short version: Pepe is a cartoon frog who began his internet life as an innocent meme enjoyed by teenagers and pop stars alike.

But in recent months, Pepe’s been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the “alt-right.” They’ve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy.

“We basically mixed Pepe in with Nazi propaganda, etc. We built that association,” one prominent white supremacist told the Daily Beast.

Trump has retweeted his white supremacist supporters with regularity, but the connection between the alt-right and his campaign continues to strengthen. Trump has been slow to disavow support from Ku Klux Klansmen and white supremacy groups, and he recently hired Breitbart.com’s Steve Bannon as his campaign CEO (and Bannon isn’t shy about the fact that his “news” organization is the “platform for the alt-right”).

Now white supremacists have given Pepe the cartoon frog some Trump hair—and the candidate’s own son says he is “honored to be grouped with” him.

(Excerpt) Read more at hillaryclinton.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; hohum; loonyleft; pepe; racecard; yadayadayada; yawn; yeahright
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To: gaijin

You don’t want to be a human sacrifice to allah... YOU’RE A RACIST!!!

This is insane!


61 posted on 09/13/2016 3:14:22 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: abigkahuna

The alt-right is an Internet cult. Period!

Pepe the Frog is a meme that is sometimes associated with this cult. When a protester yelled “Pepe!” during Hillary’s poorly-attended and cracked “Alt-Right Speech”, Hillary went bonkers!!!! So she has to attack “Pepe” whenever she can, even though “Pepe” is a bunch of nothing.

Donald Trump is NOT “alt-right”. He’s too old, and does not have time for Internet cults. Donald Trump is a right-wing populist, like the ones in Hungary, France, Serbia, etc.—and the UK’s Farage and Russia’s Putin. Even Chris Christie called himself a “conservative populist”.

“It’s a Movement!” Either get on the Train, or get run over!!!!


62 posted on 09/13/2016 3:15:18 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: orchestra

All hail the mighty KEK.


63 posted on 09/13/2016 3:16:22 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: abigkahuna
OK, I found the Hitler Trump Pepe frog:


64 posted on 09/13/2016 3:18:06 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: gaijin

“We basically mixed Pepe in with Nazi propaganda, etc. We built that association,” one prominent white supremacist told the Daily Beast....
65 posted on 09/13/2016 3:20:09 PM PDT by golux
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To: Fido969

Bfl


66 posted on 09/13/2016 3:23:09 PM PDT by ebshumidors
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To: oblomov

Huh. That’s the first Gertrude Stein quote that actually makes sense.


67 posted on 09/13/2016 3:27:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: gaijin

And if you’re for genocide, you’re a good progressive who celebrate diversity.


68 posted on 09/13/2016 3:37:01 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: mac_truck

I’m just waiting for Her Heinous to end one her screech-a-thons with “...and that goes for your little dog, too!”


69 posted on 09/13/2016 3:42:14 PM PDT by Noumenon (We owe them nothing: not respect, not loyalty, not obedience.)
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To: Flick Lives
Pepe the frog has apparently taken up residence in Hillary ‘s throat.

You win the internet today!

70 posted on 09/13/2016 3:42:34 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: mac_truck

PERFECT!


71 posted on 09/13/2016 3:50:55 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: All

what’s inexplicable, is that most of the so called white supremacists that use pepe, also love Sheriff Clarke, Dr Carson, latinos for Trump, Diamond and Silk etc etc. So, 4chan may be white supremacist, I don’t know, but the majority of the alt-right is not. The biggest place I’ve seen it is reddit.com/r/The_Donald/
Just a bunch of people witnessing a global form of evil creeping in.


72 posted on 09/13/2016 3:58:32 PM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: abigkahuna
See this:

 

 

 

 

That's racism right there. The white background is just another example of structural racism and white supremacy.

White people don't understand it. But racism is everywhere. Just pick up some notebook paper... yup, it's white. White people don't even see this micro-aggression. They've been brainwashed by the alt-right.

Trump has mainstreamed this racism.


"I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message."

73 posted on 09/13/2016 4:07:23 PM PDT by Ray76 (Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
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To: Ray76

Bravo!!


74 posted on 09/13/2016 4:09:07 PM PDT by Voluntaryist
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To: ColdOne

It’s an internet cartoon frog that all different types of people post. Grandma is yelling at a cartoon frog.


75 posted on 09/13/2016 4:28:57 PM PDT by RedWulf (Trump:Front Lines. Obama: Back Nine. Hillary:Nap Time.)
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To: BenLurkin

My favorite Gertrude Stein quote:

“Communista are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.”

Politically, a Tammy Bruce or Florence King of her age.


76 posted on 09/13/2016 5:10:01 PM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: abigkahuna

Let’s explain it real simply to this 50 IQ Nazi ape, Elizabeth Chan.

Hillary planting a kiss on Robert “KKK” Byrd’s face is a symbol of loving a racist.


77 posted on 09/13/2016 5:55:53 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: abigkahuna

Wait, wut?
They think we took their racist cartoon frog?
Do these people even HEAR themselves?


78 posted on 09/13/2016 6:15:51 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Forget Burning Man. Go to Man Hung On A Cross. (h/t to: HighTech Redneck))
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To: golux
Wonder if this prominent white supremacist has a name?
79 posted on 09/13/2016 7:03:04 PM PDT by Getsmart64
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80 posted on 09/13/2016 9:07:43 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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