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SPLC Writer Claims ‘Drain the Swamp’ Is Racist
Washington Free Beacon ^ | November 22, 2016 | Charlie Hoffmann

Posted on 11/22/2016 8:12:27 PM PST by kevcol

Ryan Lenz, a senior writer for the Southern Poverty Law Center, suggested that Donald Trump’s “Drain the Swamp” slogan has racist connotations in an appearance Tuesday on CNN.

Host John Berman interviewed Lenz following a segment covering a conference held in Washington, D.C. over the weekend of a so-called alt-right group that supports white nationalist and Neo-Nazi views.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; draintheswamp; leftists; racebaiters; ryanlenz; splc
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To: kevcol
"SPLC Writer Claims ‘Drain the Swamp’ Is Racist"

Not to worry, ryan. You'll surely find another swamp to wallow in.
21 posted on 11/22/2016 8:30:34 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: kevcol

Lenz looks like he has Downs Syndrome. A hipster with Downs Syndrome is just sad.


22 posted on 11/22/2016 8:31:10 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: kevcol

SPLC itself is, in fact, a racist organization.


23 posted on 11/22/2016 8:31:18 PM PST by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: kevcol

And anyone should care what he claims because?.....


24 posted on 11/22/2016 8:34:23 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: kevcol

The Southern Poverty Law Center is dedicated to keeping Americans in poverty.


25 posted on 11/22/2016 8:36:11 PM PST by willk (everyone)
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To: kevcol

Ok, lemme see if I unnerstan...
Washington DC is where the powerful people, who are corrupt, self serving, and btw, mostly white, gather to dream up ways to oppress the rest of us.
Trump refers to Washington DC as a swamp.
Trump says “Drain the Swamp” and return Power to the People.
So that’s racist!


26 posted on 11/22/2016 8:37:04 PM PST by mumblypeg (They've summoned up a thundercloud/ and they're going to hear from me. (Anthem-Leonard Cohen))
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To: kevcol

Gee, Mr. Liberal, please teach me another racist reference I never knew before, so I can add it to my repertoire!

You libs are so good at knowing these things!


27 posted on 11/22/2016 8:39:53 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: mumblypeg

Never mind that downtown DC WAS a swamp...they drained it 200 years ago...needs doing again.


28 posted on 11/22/2016 8:45:04 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: kevcol

The SPLC is a collection of dirtbags.


29 posted on 11/22/2016 8:45:54 PM PST by euram
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To: kevcol

Good Lord, will the Left ever stop the Racist garbage?


30 posted on 11/22/2016 8:52:18 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: euram

There was a period in my life (decades back) when I entertained their stuff and even donated a little.

What got me off of those folks is the way they went nuts over the gays.


31 posted on 11/22/2016 8:54:51 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: fella

If the Jew did not exist, the anti-semite would invent him.


32 posted on 11/22/2016 9:07:29 PM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Gasshog

He is a snake in the swamp. The snakes simply don’t want it drained.


33 posted on 11/22/2016 9:08:22 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: kevcol

Democrat Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp” when she became Speaker of the House.

Was there anyone commenting that Nancy was a Racist back then?


34 posted on 11/22/2016 9:11:48 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
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To: kevcol

Democrat Nancy Pelosi promised to “drain the swamp” when she became Speaker of the House.

Was there anyone commenting that Nancy was a Racist back then?


35 posted on 11/22/2016 9:12:07 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
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To: snarkytart
Yea we know EVERYTHING is racist.

Yep, I proposed this earlier. Let's just stipulate that EVERYTHING IS RACIST. There, now, we can save a whole lot of peoples' time by simply listing what *isn't* racist.

However, I will bet you a dinner and drinks at the establishment of your choice we couldn't get a liberal to list 10 things that are flat out not racist. Not even 10. I believe they want to reserve the ability to claim literally anything and everything can be racist if it suits their message and agenda.

If a week goes by and there isn't a new accusation of racism in the news...well that's unusual but it does happen occasionally. If two weeks go by, load your magazines because alien body snatchers have landed and are taking over people and they have started with the liberals.

It is entertaining though. Someday hopefully I'll have grandkids. I can tell them stories about how I lived through a period when a word was so over-used and incorrectly-used that it became utterly meaningless.

36 posted on 11/22/2016 9:15:56 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: kevcol
These chumps are certainly not "speaking truth to power!!!" They are spewing pussey opinions into the face of multi-millions of Americans that certainly stated with their votes that they are absolutely sick and tired of all this race baiting puke being spewed in their direction!!!

They won't ever be happy till they stir up an uncivil war that they so desperately long for and destabilize this country so they can re-found it in their miserable minded image!!!

37 posted on 11/22/2016 9:39:40 PM PST by SierraWasp (BLM = Black LIEs Matter!!!)
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To: kevcol
There is an old saying, :if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

So many liberals only have the ability to call opponents racist, and so everything they see and oppose is racism.

It is truly pitiful when certain organizations and people call anything they oppose racist.

38 posted on 11/22/2016 9:43:51 PM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: kevcol

SPLC is a racist hate group.


39 posted on 11/22/2016 10:05:13 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

For these loonie, the man in the moon is a white racist.


40 posted on 11/22/2016 10:28:33 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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