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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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So Hillary has gone to war with a cartoon Frog...she is literally yelling at clouds at this point of the campaign. She is done.
1 posted on 09/13/2016 2:14:54 PM PDT by abigkahuna
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To: abigkahuna

Simply saying “My preference is for the white race to NOT die out” is quite enough to get you labeled a White Supremist.

Imagine that —you’re AGAINST genocide but you’re some kind of Nazi.

That’s ridiculous.


2 posted on 09/13/2016 2:16:27 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: abigkahuna; All

I have been seeing this Pepe thing all over the place the past few days. What is it? What did I miss?


3 posted on 09/13/2016 2:18:41 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton......unfit to serve, shovel ready)
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To: abigkahuna
I'm Robert Byrd...and I approve of this message.

I'm also dead and will cast my vote for DOA Illary.

4 posted on 09/13/2016 2:18:47 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: abigkahuna
She is done
Yep, she went after Milo too lol
5 posted on 09/13/2016 2:19:14 PM PDT by Voluntaryist
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So Hillary has gone to war with a cartoon Frog...she is literally yelling at clouds at this point of the campaign. She is done.


6 posted on 09/13/2016 2:19:35 PM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: abigkahuna

Ah, they are really getting desperate.

The Hilllabeast’s low T site is much more entertaining than the Comedy Hour.

Have fun in Canada, liberals (that is, if they would take you).


7 posted on 09/13/2016 2:20:04 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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So Hillary has gone to war with a cartoon Frog...

'Illary has made a bad choice. She will only elevate Pepe and the alt-right and she cannot win a social media battle with them.

8 posted on 09/13/2016 2:20:09 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: ColdOne

Apparently there is this new frog we are supposed to follow. They say he is related to Hitler or something...very odd.


9 posted on 09/13/2016 2:20:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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10 posted on 09/13/2016 2:21:05 PM PDT by Voluntaryist
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Why must the mean old lady be so down on the Pepe?
11 posted on 09/13/2016 2:22:29 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: DesertRhino

Very odd indeed!


12 posted on 09/13/2016 2:22:34 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton......unfit to serve, shovel ready)
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I’m not sure I follow it completely, but if you don’t want swarms of moslems from a war zone to move here, and if you think Mexicans who want to live here should apply for permission.... you are a follower of some frog.
And the frog is really bad.

Or something...


13 posted on 09/13/2016 2:23:04 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
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To: abigkahuna
Hillary's flying monkeys are losing the war on social media.

This is the spot where the house fell on her...


14 posted on 09/13/2016 2:24:09 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Voluntaryist

Frogophobe! Amphibiist!


15 posted on 09/13/2016 2:24:50 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (ALT-Right v. (D)ELETE-Left)
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To: abigkahuna

Always fun to see the political wonks pretending that they’re the cool kids and failing miserably.


16 posted on 09/13/2016 2:25:34 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ColdOne

He is the symbol of /pol over at 4chan.org.

It is a younger, less structured, more photo-centric version of here.

I would say it is pretty chaotic but the left fears it MUCH more than FR.

Very many of the photo memes you see here sometimes are first started over there.


17 posted on 09/13/2016 2:25:38 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: abigkahuna

Attention Hillary Clinton campaign:

1964 called, they would like you to return the LBJ versus Goldwater campaign tactics you have so pathetically and obviously stolen.

They won’t work this time.

Go have another seizure, you vile witch.


18 posted on 09/13/2016 2:26:02 PM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: abigkahuna

Um, wow. That rant by ILLary’s handlers didn’t even make sense.


19 posted on 09/13/2016 2:26:03 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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“But in recent months, Pepe’s been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the “alt-right.””

Utter horsepoop and everyone under 30 who reads this will know Hillary’s people are internet illiterates.


20 posted on 09/13/2016 2:26:22 PM PDT by Boogieman
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