Hillary Clinton Highlights Trump’s Promotion Of The Racist, Sexist, Bigoted Alt-Right

Clinton: Donald Trump Is “Taking Hate Groups Mainstream.” The New York Times reported Hillary Clinton “deliver[ed] a blistering denunciation of Donald J. Trump’s embrace of the ‘alt-right’ political philosophy,” stating Trump is “taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party”:

Hillary Clinton on Thursday delivered a blistering denunciation of Donald J. Trump’s embrace of the “alt-right” political philosophy, presenting his choice as an especially ominous turn in a presidential election full of them.

In her most direct critique yet connecting the Trump campaign to white nationalists and the conservative fringe, Mrs. Clinton is framing Mr. Trump’s run as unprecedented in modern politics.

“He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party,” she said.

Asserting that a racially-charged and “paranoid fringe” had always existed in politics, she said, “it’s never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now.”

The speech, at a community college here, comes one week after Mr. Trump named Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News, as his campaign chief. Mr. Bannon has eagerly described the site as “the platform for the alt-right” — a loosely defined and contested term often associated with white nationalist and anti-immigrant sentiment. [The New York Times, 8/25/16]

Right-Wing Pundits Praise Clinton’s Criticism Of Trump’s Embrace Of The Alt-Right

CNN Commentator S.E. Cupp: “HRC Just Said (Correctly) That Trump's Alt-Right Is Not Republican Or Conservative.”

HRC just said (correctly) that Trump's alt-right is not Republican or conservative. Probably not what Dems want her to say, but thanks boo!

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis: “Hillary Is Doing EXACTLY What She Should.”

Hillary is doing EXACTLY what she should. https://t.co/gnHTSwhm78

— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

CNN Contributor Amanda Carpenter: “This Speech Has To Be Making Trump Surrogates Squirm. Yes, This Is What You Signed Up To Defend.”

This speech has to be making Trump surrogates squirm. Yes, this is what you signed up to defend.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Alt-Right Conservatives: Clinton’s “Speech Is A Psyop Directed At Black People”

Breitbart News: “MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL.”

MUH PUTIN IS BEHIND IT ALL pic.twitter.com/ICkA7S4Hug

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Richard B. Spencer: “Shorter Hillary: I Will Be A Candidate For White Dispossession.”

Shorter Hillary: I will be a candidate for White dispossession.

— Richard B. Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Spencer: “‘Letting A Radical Fringe Take Over The GOP…’ We’re The Right Now!”

“Letting a radical fringe take over the GOP....” We're the Right now!

— Richard B. Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Mike Cernovich: “Sick Hillary’s #AltRightMeans Speech Is A Psyop Directed At Black People.”

Sick Hillary's #AltRightMeans speech is a psyop directed at black people. Her sole purpose today is to scare blacks. You'll see.

— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson: “Hillary Started Out Decrying ‘Dark Conspiracy Theories’ And Then Wove A Massive One Of Her Own.”

Hillary started out decrying “dark conspiracy theories” and then wove a massive one of her own. She's paranoid beyond belief.

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]

Hate Website VDARE: “If This Doesn’t Work, #AltRight Can’t Be Suppressed.”

Interesting side effect-media and #CrookedHillary have really put themselves out there. If this doesn't work, #AltRight can't be suppressed.

— Virginia Dare (@vdare) August 25, 2016

[Twitter, 8/25/16]