Trump-Lover Laura Ingraham Just Did A Nazi Salute At The Republican Convention
The world just collectively shuddered when Republican National Convention speaker and right-wing talk show host Laura Ingraham just raised her arm and performed the Nazi “Sieg Heil” salute at the convention for one of America’s major political parties.
From his supporters telling reporters to “go back to Auschwitz,” to Trump’s endorsements from Ku Klux Klan wizards and calling for Muslims to wear “special IDs,” to the use of anti-Semitic imagery in his tweets and constantly retweeting neo-Nazis, it’s clear that the same kind of fascist energies that brought Hitler to power are at play here. But this here is really just beyond words.
In case there was any doubt that Donald Trump’s constant racial and religious dog-whistles, that his tacit endorsement of white supremacists and neo-Nazis was anything but what it looks like and sounds like, here is a notorious racist giving Hitler’s salute at the Republican convention.
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) July 21, 2016
I like how she tried to turn the nazi salute into a wave, like when you trip on the sidewalk and start running. pic.twitter.com/OFtM4UCFLk
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) July 21, 2016
@ZeddRebel I have a few screen grabs here you might like: https://t.co/0BQJM8DG6y The C-SPAN one is really creepy pic.twitter.com/pd3cMdQ1pc
— Michael Letterle (@mletterle) July 21, 2016
Twitter was not pleased.
@imraansiddiqi @bruce_arthur set to the Anthem of National Socialist Germany… pic.twitter.com/IaqER5R5RF
— Andy Cole (@AndyCole84) July 21, 2016
Laura Ingraham is a very smart woman who panders to very stupid xenophobes. She knows damn well what she is doing
— Jesse LaGreca (@JesseLaGreca) July 21, 2016
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) July 21, 2016
Opinion columnist and former editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.