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Hyatt Hotels has called symbols of hate “abhorrent” after the design of a stage at the US Conservative Political Action Conference at one of its hotels drew comparisons to a Norse rune used by Nazis during World War Two.
High-profile Republicans including former President Donald Trump are attending the four-day event in Orlando, Florida, as conflict rages between Trump allies and establishment politicians trying to distance the party from him.
A photo of the CPAC stage went viral on social media on Saturday, with thousands of Twitter users sharing posts comparing its distinctive design to an othala rune, one of many ancient European symbols that Nazis adopted to “reconstruct a mythic ‘Aryan’ past,” according to the Anti-Defamation League.
At CPAC 2021, Trump wasn’t just the star of the show, he was the point of it. The reason for it. Trump’s speech, like the Limbaugh memorial tribute video, was a stark, needed reminder of who the party is, who its base is, what American values really are, and who the bad guys are.
The media are the bad guys. I won’t sully the word “press” by using it for the likes of the pure propaganda outfits we have in this country like CNN. The media and the Democrats are the enemy, and they have Big Tech on their side. But CPAC shows there is fight and resistance left in America against these forces of tyranny.
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In first post-White House speech, Trump says his political journey far from over
In his first public appearance since leaving office, former US President Donald Trump suggested he may launch a third presidential bid, but said he has no plans to start an alternative to the Republican Party. I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together four years ago is far from over, the former president said in his first speech since leaving the White House last month.
Speaking at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, Trump said: We are gathered this afternoon to talk about the future the future of our movement, the future of our party, and the future of our beloved country.
We are all used to the way novelists, cartoonists, animators, satirists and essayists have used animal characters to portray supposedly human attributes or as stand-ins for human failings, in order to deliver their messages or even just to entertain us as animals were anthropomorphised for our edification.
Former US president Donald Trump embraces the US flag after speaking to the 47th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in 2020. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Erik S. Lesser)
From Aesop’s time onward we have been introduced to foxes who forswear grapes as likely to be too sour because they are too high to reach. Or, perhaps we encountered Anansi the Spider and the New World offshoot, Brer Rabbit, or maybe it was Reynard the Fox’s tales from Medieval Europe that merged with the traditional Khoisan tales of a prankster jackal in southern Africa in order to create the local version of an animal anti-hero. George Orwell, of course, gave us that unforgettable collection of crea