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This week, George Zimmerman prosecution witness Rachel Jeantel informed America that "n--ga" isn't racist as long as it ends with an "a" and not an "er." Defying this rule Friday was Salon culture critic Rich Benjamin who actually asked, "Is Holder the president’s conscience? Or his Inner N--ger?"
And sadly, that's not all that's surprising when you consider the messaging from party leaders. at the cnn town hall just this week, donald trump said that he would pardon, quote, a large portion of the january 6th insurrectionists if he won in 2024. take a look at alabama senator tommy tuberville's comments this week. asked whether he believed white nationalists should be allowed in the military, he said, democrats call them that. i call them americans. i wish i could say that i was surprised by this. what we are witnessing in realtime is not just the normalization of extremism, of white supr...
>> a terrible state of affairs, a vicious cycle and a very dangerous situation for our country that we do not seem to be able to get under control, at least certainly not at this moment in our time frame. rich benjamin and katherine stewart, thank you to the both of you. i greatly appreciate your insights. can democrats -- go around kevin mccarthy and prevent the country from defaulting on its debt? my next guest might have a secret weapon. but first here, jessica layton is here with the headlines. >> thank, you ayman. on a busy night, here are some of the stories that we're watching this hour...
Because unfortunately that's become a substantial part of their base. >> rich benjamin, take a look at the data from early highs market institute. they found out less than 1% of americans identify as fascist. only 4% identify with neo-nazis. and yet, this is the interesting part. nearly half of republicans signal support for the great replacement theory, and for prioritizing a white national identity. is this a hang-up on terminology distracting us from how extreme the gop has become? because we are trying to use this these labels. but people may not be familiar that the ideology is permeating...
Wearing camo and showing off their firearms. but here is the thing. this ideology that these groups are espousing is really just a low brow version, i would say, of bad identity politics that -- and far-right ideology that the mainstream might have been pushing for years. we can link it directly to the talking points on fox news, stuff that tucker carlson used to repeat every night. but we can also link it to supposedly respectable think tanks, right wing think tanks, like the clermont claremont institute, which have been dumping rounds for racialized and -- maga apologetic's -- the question i...