It is as difficult to sink a business without debt as it is sink a ship without holes.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 19
Fear and death threats; that's pretty much the entire Trump-Vance campaign...
For Jamie McGregor, a businessman in Springfield, Ohio, speaking favorably about the Haitian immigrants he employs has come to this: death threats, a lockdown at his company and posters around town branding him a traitor for hiring immigrants. ... A flood of threats was directed not only at him, but his family and his business.
They came by the hundreds — phone calls, emails and letters from white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other people they had never met.
“The owner of McGregor Metal can take a bullet to the skull and that would be 100 percent justified,” said one message left on the company voice mail.
“Why are you importing Third World savages who eat animals and giving them jobs over United States citizens?” another asked.McGregor employs about 30 Haitians in his labor force of 330.
This is Trump's America: hatred and violence built upon a mountain of lies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/springfield-...
No. of Recommendations: 10
Some of us have been pointing to the evolving fascism of MAGA-fied Republican Party for years,
Now it’s at the level of “in your face” apparent.
Those who still supports Trump at this point have bought into the lies and violence and made their peace with it.
No. of Recommendations: 12
For Jamie McGregor, a businessman in Springfield, Ohio, speaking favorably about the Haitian immigrants he employs has come to this: death threats, a lockdown at his company and posters around town branding him a traitor for hiring immigrants. ... A flood of threats was directed not only at him, but his family and his business.
Republicans consider this to be legitimate political discourse.
No, I’m not joking. They actually do.
No. of Recommendations: 1
When it comes too incitement - just repeat language by prominent and online Liberals.
I do.
With the right people - it resonates. Just plug and chug the names or objects of ire.
No. of Recommendations: 2
as a 2-time trump voter and lifelong GOP, jamie mcgregor has de facto long accepted this as legitimate political discourse.
since MAGA is legion, they are unable to eat all of their own. and so they all feel impervious until the day they meet the enemy...and its not Dems.
No. of Recommendations: 25
Excerpt from Letter to the WaPo editor from a Springfield resident:
“Because Donald Trump and JD Vance have appropriated the town as a set for their racist falsehoods, Springfield lives under a pall of fear.
…Children fear attending school because of bomb threats. A friend opted out of our regular game night because she does not want to be out after dark. Worried parents have insisted on taking their children home from a local university. And, of course, many of our Haitian neighbors are terrified to leave their homes.
You know who is not afraid to go out and about in Springfield? Proud Boys. Neo-Nazis. People handing out Ku Klux Klan fliers. Some of these people paraded swastika flags and rifles during our jazz festival. Their presence, and a torrent of threats, forced local officials to cancel the annual CultureFest celebration of diverse food, arts and music. These far-right groups clearly feel as though they have not just permission, but encouragement, from the Republican candidates. It is unsettling to live in this menacing atmosphere.
Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance hope to make every town Springfield, where the angry are emboldened by lies and the people they seek to punish live in fear. As someone who has lived through this transformation, trust me: You don’t want to live in Trump’s America.“
