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Trump Appointee Has Ties to Person of Unspeakable Beliefs

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by gator_jo, Apr 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM.

  1. gator_jo

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    Trump's Appointee has, and lied about, extensive ties to people from the past who shall not be mentioned.

    What a surprise. I wonder how this will reconcile with Trump's fake support of antisemitism that he's using to stifle free speech in universities.

    ‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee’s disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer

    Ed Martin, the Trump-appointed interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to serve in the role permanently, says he now regrets praising a Capitol rioter who is an alleged Nazi sympathizer — claiming he was unaware of the man’s extremist views at the time.

    “At the time, I didn’t know it,” Martin said.

    But a CNN KFile review of Martin’s podcast shows he repeatedly praised Hale-Cusanelli in interviews with him, including two where they openly discussed — and dismissed — allegations that Hale held pro-Nazi views, including an infamous photo of Hale posing with a Hitler-style mustache.

    Martin hosted Hale-Cusanelli at least five times on podcasts in 2024, including his show “The Pro-America Report with Ed Martin.” The interviews were conducted well after Hale’s Nazi sympathies had been widely reported in media coverage and documented in court records.


    https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/poli...-sympathizer-he-previously-praised/index.html
     
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  2. g8orbill

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    oh the horrors
     
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  3. docspor

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    Turns out, there's a Huddie song for that.

     
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  4. mdgator05

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    Wow, so now you are okay with Nazis...
     
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  5. AzCatFan

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    As long as the Nazis own da libz, MAGA is on board.
     
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    Did you ever doubt he wasn’t ok with them?
     
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  7. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    My great Grandmother was a German Jew who escaped Germany before the Nazi's started rounding up the Jews, so I can assure you I am not a fan of the Nazi's. I just find it interesting that you libs think people who are not democrats can't change or disavow bad people. There was a dem in Congress that was a leader of the KKK in his youth. He said he saw the light and the dem party re-elected him every 2 years for for over 50 years. So except for the fact that all of you hate Trump why is this guy bad and Byrd was not?
     
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  8. docspor

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    maybe it's the same phenomenon that makes you think pubs can't be commies.
     
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  9. g8orbill

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    is there a pub who you can say definitely is a commie
     
  10. docspor

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    Trump is a total commie, so YES!
     
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  11. gator_jo

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    So what you're saying is that Byrd was a racist and/or white supremacist sympathizer just like Trump clearly is, based upon the people he appoints?

    Could be. To be honest, I don't know Byrd's past as well as I know Trumps past (and present).

    But, like probably everyone on this board, I never cast a vote for Byrd, particularly knowing these obvious truths. Your turn!
     
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  12. rivergator

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    Martin was required to list his media appearances. He apparently forgot about the 150 times he appeared on Russian state TV.

    Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times
    Nominee Ed Martin did not initially disclose his RT and Sputnik appearances from 2016 to 2024 to the Senate. The State Department has said the networks act like arms of Russian intelligence.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/16/ed-martin-rt-sputnik-usattorney/
     
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  13. G8tas

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    Absolutely! Some people even have a golden statue of this person
     
  14. gator_jo

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    Weird how lying like this is OK now.

    I guess Trumppublicans just don't care about Trump appointees following the rules ....... and disclosing their sympathies for Russia.

    It's probably because, like Trump, they really love America.
     
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    Sen. Robert Byrd was a despicable liar, bigot, racist and despite his alleged public "enlightenment", it is unlikely he ever changed. However, he was beloved by West Virginians because a) most agreed with his social views and b) as ranking member of the Appropriations Committee steered an awful lot of federal "pork" towards good ole West Virginia.

    That said, the nation had little sway over which racist the "enlightened" people of West Virginia elected and continue to elect. That does not mean we need to watch the president appoint a Nazi sympathizer to the position of federal prosecutor for the District of Columbus.
     
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    The Party of the KKK (The Democrats) do not really care about our Jewish friends... especially the ones on college campuses nationwide. And anyone that does not believe in their trope are Nazis.
     
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    Byrd was a social conservative who voted against Civil Rights.

    He was probably one of the few anti-civil rights democrats who didn’t switch parties to the Republicans after 1964. Hell by the time he died he was probably THE only one standing. Whether he remained a closeted racist or his change of policy was genuine (disavowing segregation, embracing civil rights, voting 100% per the NAACP) could only be known to him.
     
  19. rivergator

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    OK, let's see. First of all Byrd was a senator, not a congressman. He died 15 years. He was in the Klan 80 years ago, though his opposition to the equal rights carried at least into the 1960s. He started renounced that stuff in the 1970s, 50 years ago.
    You're really using him to defend this guy who Trump nominated for US attorney over DC?
    And you're really claiming that the only reason anyone would be bothered by someone who praises Nazis is because you hate Trump? You can't think of a single other reason anyone might be bothered by that?
     
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    Too bad we can’t scan everyone’s brains for everyone’s unspeakable beliefs so as to level the playing field.
     
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