Can We Call MTG A Racist Now?

Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaning hard into Republicans’ “invasion” rhetoric and the racist great replacement theory at Trump’s Arizona rally, telling the audience that immigrants are “replacing your jobs,” “replacing your kids in schools,” and “replacing your culture.”

— Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa) October 9, 2022

Or does she just “say racist things”?

One demographic largely absent in the crowd — Latinos.

— Jazmine Ulloa (@jazmineulloa) October 9, 2022

Same question about Blake Masters. I mean, it seems easier to call Kanye an anti-Semite:

Bipolar wold-famous omnipresent billionaire claims to be victim of cancel culture driven by Jews. Watch for “Perhaps Kanye isn’t the most obvious victim, and perhaps Jews are not at fault, but the dialogue just shows how much cancel culture is a problem” columns. pic.twitter.com/Yho5NL0AT7

— IfHatHadHappened (@Popehat) October 9, 2022

A lot of folks are probably reacting to Kanye with a shrug — it’s just Kanye; it’s not like he’s in a position to act on his anti-Semitism; etc.

Don’t. His behavior isn’t harmless. Normalizing hate moves the Overton window on what’s acceptable for people under far less scrutiny.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) October 9, 2022

See also: https://t.co/Y2Ys7fTYOv

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) October 9, 2022

Calling people out for racism against Jews is arguably easier than calling them out as racists against blacks. I just find that curious.

(I’m not, by the way, arguing with Prof. Vladeck. He’s quite right.)

The headline at Fox News makes it sound like Kanye West was locked out of Twitter for a technical violation of Twitter rules. They even put the word “violation” in quotes.

In fact, he was locked out for a hateful anti-Semitic rant, which Fox News should not minimize. https://t.co/dDL8gpdB3S

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) October 9, 2022

We’re counting on Elmo to save him (but word is the court postponed the trial so the purchase could be arranged. But the working theory is that the looming trial panicked Elmo so he decided to “settle.” With the trial postponed, will his attention turn to other shiny objects? Stay tuned!).