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Politician or former president or?

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With regard to this edit.

I'm not confident Trump should be referred to as a "politician" rather than "former president". Part of his appeal in 2016 was that he was not a "politician". Unless a majority of RS refer to him as such, we probably shouldn't use that nomenclature. DN (talk) 22:58, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elon Musk, the 2024 Save Act and the 2024 (RNC) Republican Party Platform

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For consideration in the body of the article...

RNC 2024 Platform

"We must not allow Biden’s Migrant Invasion to alter our Country. It must not stand. Under the Trump Administration and a Republican Congress, it will be defeated immediately."[1]

"But arguing that the country would be irrevocably changed by such migrants is adjacent to the controversial “replacement theory” popular with the far right."[2]

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s day two delivery at the Republican National Convention was a drastic departure from the “unity convention” gimmick that the party had promised. While referring to the “battle” and “struggle” for control of American life and slamming Democrats as the “party of self-destruction,” the Louisiana politician took a moment to nod to one of his favorite, and most dangerous, conspiracies: the “great replacement theory.”[3]

In a post on Truth Social, Trump twisted an old lie into something new, trying to convince his base that Democrats are “attempting to interfere” in the 2024 presidential election. But Trump wasn’t the only Republican stoking the flames. In his own speech, Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise nodded toward a white supremacist, alt-right conspiracy known as the “great replacement theory” while baselessly advancing the idea that “Biden and Harris want illegals to vote.” House Speaker Mike Johnson shared a similar idea, telling the conference that Republicans “cannot allow the many millions of illegal aliens [the Democrats] allowed to cross our borders, to harm our citizens, raid our resources, or disrupt our elections.”[4] DN (talk) 05:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Save Act

"This is, in essence, the “great replacement” theory, an idea transmitted from the racist fringe into the mainstream by Tucker Carlson and, later, prominent Republican officials. In promoting the Save Act, Johnson specifically used great-replacement verbiage."[5]

Elon Musk

"Trump and Musk’s comments mix the GOP’s rhetoric on voter fraud and immigration with the far-right Great Replacement Theory conspiracy."[6]

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a measure that mandates proof of citizenship to register to vote - which is already a requirement.

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require a Real ID, passport or other government identification that shows a person’s place of birth was in the United States....Elon Musk had even suggested that anyone who voted against the bill should be executed for treason.

“Those who oppose this are traitors. All Caps: TRAITORS,” he wrote on X. “What is the penalty for traitors again?"

... According to the the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law, noncitizen voting “virtually never happens”:

“It’s illegal, and if a noncitizen intentionally registers or votes in one of those elections, they will face fines, prison and deportation.”

Yet Trump and House Republicans have accused people entering the country illegally of “replacing” American citizens in the voting booth, an echo of the far-right “replacement” conspiracy theory.

Trump’s false claims that elections are “rigged” against him has recently dovetailed with an anti-immigration platform based around the idea that Democratic officials are allowing millions of people to flood into the country illegally.[7]

Cheers. DN (talk) 03:13, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt that the CNN source is accurate in its assessment. The Republican Party Platform is stating the party's opposition to immigration, continuing with the typical rhetoric of Trumpism and the Tea Party movement since the early 2010s. The platform does not state anything specific on racial quotas and defending the dominant position of White Americans. Dimadick (talk) 04:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If I find something better I'll post it here. According to academics and experts, Trump has long espoused GRT verbiage and "Biden's Migrant Invasion to alter our country" seems inline with that. Cheers DN (talk) 04:51, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "2024 Republican Party Platform | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  2. ^ "The GOP's Trump-centered platform, annotated". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  3. ^ "Mike Johnson Pushes Wildly Racist Conspiracy During RNC Speech". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  4. ^ "Trump Issues Dangerous Call to Arms During RNC". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  5. ^ Bump, Philip (2024-07-09). "Analysis | The 'great replacement' theory, now in legislation form". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  6. ^ Ray, Siladitya. "Elon Musk Fans Conspiracy That Biden Wants To 'Legalize' Undocumented Migrants For Their Vote". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  7. ^ "House bill to ban noncitizens from voting as Musk suggests execution for opponents". The Independent. 2024-07-10. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
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