You can watch a live stream of the Republican National Convention right here on the party’s official YouTube page, but unlike most live streams there is no live chat function. The RNC disabled that feature due to anti-Semitic comments that were being made during a pro-Israel speech.

Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle was giving a speech about the Republican party’s outreach to Jewish voters. She was also pushing the Republican party’s support of Israel and attacking Democrats for being supportive of Israel.

The Republican Party, especially the Religious Right, have always considered themselves strong supporters of Israel, but, unfortunately for that particular narrative, part of Trump’s support, especially online, is made up of the far right such as Neo-Nazis and members of the KKK.

During Lingle’s speech, the chat’s livestream was flooded with comment such as “Press H for Hitler,” “Ban Jews” and several other anti-Semitic slurs. Sadly as disgusting as these comments we’re, we can’t see we are surprised. After all, the GOP’s nominee has been endorsed by KKK leader David Duke.

Duke isn’t the only white supremacist to throw his support behind the former “Apprentice” star. In May of this year, Trump received an endorsement from an unnamed KKK “Imperial Wizard” who said a lot of Klan members support Trump because they share the same ideas.

‘The reason a lot of klan members like donald trump is because a lot of what he believes in, we believe in. we want our country to be safe.’

We aren’t saying that Trump himself is a Nazi or that the Republican Party leadership are Nazis or white supremacists. It is irresponsible to throw around terms like that since it can diminish the very real danger such groups represent. However, we do believe that Trump, unlike recent Republican presidential nominees, has gained the open support of a dangerous and reactionary segment of society.

Trump might not be a white supremacist, it’s possible he’s sincere when he says he doesn’t consider himself a racist. But the fact remains that Trump’s policies are attractive to racists and that alone makes him dangerous, regardless of his personal views.

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