Amid his ongoing criminal hush-money trial, former President Donald Trump called the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which led to the death of a woman, a “peanut” in comparison to anti-war protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“We’re having protests all over,” Trump told reporters outside of the courtroom on Thursday, referring to the pro-Palestine demonstrations taking place across the country. He added, “[Biden] was talking about Charlottesville. Charlottesville was a little peanut! And it was nothing compared — and the hate wasn’t the kind of hate that you have here.
“We’re having protests all over,” Trump told reporters outside of the courtroom on Thursday, referring to the pro-Palestine demonstrations taking place across the country. He added, “[Biden] was talking about Charlottesville. Charlottesville was a little peanut! And it was nothing compared — and the hate wasn’t the kind of hate that you have here.
- 4/25/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Thomas Rousseau, founder of the fascist group Patriot Front, has been arrested in Texas on a Virginia warrant for a charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate.
The burning object in question is apparently a tiki torch. The case is connected to the 2017 Charlottesville hate rallies, known as Unite the Right, in which white nationalist demonstrators swarmed the University of Virginia campus carrying the torches and shouting Nazi slogans like “blood and soil,” as well as antisemitic chants like “Jews will not replace us.”
Rousseau was a...
The burning object in question is apparently a tiki torch. The case is connected to the 2017 Charlottesville hate rallies, known as Unite the Right, in which white nationalist demonstrators swarmed the University of Virginia campus carrying the torches and shouting Nazi slogans like “blood and soil,” as well as antisemitic chants like “Jews will not replace us.”
Rousseau was a...
- 2/26/2024
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in OriginPhoto: Atsushi Nishijima (Neon)
There’s a scene nearly halfway through Origin where the protagonist is advised by her confidant to simplify her new book’s sharp-but-unwieldy premise or risk losing potential readers. It reads like similar feedback given to writer-director Ava DuVernay in...
There’s a scene nearly halfway through Origin where the protagonist is advised by her confidant to simplify her new book’s sharp-but-unwieldy premise or risk losing potential readers. It reads like similar feedback given to writer-director Ava DuVernay in...
- 12/8/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- avclub.com
When Coeur d’Alene police slapped the cuffs on members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front at a Pride event this month, the 31 fresh-faced fascists had little clue that FBI agents in the region had been keeping an eye on the group’s activities in Idaho for at least a year.
New documents show how Idaho cops and FBI agents were tracking white nationalists from Patriot Front months before the group was arrested this month for allegedly conspiring to attack a local LGBT Pride event in Coeur d’Alene.
New documents show how Idaho cops and FBI agents were tracking white nationalists from Patriot Front months before the group was arrested this month for allegedly conspiring to attack a local LGBT Pride event in Coeur d’Alene.
- 6/28/2022
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
A jury on Tuesday awarded nine victims more than $25 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed against white nationalists who participated in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. Defendants — including Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler, and Christopher Cantwell (also known as the “Crying Nazi” ) — were found liable for civil conspiracy in connection with the rally that turned deadly, a jury ruled on Tuesday.
The jury was deadlocked following the month-long trial on two federal claims against the defendants, which addressed whether they conspired or had knowledge of a conspiracy to commit racially-motivated violence.
The jury was deadlocked following the month-long trial on two federal claims against the defendants, which addressed whether they conspired or had knowledge of a conspiracy to commit racially-motivated violence.
- 11/23/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday, lawyers and defendants presented closing arguments in the federal civil trial for white nationalists and Neo-Nazis who organized the deadly August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
Ostensibly planned in protest of the scheduled removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a public park, the rally involved a march of tiki-torch-wielding white supremacists chanting things like “Jews will not replace us.” The gathering descended into a violent clash with counter-protestors, which culminated in James Field plowing his car into a crowd of people, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
Ostensibly planned in protest of the scheduled removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a public park, the rally involved a march of tiki-torch-wielding white supremacists chanting things like “Jews will not replace us.” The gathering descended into a violent clash with counter-protestors, which culminated in James Field plowing his car into a crowd of people, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
- 11/18/2021
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
The city of Charlottesville, Virginia has removed the Robert E. Lee monument that served as the epicenter of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.
“Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America, grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy black people for economic gain,” Mayor Nikuyah Walker said in a speech prior to the Lee statue’s removal from its pedestal (via The Associated Press).
Saturday’s removal of both the Lee monument and a statue dedicated...
“Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America, grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy black people for economic gain,” Mayor Nikuyah Walker said in a speech prior to the Lee statue’s removal from its pedestal (via The Associated Press).
Saturday’s removal of both the Lee monument and a statue dedicated...
- 7/10/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As the nation braces for the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd last May, the state of Florida has enacted sweeping and draconian restrictions on protest, and even given the state the power to veto local funding funding cuts to police budgets.
Signing the “Combating Public Disorder Act” into law on Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis declared, “We are taking an unapologetic stand for the rule of law and public safety.” But the Republican, and close Trump ally, also made it...
Signing the “Combating Public Disorder Act” into law on Monday, Governor Ron DeSantis declared, “We are taking an unapologetic stand for the rule of law and public safety.” But the Republican, and close Trump ally, also made it...
- 4/20/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Law enforcement officials might have been caught off guard by the assault on the U.S. Capitol in January, but “American Insurrection” makes it painfully clear that the pieces for the attack had been put in play years before Donald Trump told his supporters to “take back” their country in Washington D.C. Part an examination of the various extremist groups that gained prominence during Trump’s presidency and part a condemnation of the forces that have aided and abetted them, PBS’ “American Insurrection” offers a wholly compelling portrait of how the nation’s most notorious fascist organizations operate and recruit members.
The 90-minute documentary, an investigative collaboration between Frontline, ProPublica, and the Uc Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, follows journalist A.C. Thompson as he reports on some of the nation’s most violent incidents over the last several years and interviews a variety of right-wing extremists, former government officials, and various counter-terrorism experts.
The 90-minute documentary, an investigative collaboration between Frontline, ProPublica, and the Uc Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program, follows journalist A.C. Thompson as he reports on some of the nation’s most violent incidents over the last several years and interviews a variety of right-wing extremists, former government officials, and various counter-terrorism experts.
- 4/13/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
The trailer for the documentary “The Reunited States” comes amid a time of turmoil in the U.S. that has showcased the county’s political and racial divide.
The film, presented and executed produced by Meghan McCain and Van Jones, follows several subjects as they try to bridge that divide through communication and peace instead of violence and hate.
A description of the film reads:
At a time when America is ripping apart at the seams, “The Reunited States” is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. Susan Bro, who lost her daughter when a car drove through a group of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travel to all 50 states in an Rv to find out what divides us, are just a few of the characters profiled in the film.
The film, presented and executed produced by Meghan McCain and Van Jones, follows several subjects as they try to bridge that divide through communication and peace instead of violence and hate.
A description of the film reads:
At a time when America is ripping apart at the seams, “The Reunited States” is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. Susan Bro, who lost her daughter when a car drove through a group of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travel to all 50 states in an Rv to find out what divides us, are just a few of the characters profiled in the film.
- 1/8/2021
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
Van Jones & Meghan McCain Join Timely Documentary ‘The Reunited States’, Dark Star Picks Up Domestic
Exclusive: Political commentator Van Jones and The View co-host Meghan McCain have joined timely documentary The Reunited States about bridging the political and racial divides in the U.S.
Jones and McCain are joining as executive producers.
Dark Star has picked up the film’s domestic rights and will release from January 29, the week after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Subjects of the film include Susan Bro, who’s daughter Heather Heyer was killed when a car drove through a crowd of counter-protestors at the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally three years ago today; Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millenial Action Project, a bipartisan coalition of 1,500 young lawmakers; Greg Orman, an independent politician who ran for Governor of Kansas in 2018; and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travelled to all fifty states with their three kids in an Rv in an effort to understand how to heal national divisions.
Jones and McCain are joining as executive producers.
Dark Star has picked up the film’s domestic rights and will release from January 29, the week after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Subjects of the film include Susan Bro, who’s daughter Heather Heyer was killed when a car drove through a crowd of counter-protestors at the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally three years ago today; Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millenial Action Project, a bipartisan coalition of 1,500 young lawmakers; Greg Orman, an independent politician who ran for Governor of Kansas in 2018; and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travelled to all fifty states with their three kids in an Rv in an effort to understand how to heal national divisions.
- 12/16/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: LA-based sales firm The Exchange has boarded world sales rights to timely documentary The Reunited States, which follows unsung heroes on the journey to bridge the political and racial divides in the U.S.
Subjects of the new film include Susan Bro, who’s daughter Heather Heyer was killed when a car drove through a crowd of counter-protestors at the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally three years ago today; Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millenial Action Project, a bipartisan coalition of 1,500 young lawmakers; Greg Orman, an independent politician who ran for Governor of Kansas in 2018; and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travelled to all fifty states with their three kids in an Rv in an effort to understand how to heal national divisions.
The documentary follows Bro on her quest for social justice from the first anniversary of the Charlottesville rally up until her...
Subjects of the new film include Susan Bro, who’s daughter Heather Heyer was killed when a car drove through a crowd of counter-protestors at the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally three years ago today; Steven Olikara, the founder of the Millenial Action Project, a bipartisan coalition of 1,500 young lawmakers; Greg Orman, an independent politician who ran for Governor of Kansas in 2018; and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travelled to all fifty states with their three kids in an Rv in an effort to understand how to heal national divisions.
The documentary follows Bro on her quest for social justice from the first anniversary of the Charlottesville rally up until her...
- 8/12/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
By Glenn Dunks
The Fight is not a film about the ACLU. It’s probably wise to know that before going in. Because lord knows the American Civil Liberties Union have had their fair share of odious choices under the guise of free speech, namely defending anti-unionists, Nazis, the Klu Klux Klan, and—as seen briefly here, the only such moment of critical assessment—the Charlottesville white nationalists and their antisemitic tiki torch parade that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer in 2017.
What The Fight is, however, is a cleverly constructed documentary about four lawyers by three filmmakers who by happy accident or quickly assembled timing placed themselves on the frontlines (so to speak) of the American President’s war against the rights of immigrants, voters, women and transgender individuals. It’s a film that begins on the courthouse steps and in the airport waiting lounges as fast-typing associates...
The Fight is not a film about the ACLU. It’s probably wise to know that before going in. Because lord knows the American Civil Liberties Union have had their fair share of odious choices under the guise of free speech, namely defending anti-unionists, Nazis, the Klu Klux Klan, and—as seen briefly here, the only such moment of critical assessment—the Charlottesville white nationalists and their antisemitic tiki torch parade that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer in 2017.
What The Fight is, however, is a cleverly constructed documentary about four lawyers by three filmmakers who by happy accident or quickly assembled timing placed themselves on the frontlines (so to speak) of the American President’s war against the rights of immigrants, voters, women and transgender individuals. It’s a film that begins on the courthouse steps and in the airport waiting lounges as fast-typing associates...
- 7/30/2020
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Investigation Discovery is talking to the survivors of the attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 that left one person dead and dozens more injured.
A two-hour special, titled Impact of Hate: Charlottesville, will premiere on the third anniversary of the attack in Charlottesville, where white supremacists and neo-Nazis gathered to protest the removal of Confederate monuments throughout the South that culminated in the "Unite the Right" rally.
Amid a peaceful counterprotest, a man deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, which resulted in the death of 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer and left dozens injured.
The ID ...
A two-hour special, titled Impact of Hate: Charlottesville, will premiere on the third anniversary of the attack in Charlottesville, where white supremacists and neo-Nazis gathered to protest the removal of Confederate monuments throughout the South that culminated in the "Unite the Right" rally.
Amid a peaceful counterprotest, a man deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, which resulted in the death of 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer and left dozens injured.
The ID ...
- 7/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In “White Noise,” Daniel Lombroso’s lively and disturbing documentary portrait of three alt-right influencers, there’s a riveting scene in which Richard Spencer, a rock star of white nationalism who talks like a noodgy corporate assistant and has meticulous gelled hair that’s supposed to be his designer version of a Hitler fade (though Hitler didn’t have James Garner’s sideburns), is getting ready to give a speech at Michigan State University. In the white-cinder-block green room, he goes into a panic when he learns that there’s a riot taking place outside, with hundreds of students protesting his appearance.
You’d think he might welcome the publicity; Steve Bannon certainly would. But Spencer, who is basically an overblown trust-fund kid, is terrified that he’s going to be blamed for another disaster like the one that happened in Charlottesville, Va., when Heather Heyer, who was protesting against...
You’d think he might welcome the publicity; Steve Bannon certainly would. But Spencer, who is basically an overblown trust-fund kid, is terrified that he’s going to be blamed for another disaster like the one that happened in Charlottesville, Va., when Heather Heyer, who was protesting against...
- 7/11/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In an ideal world, the White House press secretary would be a fearless defender of the truth and a window into the actions of the United States’ most powerful office.
In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the administration’s actions and viewpoints through a selective mix of facts and spin. And then there’s the Trumpian hellworld we live in now, where the press secretary’s job is to surround the administration’s actions with a...
In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the administration’s actions and viewpoints through a selective mix of facts and spin. And then there’s the Trumpian hellworld we live in now, where the press secretary’s job is to surround the administration’s actions with a...
- 4/10/2020
- by Rick Carp and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
On September 11th this year, while many artists were sharing a multitude of “never forget” memes to be liked on Instagram, Jesse Dayton was posting hard truths.
“15 of the 19 terrorist who attacked America were from Saudi Arabia & we still continue to do multi billion dollar arms/weapons deals with them, massive oil deals & even cover up their killing of an American journalist,” he wrote in a lengthy three-part post that also championed 9/11 first responders and the comedian Jon Stewart’s efforts to help them receive healthcare. “We should at the...
“15 of the 19 terrorist who attacked America were from Saudi Arabia & we still continue to do multi billion dollar arms/weapons deals with them, massive oil deals & even cover up their killing of an American journalist,” he wrote in a lengthy three-part post that also championed 9/11 first responders and the comedian Jon Stewart’s efforts to help them receive healthcare. “We should at the...
- 10/30/2019
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Ruffalo targeted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on social media after the political leader used The Incredible Hulk to champion Brexit. Johnson told a UK tabloid over the weekend (via Deadline), “The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets…Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be — and that is the case for this country. We will come out on 31 October and we will get it done.”
Johnson’s Hulk comparison prompted Ruffalo to respond on Twitter. The Oscar-nominated actor has played Bruce Banner/Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2012’s “The Avengers,” most recently appearing in this year’s record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame.” Ruffalo shut down Johnson’s comment by reminding the Prime Minister of how the Hulk actually works.
“Boris Johnson forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole,” Ruffalo said. “Mad and strong can also be dense and destructive.
Johnson’s Hulk comparison prompted Ruffalo to respond on Twitter. The Oscar-nominated actor has played Bruce Banner/Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2012’s “The Avengers,” most recently appearing in this year’s record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame.” Ruffalo shut down Johnson’s comment by reminding the Prime Minister of how the Hulk actually works.
“Boris Johnson forgets that the Hulk only fights for the good of the whole,” Ruffalo said. “Mad and strong can also be dense and destructive.
- 9/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Normani, H.E.R. and more join the lineup of VMAs performers for 2019 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony
MTV has announced another handful of artists who will perform at the 2019 Video Music Awards. Normani, H.E.R., Ozuna and Big Sean with A$ap Ferg will take the stage on Monday night, August 26. Who are you looking forward to seeing the most? Scroll down to click through our gallery of all the performers for the show, updating as new names are announced.
Normani is a Vma nominee this year for Best R&b Video for “Waves” featuring 6lack. But she has already won multiple VMAs as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. They won four times before going on hiatus to pursue solo projects: Artist to Watch for “Miss Movin’ On” (2014), Best Collaboration for “Work from Home” with Ty Dolla $ign and Song of Summer for “All in My Head (Flex)” with Fetty Wap (2016), and Best Pop Video for “Down” featuring Gucci Mane (2017).
Sign UPfor Gold...
Normani is a Vma nominee this year for Best R&b Video for “Waves” featuring 6lack. But she has already won multiple VMAs as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony. They won four times before going on hiatus to pursue solo projects: Artist to Watch for “Miss Movin’ On” (2014), Best Collaboration for “Work from Home” with Ty Dolla $ign and Song of Summer for “All in My Head (Flex)” with Fetty Wap (2016), and Best Pop Video for “Down” featuring Gucci Mane (2017).
Sign UPfor Gold...
- 8/21/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Washington — It was a pretty straightforward request.
In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide the number of analysts inside the agency’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis devoted to working on “non-Islamist domestic terrorism threats” — including right-wing extremism or attacks motivated by “white supremacist or antigovernment ideology” — for the past ten years. The group also asked for memos, guidance, or other paperwork regarding any changes to the number of analysts working on those issues since President Trump took office.
Some of the...
In January, the watchdog group American Oversight asked the Department of Homeland Security to provide the number of analysts inside the agency’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis devoted to working on “non-Islamist domestic terrorism threats” — including right-wing extremism or attacks motivated by “white supremacist or antigovernment ideology” — for the past ten years. The group also asked for memos, guidance, or other paperwork regarding any changes to the number of analysts working on those issues since President Trump took office.
Some of the...
- 8/8/2019
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump on Wednesday rejected assertions that his racist, divisive rhetoric is divisive, instead claiming it “brings people together.”
When a reporter asked if his rhetoric divides Americans, Trump responded, “I don’t think my rhetoric does at all. My rhetoric is very—it brings people together,” Trump said before deflecting to say the United States is doing better than China.
President Trump defends his rhetoric: "My rhetoric brings people together" pic.twitter.com/0IyAoPK4mN
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 7, 2019
And the president is right, in a way. His explicitly...
When a reporter asked if his rhetoric divides Americans, Trump responded, “I don’t think my rhetoric does at all. My rhetoric is very—it brings people together,” Trump said before deflecting to say the United States is doing better than China.
President Trump defends his rhetoric: "My rhetoric brings people together" pic.twitter.com/0IyAoPK4mN
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 7, 2019
And the president is right, in a way. His explicitly...
- 8/7/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
President Trump lashed out at the media Monday over a Washington Post story about how the White House responded to his racist attacks against four congresswomen of color. “The Mainstream Media is out of control,” he tweeted. “They constantly lie and cheat in order to get their Radical Left Democrat views out their for all to see. It has never been this bad. They have gone bonkers, & no longer care what is right or wrong. This large scale false reporting is sick!”
The president concluded his rant with a familiar...
The president concluded his rant with a familiar...
- 7/23/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
On Monday, James Fields, the neo-Nazi convicted in the death of Heather Heyer and the injury of multiple protesters during the 2017 Charlottesville rally, was sentenced in state court to life in prison, plus 419 years.
Fields, 22, was the man responsible for driving a car into a crowd of protesters during the white supremacist rally in 2017, injuring many and killing the 32-year-old Heyer. During trial, he admitted to intentionally driving his car into the crowd. In December 2018, he was convicted on first-degree murder charges for his role in Heyer’s death. He...
Fields, 22, was the man responsible for driving a car into a crowd of protesters during the white supremacist rally in 2017, injuring many and killing the 32-year-old Heyer. During trial, he admitted to intentionally driving his car into the crowd. In December 2018, he was convicted on first-degree murder charges for his role in Heyer’s death. He...
- 7/15/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
The United States will require much correction in the wake of Donald Trump, should he be defeated and should he actually leave the presidency peacefully. I assume neither, given his behavior and the current slate of candidates opposing him, numerous as they are.
There are 20 of them now, with Joe Biden adding himself formally to the mix last Thursday with a video that oddly invoked the 2017 white-supremacist chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia solely to take a shot at his presumed general election opponent. With any number of policy horrors to choose from in this administration,...
There are 20 of them now, with Joe Biden adding himself formally to the mix last Thursday with a video that oddly invoked the 2017 white-supremacist chaos in Charlottesville, Virginia solely to take a shot at his presumed general election opponent. With any number of policy horrors to choose from in this administration,...
- 5/1/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday evening, it was reported that at least one shooter opened fire on congregants in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 49 people. As information on the attacks started to emerge, it became increasingly clear that the shooter or shooters were adherents of far-right extremist ideology, particularly after an 87-page manifesto surfaced articulating Islamophobic and white supremacist views.
Judging by the manifesto, which is littered with references to internet culture phenomena like Fortnite and Spyro the Dragon 3 and memes like Navy Seal Copypasta, many commentators speculated that...
Judging by the manifesto, which is littered with references to internet culture phenomena like Fortnite and Spyro the Dragon 3 and memes like Navy Seal Copypasta, many commentators speculated that...
- 3/15/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
The backstage press corps here at the Oscars had questions for Spike Lee after his reaction to Green Book winning Best Picture on Sunday night.
Asked backstage at the Dolby Theatre if his Adapted Screenplay win for BlacKkKlansman makes up for Do the Right Thing loss at the 1990 Oscars and the Academy overlooking it for a Best Picture nomination, Lee quipped in reference to that year’s Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture win: “I’m snake bit. Every time somebody is driving somebody, I lose – but they changed the seating arrangement!”
Pressed again about his sore-loser response in the theater after Green Book was announced as the winner, Lee responded, “Oh wait a minute, what reaction did you see? What did I do?” he continued. “No, I thought I was courtside at the [Madison Square] Garden. The ref made a bad call.”
Still, while Lee didn’t win Best Picture, he finally found himself in that category,...
Asked backstage at the Dolby Theatre if his Adapted Screenplay win for BlacKkKlansman makes up for Do the Right Thing loss at the 1990 Oscars and the Academy overlooking it for a Best Picture nomination, Lee quipped in reference to that year’s Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture win: “I’m snake bit. Every time somebody is driving somebody, I lose – but they changed the seating arrangement!”
Pressed again about his sore-loser response in the theater after Green Book was announced as the winner, Lee responded, “Oh wait a minute, what reaction did you see? What did I do?” he continued. “No, I thought I was courtside at the [Madison Square] Garden. The ref made a bad call.”
Still, while Lee didn’t win Best Picture, he finally found himself in that category,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Matt Grobar and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Spike Lee brought the Oscars audience to its feet after winning his first Academy Award for adapting BlacKkKlansman from Ron Stallworth’s memoir about a black police detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan.
Lee shares the award with co-writers Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Wilmott.
After accepting the Oscar from frequent collaborator, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee delivered an impassioned speech about the journey of African-Americans in the U.S. He noted that February is Black History Month and said it has only been a few generations since members of his own family were enslaved.
“From 1619 to 2019, 400 years, 400 years that our ancestors were stolen from mother Africa and brought to Jamestown, Virginia enslaved,” Lee said. “Our ancestors worked the land, can’t see the morning, can’t see at night.”
He then explained that his grandmother helped define who he is.
“My grandmother… who lived 100 years young, was a Spelman College graduate,...
Lee shares the award with co-writers Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Wilmott.
After accepting the Oscar from frequent collaborator, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee delivered an impassioned speech about the journey of African-Americans in the U.S. He noted that February is Black History Month and said it has only been a few generations since members of his own family were enslaved.
“From 1619 to 2019, 400 years, 400 years that our ancestors were stolen from mother Africa and brought to Jamestown, Virginia enslaved,” Lee said. “Our ancestors worked the land, can’t see the morning, can’t see at night.”
He then explained that his grandmother helped define who he is.
“My grandmother… who lived 100 years young, was a Spelman College graduate,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
When Spike Lee was recruited by his friend and fellow director Jordan Peele to take charge on “BlacKkKlansman,” he knew that he wanted to focus on the parallels between the film’s setting in the 1970s and the contemporary realities of modern-day racism.
“This is still happening today. You don’t have to go back to 1979 for this stuff, it’s the world we live in,” Lee said at a Q&A following a screening of the film in New York City on Tuesday night. “Eric Garner still got choked to death by the NYPD… today was Trayvon Martin’s birthday. He would have been 24 years young today. We wanted to connect the past with the present.”
“BlacKkKlansman” is based on the real-life story of Ron Stallworth, the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, who infiltrated the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his white,...
“This is still happening today. You don’t have to go back to 1979 for this stuff, it’s the world we live in,” Lee said at a Q&A following a screening of the film in New York City on Tuesday night. “Eric Garner still got choked to death by the NYPD… today was Trayvon Martin’s birthday. He would have been 24 years young today. We wanted to connect the past with the present.”
“BlacKkKlansman” is based on the real-life story of Ron Stallworth, the first black officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department, who infiltrated the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his white,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Juliette Verlaque
- The Wrap
Bradley Cooper left Spike Lee stunned and delighted at the Directors Guild Theatre on Saturday morning by recalling auditioning for Lee long before Cooper became famous.
Lee was discussing his process for auditioning actors during the Meet the Nominees Feature Film event and emphasized the importance of being courteous and attentive while moving quickly. Cooper then recalled that he had auditioned for Lee for a television pilot, evoking a huge laugh from Lee — who could not remember the occasion.
“You get a chance to read for Spike Lee, you’re never going to forget that,” Cooper said. “You said ‘Hello, how are you,’ you asked me about Philly, you did the thing and you got me out quick. You were going hard. You’re a very present human being.”
Lee, whose first directing credit came on 1983’s “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” expressed admiration for actors for their...
Lee was discussing his process for auditioning actors during the Meet the Nominees Feature Film event and emphasized the importance of being courteous and attentive while moving quickly. Cooper then recalled that he had auditioned for Lee for a television pilot, evoking a huge laugh from Lee — who could not remember the occasion.
“You get a chance to read for Spike Lee, you’re never going to forget that,” Cooper said. “You said ‘Hello, how are you,’ you asked me about Philly, you did the thing and you got me out quick. You were going hard. You’re a very present human being.”
Lee, whose first directing credit came on 1983’s “Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads,” expressed admiration for actors for their...
- 2/2/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Daniel Borden — an Ohio man charged in the beating of a black man during 2017’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — has been sentenced to just under four years in prison, Associated Press reports.
Borden, 21, who was one of four men charged with beating DeAndre Harris during the white nationalist rally, was originally sentenced to 20 years. However, most of that sentence was suspended and Borden’s active sentence is three years and 10 months.
As Wvir-tv reports, during Monday’s sentencing hearing, Borden “told the judge he is not a...
Borden, 21, who was one of four men charged with beating DeAndre Harris during the white nationalist rally, was originally sentenced to 20 years. However, most of that sentence was suspended and Borden’s active sentence is three years and 10 months.
As Wvir-tv reports, during Monday’s sentencing hearing, Borden “told the judge he is not a...
- 1/8/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Martin Scorsese Says ‘BlacKKKlansman’ Ending Shows White Supremacy Is “Sanctioned By The Government”
Exclusive: After a screening of Spike Lee’s BlacKKKlansman at New York’s Lincoln Center, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee reminisced about their days at NYU and broke down their shared influences in a 45-minute conversation that proved catnip for any cinephile.
But the talk also featured a dose of Scorsese at his most overtly political. Describing the closing minutes of the Focus Features release, he praised its switch from scripted narrative to documentary footage of the Charlottesville. Without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, Scorsese said it is “chilling” to see the clear line between the events of the 1970s and today via the footage of the lead-up to and aftermath of protester Heather Heyer’s death.
“The picture takes you to a safe place — we’re watching a movie, it’s up on a screen — and suddenly we’re catapulted into now. Right next to you. Because it’s not only real,...
But the talk also featured a dose of Scorsese at his most overtly political. Describing the closing minutes of the Focus Features release, he praised its switch from scripted narrative to documentary footage of the Charlottesville. Without mentioning President Donald Trump by name, Scorsese said it is “chilling” to see the clear line between the events of the 1970s and today via the footage of the lead-up to and aftermath of protester Heather Heyer’s death.
“The picture takes you to a safe place — we’re watching a movie, it’s up on a screen — and suddenly we’re catapulted into now. Right next to you. Because it’s not only real,...
- 12/20/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
“We had to connect the past with the present day,” said director Spike Lee when discussing his film “BlacKkKlansman” recently with press and industry members in New York City. Sadly, it wasn’t difficult to find parallels between the Ku Klux Klan of the 1970s, when the film is set, and our current cultural moment. The white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, which resulted in the murder of counter-protester Heather Heyer, demonstrated with brutal clarity how relevant this history still is. Watch Lee discuss his film above.
“The phrase ‘America first’ — the Klan was saying that in the ’20s against immigrants … This hate stuff is from the same playbook. It’s recycled again and again,” Lee explained about the broader historical context of his film. It tells the true story of a black police officer (played by John David Washington) who infiltrated the Klan in the ’70s,...
“The phrase ‘America first’ — the Klan was saying that in the ’20s against immigrants … This hate stuff is from the same playbook. It’s recycled again and again,” Lee explained about the broader historical context of his film. It tells the true story of a black police officer (played by John David Washington) who infiltrated the Klan in the ’70s,...
- 12/14/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Nearly two years after PewDiePie was widely criticized for making videos with anti-Semitic jokes and for paying two Indian men $5 to hold up a sign saying “Death to all Jews,” he’s landed himself in hot water for promoting a YouTube channel that frequently posts anti-Semitic, racist, and white supremacy-related content.
PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, promoted the channel, ‘EsemicolonR’ — ‘E;R’ for short — with a swath of others at the end of one of his latest videos. (Kjellberg has now deleted E;R’s channel from his list of recommended watches in the video’s description.) He specifically recommended a video essay about Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the anime Death Note, in which the detective character ‘L,’ who was Japanese in the original manga and anime, was played by a black man.
“E;R does great video essays,” Kjellberg said. “He did one on Death Note,...
PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, promoted the channel, ‘EsemicolonR’ — ‘E;R’ for short — with a swath of others at the end of one of his latest videos. (Kjellberg has now deleted E;R’s channel from his list of recommended watches in the video’s description.) He specifically recommended a video essay about Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the anime Death Note, in which the detective character ‘L,’ who was Japanese in the original manga and anime, was played by a black man.
“E;R does great video essays,” Kjellberg said. “He did one on Death Note,...
- 12/11/2018
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Chris Cantwell, a.k.a. the “Crying Nazi,” responded to the conviction of James Fields, who was found guilty of first-degree murder for plowing a car into protesters in Charlottesville, by threatening “complete and total destruction” of “Charlottesville and the broad left” in a post on social network Gab.
On Friday, Fields, who killed paralegal and civil rights activist Heather Heyer, was convicted of first-degree murder as well as hit and run and aggravated malicious wounding of eight of the 35 people who were injured by his vehicle. Fields had driven...
On Friday, Fields, who killed paralegal and civil rights activist Heather Heyer, was convicted of first-degree murder as well as hit and run and aggravated malicious wounding of eight of the 35 people who were injured by his vehicle. Fields had driven...
- 12/9/2018
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
James Alex Fields Jr., the white supremacist who killed Heather Heyer when he rammed his car through a crowd of counterprotesters during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was convicted of first-degree murder Friday.
Fields was also found guilty on eight counts of malicious wounding stemming from the 35 people he injured during the August 2017 attack, the Washington Post reported. The jury needed just seven hours of deliberation following a nine-day trial to reach their verdict.
A prison sentence will be determined after Fields’ victims read impact statements to the court.
Fields was also found guilty on eight counts of malicious wounding stemming from the 35 people he injured during the August 2017 attack, the Washington Post reported. The jury needed just seven hours of deliberation following a nine-day trial to reach their verdict.
A prison sentence will be determined after Fields’ victims read impact statements to the court.
- 12/8/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
James Alex Fields Jr., the white supremacist who rammed his car into Charlottesville protesters in 2017, is guilty of murdering Heather Heyer. The jury returned the verdict Friday in the first degree murder trial, and also found him guilty of 5 counts of malicious wounding, 3 counts of aggravated malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at the scene of a deadly accident. The 21-year-old hate monger plowed into the protesters as they rallied in response...
- 12/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Firebrand filmmaker in fine fettle at Los Cabos appearance.
Spike Lee was in combative mood at Los Cabos International Film Festival on Saturday (10) as the BlacKkKlansman director commented on the Central American caravan migrants, race relations, and the mid-terms, referring to president Trump throughout as ‘Agent Orange’.
“We’re at an interesting time in the world,” Lee told friend and longtime collaborator Roger Guenveur Smith during an on-stage conversation at The Resort At Pedregal. “There’s a man who calls himself the president of the United States of America who’s said on record that all Mexicans are rapists, murderers and drug dealers,...
Spike Lee was in combative mood at Los Cabos International Film Festival on Saturday (10) as the BlacKkKlansman director commented on the Central American caravan migrants, race relations, and the mid-terms, referring to president Trump throughout as ‘Agent Orange’.
“We’re at an interesting time in the world,” Lee told friend and longtime collaborator Roger Guenveur Smith during an on-stage conversation at The Resort At Pedregal. “There’s a man who calls himself the president of the United States of America who’s said on record that all Mexicans are rapists, murderers and drug dealers,...
- 11/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
When Spike Lee talks, people listen. At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the “BlackKklansman” director delivered a searing indictment of the Trump Administration, lambasting the president for his response to Charlottesville riots and including an epilogue in his movie that did the same thing. He went on to win the Grand Prix at the festival, some of his best reviews of the festival, and a late-summer smash: Lee’s lively, seriocomic look at the efforts of African-American police officer Ron Stallsworth (John David Washington) to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by using a white voice on the phone grossed over $86 million domestically and remains a part of the fall awards season conversation as the movie hits DVD and Blu-ray next week.
Despite the enthusiasm surrounding “BlackKklansman,” its success carried an air of gravitas, as the movie taps into the roots of bigotry in the United States and their reverberations in the current moment.
Despite the enthusiasm surrounding “BlackKklansman,” its success carried an air of gravitas, as the movie taps into the roots of bigotry in the United States and their reverberations in the current moment.
- 11/1/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
In “Alt-Right: Age of Rage,” screening at the Ji.hlava doc fest, director Adam Bhala Lough takes on the machinations of white power leader Richard Spencer, balancing his philosophies against the views of Daryle Lamont Jenkins – a spokesperson for the anti-fascist movement Antifa – who has tirelessly exposed the group who led the Charlottesville march last year that ended in the death of protester Heather Heyer and dozens of injuries. How did you arrive at the structure of “Alt-Right: Age of Rage,” in which you alternate between the white power leader Spencer and Antifa member Jenkins? Were their personalities important in deciding this way to tell the story? It was organic. We had a lot of characters but it felt unfocused. We honed it down to those two. We felt they represented their sides well, and the polar extremes of America. What was the most disturbing thing for you personally to...
- 10/27/2018
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Playback is a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. New episodes air every Thursday.
For more than three decades, and still going strong, Spike Lee has been an incredibly prolific presence in the world of cinema. Rarely does a year pass without a “Spike Lee joint” hitting screens, and 2018 has brought one of his most acclaimed works yet, the Cannes prizewinner “BlacKkKlansman.” For Lee, the secret to that consistency is baked into the respect and admiration his has for his inspirations, artists like Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Toni Morrison and even sports stars like Michael Jordan and Willie Mays, individuals who left a lasting legacy in the form of a wealth of work.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
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“From the very beginning the goal...
For more than three decades, and still going strong, Spike Lee has been an incredibly prolific presence in the world of cinema. Rarely does a year pass without a “Spike Lee joint” hitting screens, and 2018 has brought one of his most acclaimed works yet, the Cannes prizewinner “BlacKkKlansman.” For Lee, the secret to that consistency is baked into the respect and admiration his has for his inspirations, artists like Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Toni Morrison and even sports stars like Michael Jordan and Willie Mays, individuals who left a lasting legacy in the form of a wealth of work.
Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below. New episodes air every Thursday.
Click here for more episodes of “Playback.”
“From the very beginning the goal...
- 10/25/2018
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Variety Film + TV
Spike Lee has spent the past 30 years making films — such as “Do the Right Thing” and “Malcolm X” — that tell hard truths about racism in America. His latest movie, “BlacKkKlansman,” touched a nerve when it opened in theaters in August, earning nearly $50 million at the domestic box office and generating Oscar buzz. The Focus Features release chronicles the 1970s true-life tale of a black police officer, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan. By using real footage of the Charlottesville riots of 2017, Lee makes the point that the white supremacists portrayed in the film have only grown more emboldened under Donald Trump.
Lee has spoken up for his political beliefs throughout his career and has, as a result, landed close to the center of the nation’s civic life. But he’s a local landmark, and a widely seen neighbor, in New York City. He lives on the Upper East Side,...
Lee has spoken up for his political beliefs throughout his career and has, as a result, landed close to the center of the nation’s civic life. But he’s a local landmark, and a widely seen neighbor, in New York City. He lives on the Upper East Side,...
- 10/2/2018
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
Jeffrey Winder was found guilty of misdemeanor assault in February for punching white-nationalist organizer Jason Kessler in August 2017. On Tuesday, a jury ruled that his punishment will be a whopping $1 fine.
Kessler attempted to hold a press conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, the day after Heather Heyer was killed by a white supremacist who drove his car into a group of people protesting the white nationalist rally organized by Kessler’s “Unite the Right” group. Winder was among the protesters who showed up to stop Kessler from making a statement, punching...
Kessler attempted to hold a press conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, the day after Heather Heyer was killed by a white supremacist who drove his car into a group of people protesting the white nationalist rally organized by Kessler’s “Unite the Right” group. Winder was among the protesters who showed up to stop Kessler from making a statement, punching...
- 9/6/2018
- by Lilly Dancyger
- Rollingstone.com
In the late Seventies, an African-American police officer infiltrated a Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan simply by replying to a classified ad. That unbelievable-yet-true story is the basis of Spike Lee’s action-packed new BlacKkKlansman, made all the more disturbing since it’s set in what seems like a sleepy hamlet on the Rockies’ front range, then a city of around 200,000 at the foot of regal Pikes Peak.
Lee brilliantly uses the story to weave together the threads of supremacist culture in the Seventies with the election of President Donald Trump,...
Lee brilliantly uses the story to weave together the threads of supremacist culture in the Seventies with the election of President Donald Trump,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The first thing to understand about Corey Stewart, Virginia’s long-shot Republican Senate candidate and perhaps America’s purest political distillation of Donald Trump, is that he’s crazy. I found out when I sent a routine e-mail to his press office, in hopes of obtaining an event schedule. In the campaign version of dialing 411 and having the Verizon CEO pick up, an angry Stewart himself answered:
Rolling Stone has been the most misleading left-leaning publication we’ve worked with. Is there any good reason for us to cooperate with you?...
Rolling Stone has been the most misleading left-leaning publication we’ve worked with. Is there any good reason for us to cooperate with you?...
- 8/19/2018
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
The celebrated director’s latest film fuses past and present, updating the true tale of a black detective who infiltrated the Kkk with the racial tensions of 2018 to searing effect
Spike Lee had mellowed somewhat. Not that the motormouth director with a socially provocative back catalogue had traded his sneakers for slippers, but in February 2015, having just released vampire romance Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, he was making a documentary about Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall and, he told the Atlantic, time and fatherhood might have softened him. “If you get angry about everything you’re going to give yourself cancer,” he said. “You can’t let anger rule your life. It’s just not productive.” The truth, though, is that anger has been extremely productive for Spike Lee. And a lot has changed since 2015.
In February 2017, a month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Get Out director Jordan Peele...
Spike Lee had mellowed somewhat. Not that the motormouth director with a socially provocative back catalogue had traded his sneakers for slippers, but in February 2015, having just released vampire romance Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, he was making a documentary about Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall and, he told the Atlantic, time and fatherhood might have softened him. “If you get angry about everything you’re going to give yourself cancer,” he said. “You can’t let anger rule your life. It’s just not productive.” The truth, though, is that anger has been extremely productive for Spike Lee. And a lot has changed since 2015.
In February 2017, a month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Get Out director Jordan Peele...
- 8/18/2018
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Chris Cuomo delivered a passionate monologue on Monday evening, defending Antifa after several incidents of violence from its members over the weekend while counter-protesting against white supremacists in Washington D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia.
The CNN anchor said there could be no “moral equivalency” between violence from the two camps and that outbursts from those protesting hate was more excusable than those promoting hate.
“It’s not about being right in the eyes of the law, but you also have to know what’s right and wrong in a moral and a good and evil sense,” said Cuomo “That’s why people who show up to fight against bigots are not to be judged the same as the bigots, even if they do resort to the same kinds of petty violence. The law will take care of that.”
Also Read: Chris Cuomo Boosts CNN's Primetime Ratings by Double Digits in...
The CNN anchor said there could be no “moral equivalency” between violence from the two camps and that outbursts from those protesting hate was more excusable than those promoting hate.
“It’s not about being right in the eyes of the law, but you also have to know what’s right and wrong in a moral and a good and evil sense,” said Cuomo “That’s why people who show up to fight against bigots are not to be judged the same as the bigots, even if they do resort to the same kinds of petty violence. The law will take care of that.”
Also Read: Chris Cuomo Boosts CNN's Primetime Ratings by Double Digits in...
- 8/14/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Washington — The Unite the Right 2.0 white-nationalist demonstration had ended early on Sunday, and a clump of bored, black-clad counter-protesters started marching north, looking for some action.
After a block or two, a counter-protester in a black spiked helmet spotted a man dressed in red, white and blue. They screamed at each other, and just when the confrontation looked like it might escalate into violence, the man in the patriotic apparel spun around and pointed to the back of his vest: Antifa. They had a laugh and went their separate ways.
After a block or two, a counter-protester in a black spiked helmet spotted a man dressed in red, white and blue. They screamed at each other, and just when the confrontation looked like it might escalate into violence, the man in the patriotic apparel spun around and pointed to the back of his vest: Antifa. They had a laugh and went their separate ways.
- 8/13/2018
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
“It was a week after Charlottesville and there was a lot of angst in the studio with the dancers and the producers,” explains Travis Wall about the “Strange Fruit” routine he choreographed last summer on “So You Think You Can Dance.” “I felt helpless in a way where I wanted to speak louder than I possibly could.” Now he’s nominated for Best Choreography at the Emmys for the eighth year in a row, for that routine as well as for “Change is Everything,” a duet between “Sytycd” all-star Robert Roldan and season 14 contestant Taylor Sieve. Watch our exclusive video interview with Wall above.
Wall spoke with us almost a year to the day after white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for a Unite the Right rally on August 11-12, 2017, which resulted in the murder of counter-protester Heather Heyer. The “Sytycd” live shows were underway at the time,...
Wall spoke with us almost a year to the day after white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for a Unite the Right rally on August 11-12, 2017, which resulted in the murder of counter-protester Heather Heyer. The “Sytycd” live shows were underway at the time,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sacha Baron Cohen Reveals How Sheriff David Clarke Would Have Stopped Anti-Fascists in 1930s Germany
When it comes to fascism, controversial former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke, a supporter of Donald Trump, would rather not take a side.
One year after the gathering of Nazi sympathizers and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., left civil rights activist Heather Heyer dead, Clarke appeared on Showtime’s “Who Is America?” and didn’t condemn fascism. But he did condemn anti-fascists.
In 1930s Germany, the rise of fascism brought Hitler to power, leading to World War II, the Holocaust, and the death of hundreds of thousands. Anti-fascists might have put a stop to Hitler’s reign. But that’s not who former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke sees as a villain.
Interviewed by Cohen’s Finnish YouTube character OMGWhizzBoyOMG, Clarke said he believed anti-fascists were anarchists. “They promote chaos.”
That’s where Cohen, as OMGWhizzBoyOMG, sought some clarification:
OMGWhizzBoyOMG: “If you were a sheriff in the 30s in Germany and the anti-fascists were marching,...
One year after the gathering of Nazi sympathizers and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., left civil rights activist Heather Heyer dead, Clarke appeared on Showtime’s “Who Is America?” and didn’t condemn fascism. But he did condemn anti-fascists.
In 1930s Germany, the rise of fascism brought Hitler to power, leading to World War II, the Holocaust, and the death of hundreds of thousands. Anti-fascists might have put a stop to Hitler’s reign. But that’s not who former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke sees as a villain.
Interviewed by Cohen’s Finnish YouTube character OMGWhizzBoyOMG, Clarke said he believed anti-fascists were anarchists. “They promote chaos.”
That’s where Cohen, as OMGWhizzBoyOMG, sought some clarification:
OMGWhizzBoyOMG: “If you were a sheriff in the 30s in Germany and the anti-fascists were marching,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Now in its fifth episode, Sacha Baron Cohen continues his crusade to dupe unsuspecting victims on his Showtime series Who Is America? This week’s episode didn’t include the much-anticipated interview with Sarah Palin, but it did feature interviews with former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, former Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke, and pro-gun advocate Dan Roberts.
Cohen donned his pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Dr. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. PhD persona to chat with Lewandowski and opened a whole can of worms when it came to Trump’s stance on race.
“I can tell you this…I had the privilege of standing next to Trump for 1,000 hours. Never ever have I heard him utter a racist word in his life,” said Lewandowski when Cohen asked him if Trump is a racist.
“The president doesn’t look at race — never has. Its a non-issue,” added Lewandowski, who is known for ridiculing...
Cohen donned his pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Dr. Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. PhD persona to chat with Lewandowski and opened a whole can of worms when it came to Trump’s stance on race.
“I can tell you this…I had the privilege of standing next to Trump for 1,000 hours. Never ever have I heard him utter a racist word in his life,” said Lewandowski when Cohen asked him if Trump is a racist.
“The president doesn’t look at race — never has. Its a non-issue,” added Lewandowski, who is known for ridiculing...
- 8/13/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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