unwise twitter photo post made by Trump with himself and a bat next to Bragg
Bragg later got a death threat from some unknown person -but there are probably more coming as this case develops
Posts: 42929 | From: , | Registered: Jan 2010
| IP: Logged |
Isn't this the guy from about 6 years ago, who used to have those braids or side locks? He was always in the center where he's now.
Republicans are not racist, they are only against the justice claim Reparations and what to rewrite American history, with this critical race theory, because it feels uncomfortable.
Michael the Black Man (born Maurice Woodside), also known as Michael Symonette and Mikael Israel,[1] (born April 24, 1959) is an American political figure from Miami, Florida. An outspoken supporter of former US president Donald Trump, he is known for appearances at Trump's rallies before and after the 2016 election, and he often sits behind Trump holding a "Blacks for Trump" sign at these rallies.[2]
Nation of Yahweh Woodside first met Hulon Mitchell Jr., better known as Yahweh Ben Yahweh, in 1980. Along with his brother, Ricardo, who joined the cult before he did, Woodside was reported to have played "a big role in the rise and fall of the Nation of Yahweh" (part of the Black Hebrew Israelites movement).[3] His mother, Johnnie Simmons, was also a devout member of the cult.[4] He later left the cult with his sister after his mother died.[5]
He was one of 16 members of the Nation of Yahweh who was arrested and charged with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder in 1990.[6] He was found not guilty of these charges by a Florida jury in 1992, but Yahweh was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.[2][7] At the trial, Ricardo testified that he and Maurice attempted unsuccessfully to murder Eric Burke, a dissident member of Yahweh's cult, and that Maurice had helped to beat another cult member, Aston Green, unconscious.[8]
Later career and reinvention Woodside became a fervent opponent of the Democratic Party,[9] changed his name to Michael Symonette, and began a career as a musician. He later started a radio station, BOSS 104.1 FM, before reinventing himself as "Michael the Black Man".[1][10] He briefly came to media attention in September 2008, when he accused Oprah Winfrey of being the devil, and Barack Obama of being endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan, at one of Obama's speeches in Coral Gables, Florida.[2][11]
In 2012, he spoke to the audience at a Rick Santorum campaign rally in Coral Springs, Florida, where he said that the Democrats were "the worst thing that ever happened to the black man".[12] As of August 2017, he runs multiple websites, including Gods2.com, which he frequently promotes on his shirt at Trump rallies.[1][13]
He thinks the Cherokee Indians were “the real KKK slave masters” and that Hillary Clinton is secretly plotting with ISIS to kill all black and white women in America.
His alternative history holds that black and white people were in the Americas before the Native Americans and must unite against the Cherokee Indians. A display of the Confederate battle flag is captioned “Cherokee Democrat Flag.”
The website has a long list of mostly incomprehensible headlines like “ROCKERFELLER IS NIMROD KING OF THE CANAANITES & SAUD THE KING OF THE ISHMAELITES MASONIC ILLUMINATI TRILATERALIST BIG BANKS KKK.”
According to Media Matters, Symonette’s old websites promoted a book that called Oprah Winfrey “the devil” and Obama “the beast 666.”
It’s unclear whether the Trump administration knows about Symonette’s radical views or ties to the violent cult. But Trump routinely pointed out the “Blacks for Trump” signs during rallies.
During an October stop in Sanford, Fla., for instance, Trump shouted, “Look at those signs behind me. Blacks for Trump! I like those signs. Blacks for Trump! You watch. You watch. Those signs are great! Thank you.”
The audience at rallies is screened by walk-through metal detectors and security guards with magnetometer wands. There is no additional vetting for people seated behind the president. Those seats are typically given to VIPs and additional people selected from the crowd, clearly prioritizing certain people for public relations purposes. “Women for Trump” signs, for instance, were a common sight behind Trump at the height of backlash to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tapes.
Symonette has attended many other Republican events over the years. He’s posted pictures of himself posing with Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Ted Cruz and Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the president. ____________________________________
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic