The President is trying to start a race war! We will never side with the White Supremacist Terrorist!
Donald Trump has clearly shown that racism and white supremacy will once again be his dominant strategy to win the 2020 presidential election. This should not be a surprise given all of Trump's racist behavior both before he was president and since. Yet many in the mainstream news media seem surprised or shocked. Why is this?
There is a historical naiveté that's been taught to and then internalized by many white folks, where they somehow believe that the United States is this unique, exceptional place where horrible things did not and do not happen. The United States was actually founded on horrible things such as genocide, enslavement and the other horrors of white supremacy. These horrors coexisted with really pretty rhetoric about freedom and democracy — for white people.
Obviously, Trump was going to do this. How many op-eds and other stories have been written saying, "Is this a new low for Donald Trump?" Every week there is a new low. And now the new narrative is that there is "no bottom" for Trump's behavior. Donald Trump started his campaign calling Mexican refugees, migrants and immigrants "rapists" and "drug dealers." What more do we need to know about Donald Trump?
On the part of Republicans, there is a willingness to abide evil, either because Republicans agree with Trump's assault on democracy or because they do not care enough as they are getting their tax cuts, deregulation and all the other things that he is delivering to the various constituency groups of the right-wing movement. And then, of course, there is just the plain ole evil which explains Donald Trump, his supporters, and allies too.
Obviously, Trump was going to do this. How many op-eds and other stories have been written saying, "Is this a new low for Donald Trump?" Every week there is a new low. And now the new narrative is that there is "no bottom" for Trump's behavior. Donald Trump started his campaign calling Mexican refugees, migrants and immigrants "rapists" and "drug dealers." What more do we need to know about Donald Trump?
On the part of Republicans, there is a willingness to abide evil, either because Republicans agree with Trump's assault on democracy or because they do not care enough as they are getting their tax cuts, deregulation and all the other things that he is delivering to the various constituency groups of the right-wing movement. And then, of course, there is just the plain ole evil which explains Donald Trump, his supporters, and allies too.
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