Trump Bets on Racism

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/16/trump-bets-on-racism/

Trump Bets on Racism
July 16, 2019 at 8:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Steve Benen: “Party officials who believed they’d help set the party’s direction in the Trump era now realize that power is in the hands of one man: a hapless amateur whose rhetoric on race is too often indistinguishable from the angry, racist drunk at the end of the bar.”

“Republicans aware of their party’s demographic challenges – the party is increasingly dependent on older white voters, in a nation that’s becoming increasingly diverse – no doubt realize that Trump is making a risky electoral bet. But instead of pushing for a smarter strategy, most GOP leaders have effectively surrendered and accepted defeat.”

Greg Sargent: “Central to Trump’s racism — and more broadly to Trumpism writ large — is not just the content of the racism itself. It’s also that he’s asserting the right to engage in public displays of racism without it being called out for what it is.”

[ginnyinWI]

1. well he's certainly got confidence that being himself is a win.

He can hardly be anything else but himself, because he's a simple person. And has gotten away with everything so far.

Let's hope the American people will prove him wrong!

[MuseRider]

2. Cowards.

They would rather let it burn?