Trump bypassing dog-whistle messaging Republican leaders use to communicate race/gender subtext
Yet I can’t get enough of Trump these days because his outsized persona is exactly what the Republican Party deserves. For decades, the GOP has been fomenting rage among angry white guys against women, minorities and anything touched by government. To a disturbing degree, that cynical approach has succeeded, with Trump its ultimate manifestation.
The problem for other right wingers is that he’s gone public — too public — bypassing the sort of dog-whistle messaging Republican leaders like Scott Walker typically use to communicate subtexts about race and gender.
It’s a delicate dance for these other Republicans, who try to assure the right-most in their party, the tea party fringe that make up perhaps 10 or 15 percent of the total electorate, of their fealty to far-right doctrine without riling the vast majority of prospective voters in a general election.
From a progressive perch, it is a pleasure to watch the GOP marinate in the stew it has created.
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