Joan Baez calls Donald Trump supporters 'troglodytes,' Bernie Sanders 'speaks to the human condition

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Joan Baez calls Donald Trump supporters 'troglodytes,' says Bernie Sanders 'speaks to the human condition'

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In an interview with AL.com, the iconic folk singer — a liberal activist and longtime advocate for social justice — blasted Donald Trump, his followers and his presidential campaign.

"I think there isn't anybody, any intelligent person, who isn't shocked and surprised and appalled," Baez said, when asked for her views on this election year. "Why people are willing to listen to a demagogue with all the vile stuff going on around him ... these troglodytes ... that's the most frightening thing to me."

She said Trump's extreme ideas on topics such as immigration — his vow, for example, to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border — have turned his political gatherings into "Hitler rallies" fueled by anger, ignorance and fear.

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"I seldom do this, but I'm really casting my lot with Bernie Sanders," Baez said. "I also think young people are supporting him. Young people are not paying attention to what goes on in the media, but kids are donating to his campaign once a month or once a week."

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/03/joan_baez_supports_bernie_sand.html

[In_The_Wind]

1. Joan Baez has always had a wonderful way with words.

[Baobab]

2. She is an astute observer of America with wisdom few of us could match

We should listen to her.

And listen to her music which still packs a powerful punch.