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KelleyKramer

(8,958 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:49 PM Nov 2018

Trump's midterm campaign the most 'overt appeal to white racial resentment' since George Wallace



CNN analyst deems Trump’s midterm campaign as the most ‘overt appeal to white racial resentment’ since George Wallace

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/cnn-analyst-deems-trumps-midterm-campaign-as-an-overt-appeal-to-white-racial-resentment/






On Monday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer panel said that President Donald Trump’s midterm strategy was the most “overt” racist campaign they’ve ever seen.

Trump has been peddling fear and loathing ahead of the election on Tuesday. Even cable networks including Fox News pulled Trump’s ad from their channels because it was filled with straight lies.


Analyst Ron Brownstein said that Trump might lose some Republican votes because people cannot align with his values anymore. “The reason why Republicans are facing widespread losses in wide collar suburbs that are the places doing the best in this thriving economy is that many college-educated white voters who ordinarily vote Republicans on economics simply cannot abide by Trump on values and the way he comports himself,” he said.

“And the way he has chosen to finish the election. I mean this is the most overt appeal to white racial resentment since George Wallace from a national figure,” he said.


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Trump's midterm campaign the most 'overt appeal to white racial resentment' since George Wallace (Original Post) KelleyKramer Nov 2018 OP
Wallace was a little more subtle in his racism. Xipe Totec Nov 2018 #1
Thank You for this post..Last two sentences say it all........ Stuart G Nov 2018 #2
Yes it does.. KelleyKramer Nov 2018 #5
Really?? peggysue2 Nov 2018 #3
Your last sentence, right on the mark. Blue_true Nov 2018 #4

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
2. Thank You for this post..Last two sentences say it all........
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 09:58 PM
Nov 2018

“And the way he has chosen to finish the election. I mean this is the most overt appeal to white racial resentment since George Wallace from a national figure,”

KelleyKramer

(8,958 posts)
5. Yes it does..
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 02:12 AM
Nov 2018

And there was a mass murder shooting in the middle of that streak and it barely slowed him down. He doesn't care, I don't think he even knows or understands the value of human life. He is a psychopath narcissist

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
3. Really??
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 10:00 PM
Nov 2018
"Trump might lose some Republican votes because people cannot align with his values anymore."

His values? What values would they be beyond stroking his own ego and using whatever hateful meme he's decided might win the midterms. The man is ignorant, hateful and reckless.

Tomorrow we define ourselves. We find out who we really are as a people and what kind of future we desire for our children and the world.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
4. Your last sentence, right on the mark.
Mon Nov 5, 2018, 11:18 PM
Nov 2018

Unless we prevail firmly tomorrow, the country may be lost as a civilization. We need to send dark forces back to where they came from, then work on forever destroying them.

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