Max Boot: Attack on ‘The Squad’ Plays on ‘Racist Appeal’ and Used to Distract from Bringing Jobs Back

‘He is basically mobilizing them against hatred of others’

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BOOT: “You know, Alice, it’s pretty clear from what Donald Trump is doing he does not want to make this an argument about policy. This is not about socialism versus freedom. There’s a lot of Republicans are saying now this is clearly a racist appeal, a xenophobic appeal. That is what he is doing because he knows that he has not delivered on his promises from 2016. He is not re-opening steel mills. He’s not bringing back coal mining Jobs. And this is basically a way that he can distract his blue collar supporters in swing states from his failures to deliver on his other pledges because he is basically mobilizing them against hatred of others, hatred against these women of color, hatred of Muslims, hatred of these Democrats who he’s attacking not with policy arguments but with these rank racist appeals. Sadly it is resonating. There was a “USA Today” poll that just came out which showed 57% of Republicans endorsing Trump’s attacks. His numbers among Republicans in a Reuters poll actually went up since these attacks. Of course you saw today this disgusting, nauseating, unthinkable spectacle happening in North Carolina where his rabid supporters are chanting “Send her back.” That is un-American. That is vile. That is racism. That is not a disagreement on policy. That is something we should not tolerate in this country.”

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