Clemson Prof on Trump: Stoking Right Wing Populism Is a ‘Long American Tradition’

COSTELLO: “Stephanie, how did you feel? Did you feel afraid? Were you intimidated, too?” 
SUBOCH: “Yes, I was really intimidated too. And especially when the officer told me that if I came back, I would get arrested. And then I asked him, I said, well, isn’t it my right to protest? And he said, not here. You don’t have any rights here.” 
COSTELLO: “So, professor, I guess I’ll ask you this because Donald Trump says Bernie Sanders’ supporters and protesters, like you, are going to these rallies to purposefully insight people hoping that violence will occur so that it can be blamed on the Trump camp. What would you say to that?”
KUMANYIKA: “Well, first of all, let me say, you know, there’s a lot of talk about Donald Trump, but we have to first acknowledge, this is not a Donald Trump problem. This is an American problem. The GOP has had this rhetoric of, you know, stoking right wing populism and irrational fears of people who are deemed to be others, and that’s a long American tradition. So Donald Trump is — did not start it and sadly, although he’s playing into those politics of fear, he can’t end it. Now, he should want people, like these wonderful students I’m talking to now, other people who have been attacked, he should want those people to be able to participate in the Democratic process and hear his message. But what has happened, in fact, is that if you come dressed in the wrong outfit, like I was, then you might be escorted out or you might even be viciously attacked.”