It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
Rate it:
Open Preview
Read between November 9, 2020 - January 17, 2021
9%
Flag icon
So what’s the difference between Clinton’s making a racial appeal in 1992 and Bush’s doing the same in 1988 with the Willie Horton attack? The answer is simple and one African American voters seem to understand with great clarity: The modern Democratic Party has fought for civil rights and believes government has a moral role in helping to create
David Wilbur
nailed it
9%
Flag icon
racial equality in America. The modern Republican Party has fought civil rights and is very hesitant to assert government has a role in equality of any sort, including racial.
11%
Flag icon
ploy to paint Democrats as the victim shoppers, the easily offended, the “snowflakes” of society, while the Republicans have been masters of proclaiming the virtues of personal responsibility, at least until Trump, whose eternal state is claiming he is victimized.
11%
Flag icon
most likely to break the law, that is, blacks or other nonwhites like the Mexican “rapists” Trump railed against when launching his campaign.
14%
Flag icon
You don’t. The obvious answer is those beliefs weren’t deeply held.
15%
Flag icon
“Family values” was never a set of morals or values that the Republican Party really desired to live by; instead, “family values” was useful in attacking and defining Democrats.
34%
Flag icon
But how does a black person hear these same words, knowing that it took thirty thousand federal troops to force the University of Mississippi to accept one African American?
36%
Flag icon
Asking the Republican Party today to agree on a definition of conservatism is like asking New York Giants fans to have a consensus opinion on the Law of the Sea Treaty. It’s not just that no one knows anything about the subject; they don’t remotely care. All Republicans want to do is beat the team playing the Giants. They aren’t voters using active intelligence or participants in a civil democracy; they are fans.