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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2019, 09:08 PM Jul 2019

Trump has reduced the GOP message to its essence.

The GOP loves to promote the message that anyone can succeed in America if they work hard.

And this message allows GOP voters to ignore the many poor Americans, because obviously these poor Americans did not work hard or they too would be rich.

But whenever Trump speaks about the poor, the faces are always non-white, the places are always inner city.

And that is the essence of the GOP message, and the essence of its appeal to millions, perhaps 35% of GOP voters.

And that essence is racism.