Most Americans have become weary of Donald Trump’s non-stop rhetoric filled with mis-truths, bigotry and hatred directed towards half of our country. There little doubt that we are all anxious to get this election over with, however reality dictates that even after he loses, his message will continue and be perpetuated by those in the republican party who contrived it many years ago.
Former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, reminds us who the original designers were and why it’s time to eradicate them for good.
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Robert Reich
This week's essay:
The Trust Destroyers
“Donald Trump’s warning that he might not accept the results of the presidential election exemplifies his approach to everything: Do whatever it takes to win, even if that means undermining the integrity of the entire system.
Trump isn’t alone. The same approach underlies Senator John McCain’s recent warning that Senate Republicans will unite against any Supreme Court nominee Hillary Clinton might put up, if she becomes president.
The Republican Party as a whole has embraced this philosophy for more than two decades. After Newt Gingrich took over as Speaker of the House in 1995, compromise was replaced by brinksmanship, and normal legislative maneuvering was supplanted by threats to close down the government – which occurred at the end of that year.
Like Trump, Gingrich did whatever it took to win, regardless of the consequences. In 1996, during the debates over welfare reform, he racially stereotyped African-Americans. In 2010 he fueled the birther movement by saying President Obama exhibited “Kenyan, anticolonial behavior.” Two years later, in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination, he called President Obama the “food stamp president.“
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