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And then they elected the guy that made those claims popular again! Remember, birtherism was relegated to the fringe (basically just Orly Taitz) until Trump re

And then they elected the guy that made those claims popular again! Remember, birtherism was relegated to the fringe (basically just Orly Taitz) until Trump revived it in 2011 and nearly started beating Romney in the polls. Sure enough, the same thing happened when he called Mexicans and illegal immigrants rapists and murderers. People are fooling themselves if they think a big part of Trumps ascendancy isn’t pure racial animus.

api 9y ago
I still think his ascendancy is due to economic depression in the interior. This isn't mutually exclusive with your view though. Racism and xenophobia are always ascendant during times of economic stress, and the state sometimes encourages this as a place to direct the peoples' anger. Trump and Bannon are selling an old brand of opiate.