Trump Won by Turning Bigoted Dog Whistles Into Megaphones
Trump supporters like him because he forcefully says the prejudicial stuff they believe
BY LINCOLN BLADES May 4, 2016
After suffering a devastating loss in Indiana (the Basketball Ring state), alleged Zodiac Killer Ted Cruz dropped out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday night. And now that John Kasich, a man who shares a likeness and competency level with The Simpsons' Gil Gunderson, has followed suit in suspending his campaign, Donald Trump is the last person standing in the GOP race for president.
While many people have postulated about why Ben Carson couldn't hold his brief lead, why Cruz couldn't continue his momentum from Iowa and why Marco Rubio didn't electrify young GOP voters, the truth needs no such parsing. Donald Trump won the GOP nomination because, unlike the other candidates, he never underestimated how racist, sexist and xenophobic Republican voters truly are.
Trump has no real policy platform. His stances are either vague and evasive, or long-winded and inaccurate, on everything from domestic drug use to foreign policy. So Trump's supporters clearly aren't behind him because the nuances of his policy positions outweighed those of the other candidates. They're behind him because he forcefully says the prejudicial shit they believe. He eradicated the dog whistle and replaced it with a large, bigoted megaphone.
In 2010, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB 1070) into law, allowing police to guess if someone they arrested is an undocumented immigrant; in 2015, Trump called Mexicans rapists and criminals.
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