Springsteen On ‘Tragic’ 2016 Race: ‘The Republic Is Under Siege By A Moron'
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Allegra Kirkland. October 6, 2016,
In a new Rolling Stone interview out Thursday, the New Jersey governor’s favorite rock star had some pointed words for Christie’s new boss and the standard-bearer for the Republican Party: Donald Trump.
“The republic is under siege by a moron, basically,” Bruce Springsteen told Rolling Stone. “The whole thing is tragic. Without overstating it, it's a tragedy for our democracy.”
Springsteen pointed to Trump’s warning that the election results will be “rigged” in Hillary Clinton’s favor and support from white nationalists as proof that he’s “pushing people beyond democratic governance.”
“Once you let those genies out of the bottle, they don't go back in so easy, if they go back in at all,” he said. “The ideas he's moving to the mainstream are all very dangerous ideas – white nationalism and the alt-right movement.”
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump-is-a-moron
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