Trump is merely the cruder version of Ronald Reagan. [View all]
The GOP has been running in the modern era on racial messaging since 1968. Prior to that, of course, there were racists in the GOP, and as far back as post the US civil war, the GOP lily white faction enjoyed support.
But there are no substantive policy differences between Reagan and Trump, and each man used racism to motivate his supporters. Reagan did it with dog whistle language, and he also signaled where he stood by opening his initial campaign for the Presidency in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Neshoba County was a backwater, even in Mississippi, but it was notorious for KKK rallies and being the area where three civil rights activists were murdered.
Trump has always been notorious for his racism, so when conservatives try to paint Trum as some sort of aberration, they are ignorant of history or lying.
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