Trump has another rally in Ohio today. Will we get another Two Minute Hate?
Analysts say such displays are emboldening right wing extremism. Time to ask whether officials inside government want Trump to dial back the hate for safety purposes.
New piece:
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I interviewed a former National Security Council official about Trump's hate rhetoric and its impact on domestic extremism.
Awful:
“Trump is getting a wide circle of elected Republicans to acquiesce in his horrible language, and some even to excuse it."
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Trump's own intelligence officials are warning about white supremacist activity.
But we need to ask a follow up question.
To what degree are those officials concerned that *Trump's* displays are fueling the threat?
Dems should demand an answer to that:
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Here's another disconcerting thought.
Trump's racist displays are slowly expanding the boundaries of what GOP officials will tolerate as publicly acceptable.
As @jtlevy says, Trump is changing what GOP voters expect from their elites:
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@jtlevy National security pros say Trump's rhetoric is fueling domestic extremism.
@FrankFigliuzzi1 says it "empowers hateful and potentially violent individuals."
The DHS analyst who was pushed out in 2009 tells me Trump is "mainstreaming their message":
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@jtlevy It's important to see Trump's attack on Rep. Cummings' district as a racist trope with a long history, one that fits comfortably into the story he's telling, which depicts urban, multicultural America as a place to be hated and feared:
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