People, & some in national media, keep citing Trump’s “increasingly divisive rhetoric” to explain their moves toward being more critical of him. But this is rests on a fallacy: That Trump is somehow more divisive now than he was on June 26, 2015. Let’s stroll down memory lane. 1/
6/16/2015: Trump launched his campaign with:
“When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They’re not sending YOU. ... "They’re bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists.“
Think about what “They’re not sending you” meant.
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_55…
7/5/15: Donald Trump attacked Jeb Bush for having a Mexican-born wife.
“Jeb Bush has to like illegals because of his wife.”
7/18/15: Trump attacks John McCain:
“He’s not a war hero,” said Trump. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
politico.com/story/2015/07/…
8/7/18: Trump makes a misogynist remark about Megan Kelly:
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes," Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Friday night. "Blood coming out of her wherever.”
google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.…
8/20/15: After 2 Trump supporters beat a homeless 58-yr-old Hispanic man with a metal rod saying “Trump was right,” Trump defended them:
“People following me are very passionate. They love this country & they want this country to be great again.”
nytimes.com/politics/first…
We’re only 2 months and 5 days into his campaign here, and this isn’t even comprehensive. His rhetoric today is the same as it was then.
Maybe some folks blinders just now fell off. But it isn’t Trump who changed. Don’t rewrite the past to explain why you couldn’t see.
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