Thread by @Texan_21C

I don’t know this person. Saw comment of his yesterday and asked him if he is ok with Trumps rhetoric

If he is being genuine here, he’s an example of a normal GOPer that represents the majority that I know

Maybe he’s naive about Trump. But it’s probably difficult for him to

https://twitter.com/carminesabia/status/1157812114943291392

recognize dog whistles and bull horns bc he himself doesn’t think that way. If he is like me when I was a Republican his idea of good gov is limited government, fiscal responsibility, and national defense. For example disagreeing about redistribution of wealth had nothing to do

with race. It was simply part of the foundation of GOP politics that the gov shouldn’t tax u more to give to someone else for ANY reason

Basically a majority of Republicans are probably like I, think 🤔, I was🙂...good decent people that just don’t like the gov telling them what

to do. They might be naive. They might not have tried to get to know the left and simply accept Fox News characterization. But they aren’t all racist

Yes they should stand up every time they see it and speak out. But to them they don’t see it that much. They don’t recognize it

So when the left says they are all racist...it does more harm than good. The last thing they’ll want to do is join the group of people that hate them.

Teach them about what you see when you see all the dog whistles politicians use. Use facts. Show them the patterns.

But overall I say all this bc many cant understand how that guy could be serious when he says that👆to Trump. My 1st thought too was “u must be blind”

Then I remembered I thought that way too. Welcome him

There are way too many racists n the GOP, but a lot of good people too