“I can’t say Rush Limbaugh is a racist, but racists sure like Rush Limbaugh.” Molly Ivins 1993.
If Donald Trump and Joe Arpaio are not racists then the word no longer has any meaning. As my pal Bubba has told me a dozen times “I am not a racist I just don’t like NWORDS.” Really. If you haven’t owned a slave or burned a cross you can’t be a racist. Really.
“In the middle of a hurricane, even though it was Friday evening, I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally.” President Trump using the suffering of millions to help push his pardon of racist and lawless Joe Arpaio.
“He’s done a great job for the people of Arizona. He is very strong on borders, very strong on illegal immigration. He is loved in Arizona.” President Trump told the people of Finland about Joe Arpaio.
“Sheriff Joe is a patriot. Sheriff Joe loves our country. Sheriff Joe protected our borders and Sheriff Joe was very unfairly treated by the Obama administration, especially right before an election, an election that he would have won. So I stand by my pardon of Sheriff Joe and I think the people of Arizona who really know him best would agree with me.” President Trump went on and on and on.
What you see there is the basis of Trump’s thinking. The people, Americans are only white people who voted for him. The rest do not even exist in his worldview. As he gets ever more cornered like the rat he is, he is actively cranking them up to Second Amendment Solutions. He will one day, soon, be left with only them. The Trump Party. 60 million morons sending him money to feel good about their ignorance and bigotry.
Talk radio and Fox News learned long ago just how much money there is in that.