Trump Anti-Latino Flare-Ups Result Of GOP’s Risky Behavior
*Nuño makes an important point in the Trump/Ramos aftermath. Trump has said outrageous things as candidate for the presidency, yet the outrage spills over a tossed reporter. This isn’t about Jorge Ramos, or Donald Trump for that matter, it’s about a Republican-generated problem that the party doesn’t know how, or want to handle. VL
By Stephen A. Nuño, NBC News
Many Republican leaders view Donald “I’m Not A Bully” Trump like a sudden rash which broke out on the GOP primary. Like any reckless freshman frat boy the GOP had three options when they saw “The Donald” flaring up; they could ignore the rash, scratch at the rash, or treat the rash.
[pullquote]Trump has dictated the primary for the Republican Party. Not a single candidate has stood up to Trump in any meaningful way.[/pullquote]Of course, treatment would have been the responsible approach. Any sensible person would simply get a diagnosis, or in other words, admit there could be a problem. Donald Trump, like that rash, isn’t necessarily the problem, though. The problem is the irresponsible behavior that exposes one to the disease.
There is shock – shock! – at Trump’s undemocratic booting of Latino Univision anchor Jorge Ramos at a press conference. By the way, Trump also said at an Iowa rally on Tuesday that “illegals” would be driving the cars produced by a Ford plant in Mexico because that way they could cross the border and stay. This is after saying Mexico sends its rapists and murderers here. But is it really that shocking that a plutocrat real-estate mogul has turned into a jingoistic jester as he trawls for votes?
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