Comment on Republicans' Closing Argument: Fear Of 'The Other'

Republicans' Closing Argument: Fear Of 'The Other'

When you have nothing else to offer voters, there's only one thing to do: Scare them. That is exactly what we have happening right now with regard to the desperate people at the Mexico-Guatemala border and it's what Donald Trump is doing in his Nuremberg rallies. Watch Pete Hegseth peddle fear to Fox & Friends viewers on Monday with nonsense about how ISIS is hiding in the throngs of families, also a Trump theme. "You got the president of Guatemala saying to a local newspaper down there just last week, they caught over a hundred ISIS fighters in Guatemala trying to use this caravan or other processes," Hegseth said. When challenged on that assertion by Steve Doocy, for whom it was even too outlandish, Hegseth admitted it was an unverified claim, but warned that a poison pill in a caravan was too much. As if Hegseth wasn't enough, Fox "News" put an exclamation point on it with Todd Starnes, who urged radio listeners to treat those desperate souls as an "invading force" committing "an act of war." read more

 

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