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WaPo: Trumps pardon of Arpaio fits a pattern: A divider, not a uniter
President Trump has set his presidency on an unambiguous course for which there could be no reversal. He has chosen to be a divider, not a uniter, no matter how many words to the contrary he reads off a teleprompter or from a prepared script. That’s one obvious message from Friday’s decision to issue a pardon for controversial former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Trump has been a divisive force from the very start of his campaign for president, a proud disrupter of the political status quo. His swashbuckling contempt for political correctness and the rules of the game endeared him to millions of Americans who were fed up with Washington, with career politicians, with liberal elites and with the mainstream media. The more he is under fire — as he is now — the more he returns to that strategy.
There is little doubt that his decision to seize on the issue of immigration, particularly illegal immigration, helped fuel his successful run to the White House. It’s an issue that resonates far beyond the nation’s southern border.
Accidentally or intentionally, Trump tapped into fear and anger over immigration that existed in many parts of the country, including Midwestern states where electoral votes gave him the presidency.
Trump has been a divisive force from the very start of his campaign for president, a proud disrupter of the political status quo. His swashbuckling contempt for political correctness and the rules of the game endeared him to millions of Americans who were fed up with Washington, with career politicians, with liberal elites and with the mainstream media. The more he is under fire — as he is now — the more he returns to that strategy.
There is little doubt that his decision to seize on the issue of immigration, particularly illegal immigration, helped fuel his successful run to the White House. It’s an issue that resonates far beyond the nation’s southern border.
Accidentally or intentionally, Trump tapped into fear and anger over immigration that existed in many parts of the country, including Midwestern states where electoral votes gave him the presidency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-pardon-of-arpaio-fits-a-pattern-a-divider-not-a-uniter/2017/08/26/e28e0616-8a5e-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_sundaytake-1245pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6f502fb7b484
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republican TreasonWeasels are betraying America by either actively colluding with russia as is the the case of Comrade Casino* and his Cabal of Colluding Cronies, or failing to stand up for and to protect America from the ACTS OF WAR** russia is waging against the USA, as in the case of the republican Congress.
* The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
** Per all 17 US Intelligence Agencies, and even dick freaking cheney for crying out loud.
