Bob Schieffer nails it: what Donald Trump is tapping into — sufficiently to propel him to the top (or near it) of the Republican presidential field — is racism, no question about it. Toss in a dash of Islamophobia and xenophobia, and there you have it. Any further questions?
Bob Schieffer on Donald Trump’s “ugly strain of racism”
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