{"id":47357,"date":"2015-08-12T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=47357"},"modified":"2015-08-14T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T23:05:00","slug":"trump-says-out-loud-what-gop-believes-but-wont-say-publicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2015\/08\/12\/trump-says-out-loud-what-gop-believes-but-wont-say-publicly\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says Out Loud What GOP Believes, But Won\u2019t Say Publicly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"http:\/\/www.telesurtv.net\/__export\/1439578048797\/sites\/telesur\/img\/2015\/08\/11\/trump_debate.jpeg_1718483346.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Published by <a href=\"\nhttp:\/\/http:\/\/www.telesurtv.net\/english\/opinion\/Trump-Says-Out-Loud-What-GOP-Believes-But-Wont-Say-Publicly-20150812-0016\/\" title=\"telesurtv.net\" target=\"_blank\">Telesurtv.net<\/a> on August 12, 2015<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"subtitle\" itemprop=\"description alternativeHeadline\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-a0161ee3-230a-2a6b-e55c-e0bc300df4c0\">The Republican Party wants to distance itself from its most popular presidential candidate. But Trump&#8217;s loathsome rhetoric is wholly consistent with its policies.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"txt_newworld\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-a0161ee3-2303-b627-3447-b8763e9f91a5\">Donald Trump&#8217;s presidential candidacy is the best thing to have happened to American politics in a long time, if only because it is exposing Republican barbarism.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While the GOP has attempted disingenuously to separate itself from Trump&#8217;s political persuasions, the fact is that the bombastic businessman openly expresses what his party pushes in the form of policies, but leaves unsaid.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The latest spat over his sexist comments to Fox News host Megyn Kelly demonstrates these double standards. When Kelly confronted him during the GOP debate to explain his historically <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/election\/2015\/08\/06\/3689038\/megyn-kelly-grills-donald-trump-over-sexist-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\">dehumanizing language<\/a> aimed at women, he shot back the next day in a way that exemplified his misogyny by implying that she was simply a hysterical menstruating woman. He then followed up the televised exchange with a tweet calling her a &quot;bimbo.&quot;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"es\">\n<p>How Roger Ailes brought <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> back to Fox News, and why Ailes had to sacrifice <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\">@megynkelly<\/a> to do it: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BcbQ8SKpdx\">http:\/\/t.co\/BcbQ8SKpdx<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                &mdash; Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabrielsherman\/status\/631156989192728577\">August 11, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Predictably, Republicans responded with contempt over Trump&#8217;s crassness atfer the debate. He was promptly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/08\/08\/donald-trump-disinvited-to-speak-at-redstate-event-megyn-kelly-invited\/\">disinvited<\/a> from the conservative RedState conference by organizer Erick Erickson. Instead, Kelly was invited in his place.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/08\/08\/donald-trump-disinvited-to-speak-at-redstate-event-megyn-kelly-invited\/\">interview<\/a> with the Washington Post, Erickson explained that, &quot;there is a line of decency that even a non-professional politician can cross,&quot; and &quot;there are bounds of what&rsquo;s acceptable in our discourse.&quot; Yet Erickson, who has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/features\/archive\/2014\/12\/is-the-most-powerful-conservative-in-america-losing-his-edge\/383503\/\">referred<\/a> to as the most powerful conservative in America, himself has a problem with women, having often publicly used the term &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/8\/8\/9120783\/erick-erickson-donald-trump-sexism\" target=\"_blank\">feminazis<\/a>,&quot; referred to the female-heavy line-up at the Democratic National Convention as the &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/04\/cnns-erick-erickson-apologizes-for-vagina-monol\/189743\" target=\"_blank\">Vagina Monologues<\/a>,&quot; and called Michelle Obama a &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/wonkette.com\/414493\/cnns-new-star-just-too-passionate-when-he-called-michelle-obama-a-marxist-harpy-etc\" target=\"_blank\">Marxist harpy<\/a>.&quot;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But the large and unwieldy field of Republican candidates is <a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/2015\/08\/04\/gop-2016-contenders-are-courting-erick-erickson\/204736\" target=\"_blank\">actively courting<\/a> Erickson, well, because Trump, Erickson, and the rest of the GOP candidates are all part of the same club. What Erickson and his cohorts object to is Trump&#8217;s articulation of what they think but don&#8217;t say.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                Take Jeb Bush for example, considered one of the &quot;moderate&quot; Republican candidates and one of the most popular candidates after Trump. The former Florida governor, along with the majority of the GOP&#8217;s leadership, is salivating at the prospect of defunding Planned Parenthood&#8217;s health care services for low-income women. During recent remarks on the topic, he flippantly <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/election\/2015\/08\/04\/3688072\/jeb-bush-southern-baptist-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>, &quot;I&rsquo;m not sure we need a half a billion dollars for women&rsquo;s health issues.&quot; The majority of GOP candidates are relying on a campaign strategy to shut down Planned Parenthood. In doing so, they are confirming the accusation that they are fighting a &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/opinion\/editorial\/bs-ed-gop-women-20150804-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">war on women<\/a>.&quot;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The earlier controversy over which Trump inspired the ire of his fellow Republicans was over his racism. During his campaign announcement, Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/news\/2015\/06\/25\/29292957\/\" target=\"_blank\">used the words<\/a> &quot;rapists,&quot; &quot;killers,&quot; and &quot;murderers,&quot; to refer to Latino immigrants and vowed to build a wall between the US and Mexico.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Woman-killed-on-San-Francisco-pier-identified-6363401.php\" target=\"_blank\">July 1 killing<\/a> of a young white woman named Kate Steinle in San Francisco gave Trump the perfect fodder for his anti-immigrant stance. The suspect in that killing happened to be an undocumented immigrant who cited San Francisco&#8217;s so-called &quot;sanctuary city&quot; policy for his presence. Trump <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2015\/07\/03\/donald-trump-pledges-to-secure-our-border-following-san-francisco-pier-14-fatal-shooting-immigration-tourist\/\">said<\/a> it was &quot;yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately.&quot;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"es\">\n<p>The research that shows why Trump&rsquo;s anti-immigrant message works: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oLg8SRc45a\">http:\/\/t.co\/oLg8SRc45a<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                &mdash; Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyglesias\/status\/629463853148041216\">August 7, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Presidential candidates like Bush and Sen. Ted Cruz, quickly <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2015\/08\/07\/republican-candidates-sanctuary-city-policy-in-thursdays-debate-steinle-trump-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\">capitalized on the issue<\/a> as well. During the recent GOP debate, they were eager to support &quot;Kate&#8217;s law,&quot; which would cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities. In fact, Cruz authored the bill. Republicans in the House of Representatives have already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/house-prepares-to-take-aim-at-sanctuary-city-policies\/2015\/07\/23\/24afa5c0-30c7-11e5-97ae-30a30cca95d7_story.html\">passed<\/a> their version of &ldquo;Kate&#8217;s Law.&rdquo;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                More broadly speaking, Trump has articulated what the Republican Party has, for years, been espousing. Bush, who is supposedly the most immigrant-friendly candidate in the GOP field, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2015\/08\/03\/jeb-bush-unveils-border-security-immigration-reform-plan\">released<\/a> his platform on immigration that insists on increased border security as a precursor to any kind of immigration reform. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who is among the top three most popular candidates alongside Trump and Bush, does not support even President Obama&#8217;s extremely moderate policy of deferred deportation for a small fraction of undocumented immigrants. Instead he has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-politics\/wp\/2015\/07\/19\/scott-walker-tells-undocumented-worker-that-immigrants-must-follow-the-law\/\">chastised<\/a> immigrants, saying that the U.S. &quot;is a nation of laws,&quot; and has retracted his earlier position supporting a pathway to citizenship. Wisconsin, under Walker has joined dozens of other GOP-controlled states in suing the federal government over the very limited policy of easing deportations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump and his fellow Republicans are a lot closer to one another on hot-button issues than they would like to admit. But as with his disparaging comments about women, the Republican leadership worries that Trump is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-could-damage-the-republican-image-party-leaders-worry\/2015\/07\/08\/2ec75b4c-25ab-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html\">embarrassing<\/a> them through his anti-immigrant rhetoric. Already a significant portion of the Republican electorate wants what Trump wants, and it is this population that is at odds with the Latino voters the GOP is <a href=\"http:\/\/latino.foxnews.com\/latino\/politics\/2014\/08\/08\/gop-presidential-hopefuls-go-extra-mile-to-court-latinos-christie-on-his-way-to\/\">desperate to court<\/a>.&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                                                The fact that a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/new-nbc-news-survey-monkey-poll-donald-trump-still-lead-n406766\">post-debate poll<\/a> showed Trump continuing to lead among conservative voters, means there is strong backing for his rhetoric and policies. Lisa Navarrete, of the National Council of La Raza (a pro-Democratic Party organization), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/jun\/16\/donald-trump-mexico-presidential-speech-latino-hispanic\">explained<\/a> that, &quot;Part of the reason why Latinos are so alienated from the Republican party these days is there&rsquo;s a sense that there are people who actually believe [what Trump said].&quot; (Certainly the Democratic Party plays similar, if less extreme games of hypocrisy.)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The conservative voters who are thrilled with Trump&#8217;s candidacy are the ones&nbsp;who&nbsp;the GOP has been cultivating for years, courting their votes at the expense of women&#8217;s rights, immigrant rights, and more, using coded language to espouse sexist and racist attitudes without coming straight out and admitting it, like Trump. But they can&#8217;t have it both ways.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/comics\/ci_22687262\/donald-trump-returns-apprentice-boardroom\">said<\/a> in the past, &quot;I believe in speaking my mind.&quot; If only the rest of the GOP would follow suit and admit publicly what they push more discreetly through policies.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-a0161ee3-2307-f3c0-f965-7bc399d5cd04\">Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and executive producer of<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/\"> Uprising<\/a>, a daily radio program at KPFK Pacifica Radio. She is also the Director of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afghanwomensmission.org\/\"> Afghan Women&#8217;s Mission<\/a>, a U.S.-based nonprofit that supports women&#8217;s rights activists in Afghanistan and co-author of &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1583227318?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=commondreams-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1583227318\">Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence<\/a>.&quot;<\/em>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Telesurtv.net on August 12, 2015 The Republican Party wants to distance itself from its most popular presidential candidate. But Trump&#8217;s loathsome rhetoric is wholly consistent with its policies. 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