Say what you want about Donald Trump, but nobody can argue with the fact that he has touched a nerve among more Republican voters far more than any other candidate. Facts themselves are few in most GOP right wing talking points, and Mr. Trump's claims and proposals are more devoid of truth than any other. When Trump called for a total ban on Muslim immigration, he drew parallels to the darkest aspects of U.S. history. Does anybody doubt this latest over the top pronouncement is exactly what the ISIS terrorists want? While GOP rivals and party leadership fail to disassociate themselves from him after this crazy, impractical, uncontitutional and fearmongering idea, Hillary Clinton correctly states that Trump is "no longer funny." He's now brought us into the danger zone, and unfortunately many Americans are going there willingly.
Whether or not you think a Mexican border wall and Muslim immigration ban would have a snowball's chance in hell of addressing legitimate problems, nobody can truly claim this is what America is all about. Yet Trump supporters and many other Republicans continue to believe the Trump-inspired myth that President Obama was born in Kenya. They also hate Obama so intensely that they believe he's a Muslim who hasn't done anything about ISIS or curbing illegal immigration while trying to confiscate everyone's guns. When I hear crowds cheering on Trump's self centered, vague and increasingly divisive reactionary rhetoric, my reaction is sadness. Trump has no clue as to what makes America great.
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