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Trump Is the Second Coming of George Wallace | Diane Ravitch's blog

Trump Is the Second Coming of George Wallace | Diane Ravitch's blog

Trump Is the Second Coming of George Wallace


I am old enough to remember the original George Wallace, a hateful racist who was Governor of Alabama. He ran for president as a champion of white nationalism. His base is now Trump’s base. Trump is the second coming of Wallace.
Trump channeled Wallace in front of Mount Rushmore.
Racism is alive and living in the White House.
On June 10 the Lincoln Project, the effort of former-Republicans to defeat Donald Trump, posted this on Twitter: “Today @realDonaldTrump became the Confederacy’s Second President.” The reason: Trump’s relentless defense of “Confederate generals who fought against the United States of America to preserve slavery and uphold white supremacy.
In the weeks that followed, Trump has only doubled down on this defense, denouncing Black Lives Matter protesters as “vandals” attacking “our heritage,” and CONTINUE READING: Trump Is the Second Coming of George Wallace | Diane Ravitch's blog