Trump's Appeal

Paul Krugman has attributed the popularity of Donald Trump to his strategy, which is to say out loud the things that prior Republicans have hinted at. Where the Bushes used dog whistles and spokespersons, Trump is plain spoken. Trump opposes political correctness--his racism is in plain sight, not half-hidden euphemisms. It's right there. For Trump Latinos are rapists, Muslims are murderers, nearly all women are failed sex objects. About half the Republican voters support open bigotry, because bigotry is what they have been responding to for decades.