The
Trump Test Before Us
By Elizabeth
Warren
May 04, 2016 "Information
Clearing House"
- Donald Trump is now the leader of the Republican
Party. It's real – he is one step away from the
White House. Here's what else is real:
Trump has
built his campaign on racism, sexism, and
xenophobia. There's more enthusiasm for him among
leaders of the KKK than leaders of the political
party he now controls.
He incites
supporters to violence, praises Putin, and,
according to a columnist who recently interviewed
him, is "cool with being called an authoritarian"
and doesn't mind associations with history's worst
dictators.
He attacks
veterans like John McCain who were captured and puts
our servicemembers at risk by cheerleading illegal
torture. In a world with ISIS militants and leaders
like North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Un conducting
nuclear tests, he surrounds himself with a foreign
policy team that has been called a "collection of
charlatans," and puts out contradictory and
nonsensical national security ideas one expert
recently called "incoherent" and "truly bizarre."
What
happens next will test the character for all of us –
Republican, Democrat, and Independent. It will
determine whether we move forward as one nation or
splinter at the hands of one man's narcissism and
divisiveness. I know which side I'm on, and I’m
going to fight my heart out to make sure Donald
Trump’s toxic stew of hatred and insecurity never
reaches the White House.
Elizabeth
Warren is US Senator representing Massachusetts. |