There’s no more denying Trump’s campaign of hate: How he built a coalition of America’s bullies,

There’s no more denying Trump’s campaign of hate: How he built a coalition of America’s bullies, xenophobes & bigots

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/29/theres_no_more_denying_trumps_campaign_of_hate_how_he_built_a_coalition_of_americas_bullies_xenophobes_bigots/

Last August, Donald Trump held his biggest outdoor rally up until that time down in Mobile Ala. The press dutifully covered it from beginning to end as they like to do and contrary to what Trump says every day on the stump, they panned out to show that he had filled up a very large space with thousands and thousands of ecstatic supporters. It was a bit surprising to see signs which said “Thank you Lord Jesus for President Trump” and even more startling to hear people in the crowd yelling “White Power.” Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions appeared at the rally and Trump handed him a “Make America Great Again” hat. At the time, most people thought it was just one more wacky moment in the early days of the crazy primary campaign that we’d all laugh about later.

Nobody’s laughing today. Donald Trump is the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. He held another gigantic rally in Alabama yesterday and Senator Jeff Sessions appeared onstage again, this time to officially endorse his candidacy. He gave the crowd what they wanted, saying:

“For 30 years, politicians have promised to fix illegal immigration. Have they done it?”

“No,” the crowd roared back.

“Donald Trump will do it,” Sessions said.

There were no reports of people screaming “white power” in the audience but the rousing reception for Sessions speaks for itself. He’s one of the leading xenophobe voices in America and has a long and illustrious history of hostility toward African Americans as well. He is the most unreconstructed racist in the U.S. Senate today.

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