George H.W. Bush ran Willie Horton ad as a candidate. Who's the last sitting president to offer a message to the nation that so openly appeals to racial resentments and fears?https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1057728445386539008 …
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Replying to @RonBrownstein
Of course the first to introduce Willie Horton in the 1988 campaign was Al Gore, and the first to run a Horton ad was an outside group, not the Bush campaign (though Bush had been mentioning Horton in campaign speeches).
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Replying to @jadler1969 @RonBrownstein
Andcthough Bush’s campaign manager had said, “ill make him Dukakis’s running mate.”
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