The purpose of the petty & gratuitous ad hominem attack in #Trump's parenthetical - to signal to "the base" that those whose names don't sound WASPy enough can be labeled "phonies" & their "Hispanic heritage" can be made the premise of criticism - is racist & divisive.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158950196560171014 …
@BetoORourke has gone by "Beto" all his life b/c his grandfather was also a "Robert." "Beto" is used as a nickname by many other people. So there's nothing "fake" (or "phony", to use @realDonaldTrump's word) about it. Most people (the rational ones, capable of accepting facts)...
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...know a nickname isn't necessarily meant to indicate ethnic "heritage" in the named person himself. More importantly, most people (the non-racist ones) don't care whether a political candidate's name is or isn't meant to suggest a particular ethnicity for 1 simple reason...
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They don't care what his ethnicity is. They're far more interested in his substantive policy, experience, judgment & integrity. But of course,
#Trump supporters aren't most people, now are they? It's actually quite important to them that a name perceived to be associated with... - 11 more replies
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