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 …
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...
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...a particular ethnic group be used only by someone whose ethnicity is seen to "match" that name. This way,
#Trump supporters don't even need to look at that person before applying their racist prejudices to him - the name becomes a substitute for his skin color & appearance... -
A white person who uses a name perceived to be "Hispanic" spoils that shortcut for racists. And that's the real reason why Randall got so annoyed at Beto he had to send this tweet. Trump knows that about the racists at the core of his "base" (he's a racist himself after all)...pic.twitter.com/clqXBEAoa3
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