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The rise of Donald J. Trump, and his subsequent takeover of the Republican Party, has had an indelible impact—some might call catastrophic—on many aspects of public life in America. In ways that are as alarming as they are surprising, virtually no segment of society has been untouched by Trump’s blind hatred for his predecessor, from healthcare and education to the environment and criminal justice. His unprecedented willingness to use the office of the Presidency to settle personal scores and attack his critics is matched only by his zeal for dismantling democracy by deregulating corporate greed and unleashing the forces of unbridled capitalism.
Donald Trump is entirely consumed by jealously, rage, insecurity, and his own naked avarice, but his insidious infection of America began long before he was even a serious contender for public office. It began with the arrival of the Tea Party movement, a direct response to the election of Barack Obama, and a public demonstration of sheer rage against the Democratic Party for having had the audacity to elect a Black man to lead America.
The Republican Party did not invent Donald Trump but they actively aided and abetted the racism, long hiding just below the surface of America’s white power structure, in order to consolidate power and energize an apathetic electorate. The result was the unfortunate and unexpected election of a snake-oil huckster not even the Party was prepared for.
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County Freeholder Will Morey and Wildwood Police Chief Robert Regalbuto observing a Black Lives Matter March in Wildwood, NJ. Photo: David Todd McCarty.
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