SE Cupp sums up the raw power of xenophobia

 

On CNN News, political commentator and pundit SE Cupp stepped it up with an unnervingly trenchant statement.  It shows two things.  The first is the sheer power of fear when bottled to fuel an engine of xenophobia.  The second thing Cupp brings out so well, with sharp, layered phrases, is Trump’s skill as a con man.

Here is a paraphrase of what she said:

 

First he [Trump] managed to get conservatives to stop caring about conservatism … then he got Christians to stop caring about scripture, the Bible, ‘what would Jesus do?’, now Jesus is woke … He got Republicans … to stop caring about America and what democracy should mean and … he got the patriotic military-loving far right to stop caring about national security and to stop caring about our servicemen and -women, our troops … I mean, it’s a feat, what Donald Trump has done to the right in a very short period of time.

 

 You can also watch at this link, starting at 5:37:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6AuqJ6aoDw

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