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So full of ignorance, and bile, and racism, and hatred. And that’s the Republican base. That’s who Republican politicians value, that’s who they pander to, and that’s who reliably votes for them. Every time. Dog-whistle-politics are hardly even necessary anymore
I’ve made a ton of jokes about Donald Trump and the GOP, but the truth is they scare me. Especially as a black person. These bigots, racists, and Islamophobes – the Republican base – they project their imaginary, irrational, unfounded fears onto anyone who isn’t white and *POOF!* That’s it. That’s all the excuse they need to justify physical and political violence against black people and NBPOC