When Donald Trump claimed he was the law and order candidate, he pulled right from Nixon.
Donald Trump is pulling straight from the Nixon playbook. In 1968, Nixon tried to explain that when he said “law and order”, it wasn’t a code for racism. In other words, even in 1968 people saw through the dog whistle:
Here’s a bit from Richard Nixon’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida in 1968:
And to those who say that law and order is the code word for racism, there and here is a reply:
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Cut to 2016 and the Republicans are now running a less competent Nixon, but with the same dog whistles.
Emulating the disgraced Richard Nixon’s message but with less intelligence, some 48 years later? Winning.
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