Juan Williams: Trump's race politics will destroy GOP
By Juan Williams - 08/29/16 06:00 AM EDT
Now for some startling opinions about race relations and the current leader of the Republican Party, Donald Trump.
In the opinion of 50 percent of all Americans, the word 'racist' fits Trump either "very well" or "somewhat well," according to a July poll from the Associated Press and GfK. Most of those people — 35 percent of the overall population — said the term fits the GOP nominee "very well." Here’s another eye-opening opinion: Most Americans, 56 percent, “believe that Trump is biased against women and minorities,” according to an August Washington Post poll.
Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Trump is “taking hate groups mainstream,” and “helping a radical fringe take over one of America’s two major political parties.” Trump tried to reduce the accusations to a game of tit-for-tat by calling her a "bigot.” But Clinton’s words simply amplified what Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said months ago, after Trump attacked an Indiana-born judge as being incapable of fairness because of his Mexican heritage. Ryan said Trump’s remarks amounted to a “textbook definition of a racist comment.”
The damage Trump is doing to the GOP is evident in polls showing more than 12 percent of registered Republicans intend to vote for Clinton. GOP-leaning independent voters are staying away from Trump, too. The latest Quinnipiac poll had Clinton with 51 percent support and the Republican nominee fading.
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