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Trump to blame for US rise in anti-semitism, says Christie [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2023-11-27

Spiteful bridge-blocker and candidate in the Republican Presidential primary farce, Chris Christie, assigns blame for the recent rise of anti-semitism and general intolerance to Trump's behavior. The permission that Trump gives to MAGAs with his hatred of all is supremely empowering and at the core of his attraction to said intolerables.

"When you show intolerance towards everyone, which is what he does, you give permission as a leader for others to have their intolerance come out," said Christie. "And so, you know, intolerance towards anyone encourages intolerance towards everyone. And that's exactly what's going on here."

I think this is a, if not the core, reason MAGA's love for Trump is so unassailable. Giving up on Trump means giving up on the guy who openly makes their racism and hatred of others OK to display in public. The wink-wink nudge-nudge of the Confederate Flag is now fully fledged support of white supremacy and Nazi enthusiast terror. Hatred is certainly not new, but the attitude towards openly displaying it in public has changed a lot in the last decade, and here in the US the MAGAs are loving it.

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