Thrashing about for issues that will save his effort to stay out of jail, Donald Trump has settled on the fear of immigrants. He promises to deport most of them and to shut off immigration from "infested countries." Of course, he and his running mate have stoked fear and chaos in Springfield, Ohio, claiming that Haitian immigrants are stealing and eating local pets.
Trump and his far-right legions want a white, Christian nation. Though we are a country of immigrants, they ignore our past and focus on fear-mongering, using isolated events to suggest that "vermin" are pouring across our "open borders."
This dehumanization of immigrants is spawning threats and violence throughout the country and poisoning the fabric of American society. How anyone could support the re-election of this horrible human being is stupefying; one can only conclude that racism is alive and well in the U.S., once a beacon of freedom across the globe. Vote Democratic!
