Posted on 08/12/2015 8:27:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
During an appearance on CNNs Anderson Cooper 360 on Tuesday, Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson took a swipe at supporters of Trump and accused them of being ultra-right wing, nationalist individuals.
Gerson, who has been a harsh critic of Trump, argued that the Republican presidential candidate and his supporters have a resentment of outside, of Mexico, of China, and immigrants. That's more like a European right wing part, a UKIP, or a National Front in France.
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The Washington Post columnist maintained that Trumps candidacy was a serious issue here and not all fun and games for the Republican Party and pushed the liberal line that his candidacy would be a major problem long-term:
There is one type of populism that is kind of against ObamaCare, is concerned about government's role in our life. And the Republican Party has incorporated that populist, the Tea Party populism. Theres another kind of populism that is xenophobic. The resentment of outsiders, of Mexico, of China, and immigrants.
That's more like a European right wing party, a UKIP, or a National Front in France. Republicans can't incorporate that. They have to make clear that there are lines here. This is not the party. And that is going to take, I think, a serious early effort to define that clearly.
See relevant transcript below.
CNNs Anderson Cooper 360
August 11, 2015
ANDERSON COOPER: David, do you agree with Michael that the idea that Republicans have to basically, if they want to try to weaken Trump now, or even get him out of the race, they have to start hitting him harder and sooner?
DAVID GERGEN: I dont. Michael has written an awfully good column and I think people should read it. But I sense, Anderson, that Trump is defying gravity as you said last night. He is going to come down. If the Republicans get, everyone gets to attack him, what its going to be is it will be an extended debate going past last Thursday night on into the future, on into August and into September. And if they were to force him out early, I think by beating up on him, I think that he would be more likely to run the third party candidacy if he feels victimized. Everybodys ganged up on him. I think he is more likely to run third party.
If on the other hand, the candidates, almost to a person, begin putting forward what they believe, what their agendas are, what they would like to see happen in a way say a John Kasich has, that seem to be a much smarter way to deal with him. Let the press beat up on him. There are plenty of commentators out there right now who are going after him day after day after day. I think he to an extent enjoys that, the jousting. He likes the attention. But I don't think it is the right strategy for all the Republican candidates to start trying to force him out of the race right now
COOPER: Michael, what about that? Do you risk kind of doing more harm? Kind of poking somebody who is more than willing to fight back and fight back twice as hard
MICHAEL GERSON: I think Republicans have seen what happens when they don't really confront him. And he takes the stage and knows how to take it. I think there's a serious issue here. This is not all fun and games for the Republican Party. There is one type of populism that is kind of against ObamaCare, is concerned about government's role in our life. And the Republican Party has incorporated that populist, the Tea Party populism.
Theres another kind of populism that is xenophobic. The resentment of outsiders, of Mexico, of China, and immigrants. That's more like a European right wing party, a UKIP, or a National Front in France. Republicans can't incorporate that. They have to make clear that there are lines here. This is not the party. And that is going to take, I think, a serious early effort to define that clearly.
Don’t like the French National Front, but UKIP in Britain is fine with me. Farage is a good guy.
Michael John Gerson is an op-ed columnist for The Washington Compost and a former staffer for George W Bush, like Rove. As Mark Levin once said of Gerson, “He helped pave the way for the Obama victory and subsequent policies. This is why he lashes out at hard working patriotic citizens who’ve had enough.”
Ping. Hoping all is well.
“Maybe Michael Gerson is Trumpophobic.”
He is another victim of severe Trump Derangement Disorder or TDD, which renders their mouth, bladder and rectum totally out of control at the same time.
Gerson knows nothing about the Tea Party and has no respect for millions of citizens who see their nation rapidly declining. He's another former top staffer to President Bush 43, like Rove and others. He helped pave the way for the Obama victory and subsequent policies. This is why he lashes out at hard working patriotic citizens who've had enough.
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Speaking on CNNs New Day Tuesday morning, Trump said that before defunding Planned Parenthood entirely, he would look at the positive aspects of the organization.
I would look at the good aspects of it, and I would also look because Im sure they do some things properly and good for women. I would look at that, and I would look at other aspects also, but we have to take care of women, he said. The abortion aspect of Planned Parenthood should absolutely not be funded.
Planned Parenthood Praises Donald Trump for Not Being an Idiot (About Planned Parenthood)8/11/15
Note that Megyn Kelly has been tormenting PP for weeks on this baby partsselling scandal.
Technically PP abortions are NOT funded now by law,
BWAAHAHAHAHA
Who is ‘David Gergen’ and why should anyone give a damn?
Exclusive Donald Trump Trolls His Critics Again: While Planned Parenthood Does Abortions, No Tax Dollars Should Go Their Way
REMEMBER THIS, above ALL else Trump is a MASTER negotiator. Instead of the standard response from the repubicans----burn down PP---- Trump is inserting a wedge.
Yes to woman's health,------ NO to abortion. He knows PP lies about their services but uses THEIR own defense (women's health) against them.
HE is all-in women's health and ZERO for abortion. Knowing full well PP is nothing BUT ABORTION!!! Thus Trump wins again and the media cannot touch him. This is brilliant and no other republican thought of this.
His liberal media buddies??
I don't support single payer and Planned Parenthood defending communists.
By Federal law PP cannot now spend Federal $$$ on abortions, so he is proposing allowing them to continue funding abortions by selling baby parts., if he was to get elected,
Theres another kind of populism that is xenophobic. The resentment of outsiders, of Mexico, of China, and immigrants. That's more like a European right wing party, a UKIP, or a National Front in France. Republicans can't incorporate that. They have to make clear that there are lines here. This is not the party. And that is going to take, I think, a serious early effort to define that clearly."
I remember what an elitist POS Gerson was back when he wrote for Dubya. He hasn’t gotten any better.
If Michael Gerson had been around in 1939 he would have been welcoming the massive numbers of undocumented Nazi immigrants into France and deriding the citizen residents as xenophobes.
Like UKIP? Thanks!
I have read maybe a dozen Gerson pieces. He is the ENEMY of conservatives. Period!!
I’m for Cruz
Gerson is an evil human.
Because we wish to preserve our Constitutional Republic and our American culture we are called terrible names by this Bushie and all other GOPe pukes.
Gerson, Rove, and all other evil GOPe Statists advocate policies what will result in the literal destruction of our culture and our form of government.
They are traitors and should be treated as deadly enemies.
I often wonder if it is too late to save our Republic.
How are we ever going to deport 50Million anti-English, anti-American, socialist loving scum that infest all corners of our Republic?
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