Why do Trump and Vance double and triple down on their racist inventions that Haitian people are eating pets. The answer is simple enough. It commands media attention. Racism and xenophobia are at the core of their beliefs. And it is also at the heart of their voter mobilization strategy.
In most campaigns, voter mobilization combines activating the base with persuading the undecided. In Trump’s campaign the accent is heavily on the former. And accomplished by embracing the worst forms of racism, xenophobia, and misogyny.
How low will Trump and Vance go? As low as necessary. In other words, whatever it takes to mobilize their base on election day is in play. No lie is too big or too small. We would be naive to expect anything different.
Written by
Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
