CHUCK TODD: By the way, there was something else that Donald Trump did yesterday that grabbed my eye, and, David, I just have to show it to you and I want to get you to react to it as well. Here it is.
DONALD TRUMP: I’ve never done this before. Can I have a pledge, a swearing? Raise your right hand. I do solemnly swear that I no matter how I feel, no matter what the conditions if there’s hurricanes or whatever, that’s good enough, will vote on or before the 12th for Donald J. Trump for president! Thank you.
TODD: David, the visual, the hands go up, Trump asks for a pledge. I was flabbergasted.
DAVID BROOKS: If we’re going to get Trump, we might as well get the Nuremberg rallies to go with it. The number one trait that associates or correlates with Trump’s support is authoritarianism, a belief in authoritarian leadership style.
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