“I would leave it and raise it somewhat. You need to help people. And I know it’s not very Republican to say, but you need to help people,” he said. “I would say $10—but with the understanding that somebody like me is going to bring back jobs. I don’t want people in that $10 category for very long. But the thing is, Bill—let the states make the deal, and they’re not doing that for the most part.”
In his assessment of Republicans, Trump’s comments would fit in here at the Democratic National Convention, where dishonest stereotypes of Republicans are common. In a normal election year, it would be odd to hear the party nominee disparage those who voted for him. But it’s 2016, and the Republican nominee is Donald Trump…
Trump likes to contrast himself from other Republicans—or caricatures of other Republicans. He has repeatedly promised that he will not let Americans “die in the streets” because they don’t have health care coverage. He’s suggested that his new party is filled with warmongers, while he’s a sober analyst of global affairs. Last week in his RNC convention speech, he declared that he’d seek to protect gay and lesbian Americans from jihadist terror as president. When his audience applauded, he said: “And I have to say as a Republican, it is so nice to hear you cheering for what I just said.”
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