Trump does and says things that not only would be poison for any other politician — of either party — but also that play dangerously with racial and ethnic politics. On Thursday night, Donald Trump told the Wall Street Journal that the Mexican heritage of the judge overseeing a lawsuit against Trump University was an “absolute conflict” because of the real estate mogul’s proposal to build a wall along the border. There is no Trump 2.0, no reinvention of Trump as more inclusive or less combative. What is important is that the idea that Trump would adjust his rhetoric or his issue positions once he became the Republican nominee is totally and completely false. Or that the very idea of ethnicity, religion or some other characteristic being considered when discussing how a federal judge does his job is anathema to the foundational principles of our judicial system?

Source: thestar June 04, 2016 00:25 UTC