How can he be a racist when he likes tacos?
by digby
Congressman Sean Duffy was on MSNBC earlier and explained that he’s married to a Latina and they eat tacos at home so it’s all good:
I didn’t comment on Trump’s “taco bowl” tweet yesterday but I have to disagree with Kevin Drum here, at least partially:
This is not an awkward and embarrassing outreach to Hispanics. It’s not aimed at Hispanics at all. It’s aimed at white people. This is the kind of thing that Trump’s base—the white working class—views as a perfectly sincere appreciation of Mexican culture. It says, “Yes, I want a wall, and yes, I want to deport all the illegal immigrants in the country. But that doesn’t mean I hate Mexicans.” It’s basically an affirmation to Trump’s voters that they aren’t racists.
I agree that it’s aimed at white people.But the point isn’t to say “hey, I’m not a racist” although they surely don’t believe they are. It’s to say, “Hey, I like tacos, what the hell more do you illegals want from me?” And you can’t deny the smug look on his face which tells a certain subset of those voters that he knows very well that he’s insulting them. He is the Republican id and that operates on both the level of jackass and double jackass.
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