It's Even Worse Than You Think
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The Southern Poverty Law Center: “Hate Map,” https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map.
ready for war: Todd Gitlin, “The Well-Armed, Uniformed Militiamen Whose Pictures You May Have Missed,” Moyers & Company, Aug. 28, 2017, http://billmoyers.com/story/militiamen-charlottesville-violence//.
first-aid kits: Joanna Walters, “Mistaken for the Military: The Gear Carried by the Charlottesville Militia,” The Guardian, Aug. 15, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/15/charlottesville-militia-security-gear-uniforms.
“had better equipment than our State Police had”: Harrison Jacobs, “VA Governor Defends Charlottesville Response: Militia Members Had ‘Better’ Guns than Police,” Business Insider, Aug. 13, 2017, http://www.businessinsider.com/virginia-gov-mcauliffe-defends-charlottesville-police-better-semiautomatic-guns-white-nationalists-2017-8.
“I don’t know”: Alan Zimmerman, “In Charlottesville, the Local Jewish Community Presses On,” ReformJudiasm.org., Aug. 14, 2017, https://reformjudaism.org/blog/2017/08/14/charlottesville-local-jewish-community-presses.
may not use a BB gun or a slingshot: Kitsap County, http://www.codepublishing.com/WA/KitsapCounty/html/Kitsap10/Kitsap1012.html#10.12.080. Amended in 2009 to delete the phrase “or carry any firearm.”
“carried out on a stretcher, folks”: Donald J. Trump, speech, Feb. 22, 2016, https://www.c-span.org/video/?405003-1/donald-trump-campaign-rally-las-vegas.
“I would never kill them”: Theodore Schleifer, “Donald Trump on reporters: ‘I would never kill them,’ ” CNN.com, Dec. 21, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/politics/trump-putin-killing-reporters/index.html.
“The polls say”: Reuters, “Donald Trump: I Could Shoot Somebody and Not Lose Votes—Video,” The Guardian, Jan. 24, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/jan/24/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-not-lose-votes-video.
“the same attitude”: https://archive.org/details/CSPAN_20160125_083500_Donald_Trump_Campaign_Rally_in_Muscatine_Iowa.
“right smack between the eyes”: Jeremy Diamond, “Trump Calls Orlando shooter a ‘son of a b——,’ ” CNN, June 17, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/17/politics/donald-trump-orlando-shooter/index.html.
“she wouldn’t be prosecuted, OK?”: Jeremy Diamond, “Trump: Clinton Could Shoot Somebody and Not Be Arrested,” CNN, Sept. 9, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/09/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-shoot-somebody/index.html.
In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel: Agence France-Press, “Merkel Condemns ‘Disgusting’ Far-Right Violence in US,” Aug. 14, 2017, https://www.thelocal.de/20170814/merkel-condemns-disgusting-virginia-far-right-violence.
The Nazi leader said: Bruce Loebs, “Hitler’s Rhetorical Theory,” Relevant Rhetoric 1, 2010, http://relevantrhetoric.com/Hitler%27s%20Rhetorical%20Theory.pdf.
“associating with David Duke”: Nancy Dillon and Adam Edelman, “Trump Plays Dumb When Asked About Endorsement from Former KKK Leader David Duke,” Feb. 28, 2016, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-plays-dumb-endorsement-kkk-leader-article-1.2546509.
The Nazi news site then called Frazier: Andrew Anglin, “Trump Attacks Histrionic Black Bastard Who Resigned From Council Over Alleged Misstatement,” Daily Stormer, Aug. 14, 2017, https://dailystormer.ai/trump-attacks-histrionic-black-bastard-who-resigned-from-council-over-alleged-misstatement/.
IMMIGRATION
“came in totally legally”: Rebecca Savransky, “Trump Promises Press Conference on Melania’s Immigration Story,” The Hill, Aug. 9, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290935-trump-on-wifes-immigration-story-she-came-in-totally.
“No exceptions”: Donald J. Trump, Statement on Position on Visas, March 3, 2016, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=113898.
$88,000 or less: Characteristics of H-1B Specialty Occupation Workers, Table 12, https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/H-1B/h-1B-FY16.pdf.
“theft of American prosperity”: Glenn Thrush, Nick Wingfield, and Vindu Goel, “Trump Signs Order That Could Lead to Curbs on Foreign Workers,” New York Times, April 18, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/us/politics/executive-order-hire-buy-american-h1b-visa-trump.html.
“suggest reforms”: The White House, “Presidential Executive Order on Buy American and Hire American,” April 18, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/18/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-and-hire-american.
“That’s not accurate”: “Transcript of the Republican Presidential Debate in Detroit,” New York Times, March 4, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/us/politics/transcript-of-the-republican-presidential-debate-in-detroit.html.
temporary low-skill, low-paid jobs: United States Department of Homeland Security, July 17, 2017, press release, “DHS Provides Relief to American Businesses in Danger of Suffering Irreparable Harm,” https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/07/17/dhs-provides-relief-american-businesses-danger-suffering-irreparable-harm.
Locally four people wanted work: Jeff Ostrowski, “Trump Not the Only Employer Hiring Foreign Workers for Low-Wage Jobs,” Palm Beach Post, March 7, 2016, http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/business/employment/trump-not-the-only-employer-hiring-foreign-workers-for-low-wage-jobs/.
Made in America Week: The White House, “Made in America Week Recap,” July 24, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/07/24/made-america-week-recap.
fifteen chambermaids: Jeremy Singer-Vine, Jessica Garrison, and Ken Bensinger, “More Foreign Workers Requested by Trump’s Mar-a-Lago,” BuzzFeed, https://www.buzzfeed.com/jsvine/trumps-florida-clubs-want-to-hire-more-foreign-workers. The actual Labor Department records are available: For cooks: https://lcr-pjr.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspJobOrderView&frm=lcjr&task=view_job_order&view=external&lcjr_id=116826; for waiters: https://lcr-pjr.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspJobOrderView&frm=lcjr&task=view_job_order&view=external&lcjr_id=116833; for chambermaids: https://lcr-pjr.doleta.gov/index.cfm?event=ehLCJRExternal.dspJobOrderView&frm=PJR&task=view_job_order&view=external&lcjr_id=116824.
supported the RAISE Act: Staff, “Full Speech: Donald Trump Affirms Hard-Line Immigration Plan,” The Hill, Aug. 31, 2016, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/294055-full-speech-donald-trump-affirms-hardline.
by the year 2040: University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, report, “The RAISE Act: Effect on Economic Growth and Jobs,” Aug. 10, 2017, http://www.budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2017/8/8/the-raise-act-effect-on-economic-growth-and-jobs; University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, report, “The Real Costs of the RAISE Act,” Aug. 11, 2017, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-real-costs-of-the-raise-act/.
Kent Smetters, the Wharton business professor: Kent Smetters, “The Real Costs of the RAISE Act,” Knowledge@Wharton, Aug. 11, 2017, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-real-costs-of-the-raise-act/.
Acosta brought up: Josiah Ryan, CNN, “CNN’s Acosta, White House Aide Clash over Immigration at Briefing,” Aug. 2, 2017, http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/02/media/jim-acosta-stephen-miller-immigration/index.html.
That estimate: UNHCR, United Nations Refugee Agency, “Figures at a Glance; Statistical Yearbooks,” http://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html.
9 to 11 million people: Jens Manuel Krogstad, Jeffrey S. Passel, and D’Vera Cohn, “5 Facts About Illegal Immigration in the U.S.,” Pew Research Center, April 27, 2017, http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/.
THE CON UNRAVELS
brutality was common: Michael D’Antonio, “The Men Who Gave Trump His Brutal Worldview,” Politico, March 29, 2016, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/2016-donald-trump-brutal-worldview-father-coach-213750.
“I’m like a smart person”: Chris Cillizza, “Donald Trump Is a ‘Smart Person’ in Case You Forgot,” Washington Post, Dec. 12, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/12/donald-trump-doesnt-need-a-daily-intelligence-briefing-ac
cording-to-donald-trump/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.825ab1db95f4.
ISIL: Mark Thompson, “Donald Trump’s Coming Clash with the Military Generals,” Time, Sept. 11, 2016, http://time.com/4486862/donald-trumps-coming-clash-with-the-military-generals/.
Frederick Douglass: Lucy Clarke-Billings, “Does President Trump Know That Slave Activist Frederick Douglass Is Dead?,” Newsweek, Feb. 2, 2017, http://www.newsweek.com/does-president-donald-trump-know-black-activist-frederick-douglass-dead-551584.
thirty-five psychiatrists: Richard A. Friedman, “Is It Time to Call Trump Mentally Ill?,” New York Times, Feb. 17, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/is-it-time-to-call-trump-mentally-ill.html.
A few months later, psychiatrist Prudence L. Gourguechon: Prudence L. Gourguechon, “Is Trump Mentally Fit to Be President? Let’s Consult the U.S. Army’s Field Manual on Leadership,” Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2017, http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gourguechon-25th-amendment-leadership-mental-capacities-checklist-20170616-story.html.
“around the globe”: Elle Hunt, “Trump’s Inauguration Crowd: Sean Spicer’s Claim Versus the Evidence,” The Guardian, Jan. 22, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/22/trump-inauguration-crowd-sean-spicers-claims-versus-the-evidence.
Later Trump denounced: Chris Cillizza, “Trump Sent 18 Tweets on Puerto Rico on Saturday, and Made Things a Whole Lot Worse,” CNN.com, Oct. 1, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/politics/trump-tweets-puerto-rico/index.html.
INDEX
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ABC, 33, 94
ABC News, 110
Abe, Shinzo, 165, 168, 180
Abraham Lincoln (aircraft carrier), 173
Acosta, Alexander, 72, 75
Acosta, Jim, 247–48, 249
Adams, Bruce H., 198
Adams, John, 4–5
Administrative Procedure Act, 200
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 82, 101, 259, 261
Afghanistan, 157, 179–80, 222, 249, 260
Africa, 160–61
African Americans, 185–88, 189–91
Africa Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership, 160
Agent Orange, 124
Ailes, Roger, 11
Air Force, U.S., 180, 181
Air Force One, 104, 155
Alabama, 219
Alaska, 132
Algeria, 153
Alien and Sedition Acts, 4–5
Alito, Samuel, 24
Al Jazeera, 153, 161, 162
Al Jazeera America, 161
Al Qaeda, 157, 160
Al-Sabah family, 14
Alterman, Eric, 230
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), 97, 98
Al-Thani family, 161
Al Udeid Air Base, 156–57
Ambroz, Jill, 132
American Arctic, 131
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 139, 140
American Automobile Association, 29
American Civil Liberties Union, 128
American Council on Education, 188
American Manufacturing Council, 239–40
American Nazi Party, 239
American Psychoanalytic Association, 258
Amey, Scott, 197–98
AMVETS, 226
Anglin, Andrew, 238–39
Ankara, 162
Apple, 57, 58
Apprentice, The (TV show), 6, 71
Arab Spring uprisings, 153, 161–62
Arizona, 210, 217, 237
Arleigh Burke–class destroyers, 175
Armey, Dick, 262
Army, U.S., 176, 258, 259, 260
Arpaio, Joe, 208, 209–11, 212, 218, 219
Arthur, Chester, 4, 31
Articles of Confederation, 23
Art of the Deal, The (Schwartz), 6, 9–10, 55
Asia, 192, 250
Associated Press, 28, 242
Atlantic, 172
Atlantic City, N.J., 75, 93, 94, 96
Australia, 138, 145
Bahamas, 41
Bahrain, 153
Baker, Dean, 68–70, 170–71
Baldwin, Tammy, 76
Baltimore, Md., 230
Banking Department, Connecticut, 198
Bankruptcy Court, 95, 96
Bannon, Steve, 8, 164, 248, 249
Barab, Jordan, 61, 62–63, 66–67
Barrie, Frank W., 80
Barry, Maryanne Trump, 100
Barstow, David, 95
Bay, Norman C., 145, 150
Benioff, Marc, 72, 73–74
Bill of Rights, 234
bin Laden, Osama, 158
Black, William K., 69
Blackstone, William, 26
Bogdan, Christopher, 181
Boko Haram, 160
Bolton, Susan R., 209
Bonneville Power Administration, 149
Bowery Hotel (New York), 29
Bradley, John R., 156
Bradley, Neil, 66
Braillard, Deborah, 210
Brayton Point, Mass., 148
Brazil, 50, 105
Breitbart (website), 11, 159, 248, 249
Brenner, Marie, 238
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., 33, 36–37
Bridgeport Education, Inc., 197–99
Brookings Institution, 189
Brooks, Mel, 147
Brown, Scott, 41
Brussels, 164, 165
Bueermann, Jim, 216
Burford, Anne, 116
Burkina Faso, 172
Bush, George H. W., 236–37
Bush, George W., 12, 26, 39, 82, 83, 115, 172, 173, 195, 218, 236–37, 253, 259
Bush (G.W.) administration, 132, 177, 211, 229
Cadillacs, 59
Calemine, Jody, 63, 65
California, 33, 150, 197, 235
Camp David, 25
Canada, 54, 105
Career Education Colleges and Universities, 199
Carlson, Tucker, 97
Carnegie, Andrew, 11
Carney, John, 248–49
Carter, Billy, 20
Carter, Jimmy, 20, 31, 67, 188
Cary, C. J., 185–86
Cason, James, 132
Castro, Fidel, 247
CBS, 110
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 232
Celebrity Apprentice, The (TV show), 71
Census Bureau, U.S., 85, 111
Center for Economic and Policy Research, 68
Center for Media and Democracy, 128
Central America, 250
Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.), 4
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 162, 167, 175
Central Pacific Railroad, 15
Chad, 249
Chamber of Commerce, U.S., 66
Charlotte, N.C., 186
Charlottesville, Va., 230–31, 234, 235, 237, 238, 239, 248
Charter Communications, 56
Chatterjee, Neil, 146
Chenelly, Joe, 226
Chicago, Ill., 171
Chile, 27, 50
China, 12, 16, 28–29, 32, 50, 53, 58, 59, 81, 117, 126, 137, 165–66, 167, 168–69, 170, 171, 172, 175, 176, 191, 192, 255
Christian Faith Assembly, 186
Christians, Christianity, 3, 7, 164, 236, 248, 254, 255
Christie, Chris, 40–41
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), 25, 26–27
Civil Rights Act, 4
Civil War, U.S., 5, 190
Claybrook, Joan, 67, 68
Clean Air Act, 4, 118
Clean Power Plan, 125–26
Clean Water Act, 4, 70, 115
Clement, Joel, 131–33, 134–35
Cleveland, Ohio, 116–17
Clinton, Bill, 5, 16, 31
, 39, 159, 259
Clinton, Hillary, 12, 16, 17, 31, 84–85, 97, 99, 159–60, 185, 215, 233, 254
Clinton Global Initiative, 159
CNBC, 154, 155
CNN, 94, 103, 239
Cohn, Gary, 89
Coking, Vera, 93
Cold War, 254
Colombo crime family, 59
Colorado, 128
Comey, James, 178, 218, 254
Commentaries (Blackstone), 26
Commerce Department, U.S., 131, 141
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, 84
Communications Workers of America, 63, 65
Confederacy, 3
Congregation Beth Israel, 231, 234
Congress, U.S., 4, 18, 23, 29–30, 39, 43, 47, 48, 56, 63, 64, 65, 84, 85, 87, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99, 102, 117, 121, 125, 126, 132, 133, 135, 137, 140, 144, 145, 147, 150, 160, 167, 174, 175, 177, 196, 198, 200–201, 207, 212, 219, 222, 227, 232, 246, 255, 263
Joint Committee on Taxation of, 110
Connecticut, 94, 233
Constitution, U.S., 3, 4, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 40, 105, 154, 209, 212, 213, 215, 217, 218, 234, 236, 253, 254, 262–63
Constitutional Convention, 26, 262
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 69–70, 198
Conway, Kellyanne, 17, 126
Coombs, Raquel, 30
Cork Wine Bar, 17–18, 20, 21
Corpus Christi, Tex., 260
Correa, Israel, 210
Costa, Robert, 179
Council of Fashion Designers of America, 242
Craig, Susanne, 94
Cuba, 247
Cummings, Elijah, 29–30
Curran, Paul J., 20
Cuyahoga River, 116–17
Daily Stormer (website), 11, 236, 238–39, 249
Danforth, John, 254
Dan River, 119
Davis, Gray, 150
Davis, Martin, 238
DCReport.org, 93–94, 217
Declaration of Independence, 3, 237
Defence Monitor Worldwide, 181
Defense Department, U.S., 175, 176–77, 181
Deloitte accounting firm, 71
Democracy Now! (TV show), 94
Democrats, Democratic Party, 5, 10, 25, 41, 143, 185, 198, 201, 214, 223, 226, 233, 237, 256, 260, 261
Denali Commission, 132
Detroit, Mich., 192, 193
Detroit Free Press, 192–93