Brooks on Trump’s Rhetoric: ‘We’re Walking Into George Wallace Territory’

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump’s rhetoric is “not dog whistle anymore. It’s just straight-up human whistle.” And “We’re walking into George Wallace territory.”

Brooks said, “You just look at who he’s attacking. It’s one African-American, or one person of color after another. It’s not dog whistle anymore. It’s just straight-up human whistle. … We’re walking into Father Coughlin territory. We’re walking into George Wallace territory. We’re walking into very ugly territory. And if this is what this election is going to become about, then it becomes, I would think, hard for people of conscience, whether they like Trump’s economic policy or not, to wind up with him in however many months Election Day is.”

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