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Romney-Ryan ‘makers vs. takers’ rhetoric helped spawn Donald Trump

By Timothy P. Carney
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Romney-Ryan ‘makers vs. takers’ rhetoric helped spawn Donald Trump

Everyone scapegoats someone.

Most successful politicians and most political movements have an enemy—an Emmanuel Goldstein to rail against. This isn’t something only demagogues do.

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