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

By Timothy P. Carney
Published March 25, 2016 12:44am ET
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Romney-Ryan ‘makers vs. takers’ rhetoric helped spawn Donald Trump
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaking at a campaign event in Green Bay, Wis. in October of 2012. Ryan today is totally correct that Ryan back then was totally wrong. (AP) | Mary Altaffer

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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