Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump

[mystery-ak]

Chris Hayes: What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump

By CHRIS HAYESMARCH 17, 2018

Donald Trump is not subtle. While normal political language functions through implication and indirection, Mr. Trump luxuriates in saying the quiet part loud. But in doing so, Mr. Trump exposes what drives the politics of the movement he commands. That is most evident in the way he talks about crime and punishment.

No president since Richard Nixon has embraced the weaponized rhetoric of “law and order” as avidly as Mr. Trump. “When I take the oath of office next year, I will restore law and order to our country,” he said during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016. “I will work with, and appoint, the best prosecutors and law enforcement officials in the country to get the job properly done. In this race for the White House, I am the law and order candidate.”

Time and again, the president denounces “illegals” and “criminals” and the “American carnage” they wreak on law-abiding Americans. He even advised an audience of police officers to rough up suspects they were arresting.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/chris-hayes-trump-law-order.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

[truth_seeker]

....the president denounces “illegals” and “criminals”

I see eye to eye, with him--on this subject. What is wrong with his position?