Trump's divisive rhetoric frightening GOP: Analyst
US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is so “cruel” in his rhetoric that he has frightened other right-wing Republican candidates, said an American political analyst in New York.
In the wake of the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, Trump has ratcheted up his divisive rhetoric, targeting both Muslims and refugees.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday, Trump said “there’s something nasty coming out of there,” when asked whether he believed Islam was “an inherently violent religion.”
“We have to fight Trump and the Republicans because not only would they threaten to refuse Syrian refugees, but even worse, they would register people,” Jan Langrad told Press TV on Tuesday.
Trump stirred controversy earlier this month by saying that he would require American Muslims to register in a database.
Langrad said the program would extend to other people with whom Republicans disagree on issues like abortion and civil rights. “There would be a total repression.”
“We would have a police state because much of the money that is being used for social welfare for the poor, for improvement in life of Americans, would be cut away and would be used to hire more troops, police and potentially repressive elements,” he stated.
During a campaign rally in Florida last Saturday, Trump stood by his disputed claims that not only Muslims in New Jersey, but Muslims across the world celebrated the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. “Worldwide, the Muslims were absolutely going wild,” he said.
“[New Jersey] Governor Chris Christie, who’s one of the Republican candidates for president and who’s as reactionary as Trump, said that he has no information as to that happening, so even some of these right-wing Republicans are becoming afraid of Trump, because he is so cruel in his racism, in his discrimination, in his warmongering and that he would discredit them as well,” Langrad noted.
Trump’s fiery comments are causing party rivals to step up attacks against him and some conservatives to label him a "fascist."
Trump’s support among likely Republican voters fell by 12 points in less than a week, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, released on Friday. The decline in popularity is the biggest since Trump leapt to the top of the crowded GOP field in July.
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