The failing argument to persuade reluctant voters to go for Trump
Kevin Williamson:
‘Not Hillary Clinton’ isn’t good enoughWilliamson goes on to make a strong case that Trump is fundamentally unfit for the office of President. He provides a lengthy list of Trump's disqualifying attributes. It is worth reading in full.
As soon as it became clear that game-show host Donald Trump was the presumptive Republican nominee, the usual radio ranters and Fox News mouths began the inevitable litany: If you aren’t for Donald Trump, then you must be for Hillary Clinton — it’s Himself or Herself.
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“If you aren’t for Trump, then you’re for Clinton” is a cheap rhetorical ploy. I’d write that any thinking adult would be ashamed for falling for that kind of sixth-grade debater’s stratagem, but a Republican electorate capable of choosing Donald Trump as its standard-bearer is incapable of shame.
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