Everything is a racist dog whistle now. Steve Schmidt, the McCain campaign manager, claimed that Trump promising to set things in order in 6 to 12 months was a racist dog whistle, because (he said) that's how long it took Hitler.
Are these people maniacs, or do they know that they spout BS?
Everything is a racist dog whistle now. Steve Schmidt, the McCain campaign manager, claimed that Trump promising to set things in order in 6 to 12 months was a racist dog whistle, because (he said) that's how long it took Hitler.
Are these people maniacs, or do they know that they spout BS?
Both. Hard both.
They were playing a part, but it eventually subsumed them, and they started believing their own BS. They brainwashed themselves.