RE: Paul Krugman 6/10

Hillary Clinton Surrogate Paul Krugman Pushes Racism Narrative Absent Substantive
Evidence
does not automatically mean that she will be
a champion for women.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Third, Hillary has had her own bits of
June 11, 2016
cynically
exploiting
Americas
racial
Yesterday,
June
10,
2016,
Paul
divisions.
She
has
referred
to
black
youth
as
Krugmana New York Times Op-Ed
6
superpredators; dismissed the importance
Columnist and one of Hillary Clintons top
of Martin Luther King, Jr.; 7 circulated a
media surrogateswrote a column in which
picture during the 2008 election cycle of
he argued that there is racial animus among
then-Senator Obama in a turban, peddling
supporters of Donald Trump, and the
the completely bogus narrative the Obama is
modern Republican Party writ large. 1 The
a Muslim;8 and much more.9 Likewise, those
evidence proffered for this assertion
that believe Trumps immigration policies
includes an upsurge in vocal anti-Semitism
embody racial animus need not look back
unleashed by the Trump phenomenon;2 the
very far to see that Hillary believed that
fact that minorities voted for Hillary, who
The Mexican governments policies are
(apparently) gets that group identity is an
pushing migration north, that we needed to
unavoidable part of politics;3 and ideological
secure our borders with technology,
conservatives cynically exploiting Americas
personnel, physical barriers if necessary in
racial divisions with policies that cut taxes
some places, that we need to have tougher
on the rich and slash benefits. 4 Krugman
employer sanctions and we kind of need to
sums up his theory by charging that the
incentivize Mexico to do more, and that if
Republican base wants candidates who will
illegal immigrants commit transgressions of
defend the old racial order. Hence
whatever kind, they should be obviously
Trumpism.5
deported.10 Likewise, recent data suggests,
First, with respect to vocal anticontrary to the predictions of some pundits,
Semitism, the article Krugman links to
that support among minority groups, in
describes Twitter interactions that Jonathan
particular Latinos, is rising. 11 At the very
Weisman had with anti-Semitists that, from
least, Trumps support among Latinos is in
the looks of their profiles, were Trump
line with his predecessors.12
supporters. These interactions, as tragic and
Fourth, Trump has said he would ideally
diminishing as they may be, are far from a
like to leave entitlements alone, but does
data-driven conclusion that there is an
recognize there is some degree of waste,
upsurge in anti-Semitic sentiment. It is
fraud, and abuse that may need to be
also incredibly disingenuous for Krugman to
trimmed.13 Accordingly, this criticism is not
paint Trump supporters with such a broad
applicable to Trump, because he is not a runbrush, based on nothing more than a few
of-the-mill Republican.
interactions on Twitter.
Second, that some minorities vote for any
particular candidate does not mean that said
candidate is, in fact, a champion for minority
rights. Indeed, there is a difference between
descriptive representation and substantive
representation. Because Hillary is a woman

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