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In the "old days" each party had progressive and conservative elements. Now it's Democrat=Progressive and Republican=Conservative. But still there's some spread within each party on these issues. Trump veered to the extreme right on the issue of immigration and even kicked off his whole campaign by demonizing Mexicans ("some" of whom are probably good people). So he wasn't just following the Republican platform.On a side note, you do remember that illegal immigration was a big Republican talking point years before Trump even considered running for office, right? It's standard Republican rhetoric. I don't see how attributing Trump's anti-illegal-immigration rhetoric specifically to him is appropriate when the party he ran for was saying the same sorts of things already.
By not disavowing it, he's courting their support. He even went out of his way to keep their support by pretending not to know David Duke. And his history of racism/bigotry is plain to see. Here's one list. Here's a recent comment from former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough. He even retweets racist memes.Unless you're trying to utilize the guilt by association fallacy, I can't see why you would bring this up. The fact that bigots support Trump does not necessarily mean that Trump's campaign is based on appealing to bigotry.
This is why I rarely get into these discussions. If people can't see what I think is plain to see what is the point?