Comment by The_Ombudsman on 15/10/2018 at 03:39 UTC

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View submission: Trump’s 60 Minutes interview once again reveals gross ignorance and wild dishonesty

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About twenty years, actually. It basically all started with Gingrich's antics.

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Comment by Minion_of_Cthulhu at 15/10/2018 at 03:53 UTC

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It started with the Southern Strategy[1] back in the late 60s when the GOP intentionally courted Southern racist whites to bring them into the Republican Party to turn them into a large, reliable, single-minded voting bloc.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy