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Patrick Buchanan, who ran for president as a Republican in 1992 and 1996 and as a Reform Party candidate in 2000, sees a kindred spirit in Trump. Buchanan, like Trump, made virulent opposition to immigration a key part of his campaigns.
It is not surprising that Patrick Buchanan, a longtime Republican politician and operative, who many of the white supremacists that Osnos interviewed named as a major intellectual influence, also sees a kindred spirit in Trump. Buchanan, who ran for president in 1992, 1996 and 2000 on a platform of right-wing populism, has lamented what he calls the “
end of white America” due to immigration and increasing rights for people of color. Buchanan
told CNBC in early August that he sees his issues “sort of come to fruition” in Trump’s campaign, and that he is “delighted” Trump is running.
While Buchanan, Duke and other leading white supremacists backing Trump do not explicitly condone violence toward immigrants, the same cannot be said of all of Trump’s rank-and-file supporters. Jim Sherota, 53, works for a landscaping company and attended Trump’s rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday, told
The New York Times before Trump’s arrival that he hoped Trump would announce a plan to issue licenses for hunting undocumented immigrants and offer $50 for “every confirmed kill.”
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Buchanan is supreme bigot and white nationalist. Adolf Trump must be very proud to have his support.
