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Trump is turning to racism to mock Nikki Haley's Indian name. Experts say it could backfire.
“Trump is no stranger to turning to racism and name calling against his political foes.”
“A 2021 study led by Aaron Dusso, associate professor of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, showed that name-calling did nothing to impact a voter's perception of the insulted candidate.”
“Instead, the name-calling backfired and impacted how the respondents viewed the perpetrating candidate.”
“‘Whatever effect we found was all focused on the actual attacker,’ Dusso told BI in an interview.”
This may be true for other politicians, but not for trump and his devoted fans. Name-calling, bigoted and racial slurs, and his other hate-filled rhetoric are what most impress his supporters. His hate-speech has, in fact, liberated the devout trumpists from polite societal restrictions and has motivated their similar behavior since trump began his first presidential campaign in 2015.
Civil discourse is not anything trump wants and prefers to avoid such situations as in debates and news conferences. With his history of unconscionable behavior, trump’s cult members would lose confidence in their leader should he resort to civil discourse.
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Trump is turning to racism to mock Nikki Haley's Indian name. Experts say it could backfire.
“Trump is no stranger to turning to racism and name calling against his political foes.”
“A 2021 study led by Aaron Dusso, associate professor of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, showed that name-calling did nothing to impact a voter's perception of the insulted candidate.”
“Instead, the name-calling backfired and impacted how the respondents viewed the perpetrating candidate.”
“‘Whatever effect we found was all focused on the actual attacker,’ Dusso told BI in an interview.”
This may be true for other politicians, but not for trump and his devoted fans. Name-calling, bigoted and racial slurs, and his other hate-filled rhetoric are what most impress his supporters. His hate-speech has, in fact, liberated the devout trumpists from polite societal restrictions and has motivated their similar behavior since trump began his first presidential campaign in 2015.
Civil discourse is not anything trump wants and prefers to avoid such situations as in debates and news conferences. With his history of unconscionable behavior, trump’s cult members would lose confidence in their leader should he resort to civil discourse.
Trump is turning to racism to mock Nikki Haley's Indian name. Experts say it could backfire.
Donald Trump called Nikki Haley a racist name on Friday, par for the course for someone who turns to name-calling for his political foes.
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