Trump's hate-filled rhetoric and its violent consequences

I used to be a Republican. Hatred hurts its host in the end Trump’s belief that he can foment hatred and infect half the country with it— without it boomeranging back on him —reflects a lack of emotional intelligence. Trump offered to pay the legal bills of anyone who punched his hecklers ; suggested peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square be shot ; mused that “ Second Amendment people ” could take out Hillary Clinton; encouraged a violent mob who would hang Mike Pence, now calling them “patriots” and “hostages”; seriously discussed executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley; and joked about the hammer attack on Speaker Pelosi’s elderly husband. Hatred triggers the addiction center of the brain Hatred can become a powerful addiction, and Trump’s followers are hooked. In encouraging hatred of legal immigrants, trans, racial minorities, gays, women and anyone else they can “other,” Trump and Vance know exactly what they are doing.