willie horton ads, powell was appalled, found this was unacceptable, and so he wouldn t take the initial jobs that were offered, stayed in the army, and eventually bush made him chairman of the joint chiefs and powell accepted and he had quite a close relationship. but that initial he wasn t going to play ball with even a president who had played the willie horton card in a very ugly political race-baiting way. it was an awful ad. it was an awful time for those of us old enough to remember that. another interesting part of your interview, though, with him was this comment he made about this characterization of him as a reluctant warrior. here it is. the reluctant warrior. whenever that is asked of me, i
heels in. right away they become defensive. when that happens, how can you talk to anybody. it doesn t work. going to have to figure out a way to come at people s biases, expose those biases without labeling them. that s really the big challenge. what s your take on stephen miller suggesting that democrats are using the term racist to silence people they disagree with? talk about the historical significance of telling someone to go back. we saw a shift in the 1960 from overt racism where we had laws on the books to symbolic racism where it s just hard to put your finger on it. that s where stephen miller can say these things. it s not fair to say someone is racist because a lot of issues have become code for racial issues. in the 1980s it was the welfare and the willie horton ads.
you have to be signaled. and if you don t do that, we ll lose. i want to ask you about the new harmonics of this dog whistle and get your reaction to how those who are in that auditorium would react to what he had to say, disavowing them as he tried to do in the oval office or sort of moving the allegation of racism on to them. we can talk about the fealty, inaction of republican leadership, those elected to office. but what s the message being sent to those gathered in that arena in greenville, north carolina. that it s okay to, do okay to do as group. and if anyone condemns you, we ll come to your defense. i would refer back to what maya just said, i don t think the republican party did willie horton ads. the republican party used euphemism as an electoral strategy. think what trump has done, and it s not only on race, it s, i think it s about around
a sharp jab by donald trump on the immigration. an attack ad uses a short clip remarks bush made last year. yes, they broke the law, but it s not a felony. it s an act of love. this morning, bush will be back in his state of florida and host a town hall in peopmiami. a lot of people think that blurb is similar to the willie horton ad years ago. candidates doing what they can to grab attention. new jersey governor chris christie at 2% recently. he went on the tonight show. if you can t win iowa, maybe you can win jimmy fallon. donald trump now is the
it s an act of love. trump has so many followers, he can get a huge rieeach by posting this. this is similar to the willie horton ads in 1988. effective in that campaign. bush will be back in florida this morning. he will host a town hall in miami and tour a high school. republicans back in the field are trying to do all they can to get attention. like governor christie. he dropped by the tonight show. donald trump is in the lead of the polls. is this a surprise to you? oh, no. i expected that. didn t you? no. of course. everything he does is fabulous and amazing.