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Trump’s 4th of July Speech Strategy: Demonize Your Opposition to Bolster Polls

With his attempted re-appropriation of American values and American history, Trump’s Fourth of July speech can be seen as a dangerous embrace of fascist rhetoric. By identifying Trump’s supporters as “American” and his critics as “liars,” “violent mobs,” “totalitarians” the speech effectively brands not just political opponents, but any critically-thinking individual (such as teachers), who does not share his opinions, as un-American, unpatriotic, and, ultimately, “de facto” enemy of the state.

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