by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
In Adolf Hitler's manifesto, "Mein Kämpf" he used the term "blood poisoning" to criticize what he saw as the "mixing" of the races, and he was particularly distraught at the idea of German blood being "poisoned" by Jews. The notion of poisoned blood is a strong racist sentiment that is deeply rooted in Nazi totalitarian movement that took over much of Europe and threatened the entire world during World War Two. Unfortunately, that sentiment is still promoted and thriving in certain fascist and authoritarian countries and milieus today - including among modern day Nazis.
Donald Trump obviously likes to promote racist tripe like that because it helps to keep his low-information and less-educated base stirred up and focused on the southern border while also distracting them from Trump's criminal history, lies, and grifting. In December while campaigning in New Hampshire, Trump went off on one of his tirades about immigrants by thundering at a rally in Durham, "They're poisoning the blood of our country. They're coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all over the world."
Spewing about "blood poisoning" and then citing Africa and Asia as offending exporters of immigrant populations - places when the majority populations are non-white, hits all of the right notes in Trump's dog whistle symphony.
Trump particularly likes to focus on Mexico and our southern border because that is the immigration issue which is easiest for him to use to manipulate his voters. One of his tired, old rants about the immigrants out of Mexico is: "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists." Drugs, crime, rape - odd selections to focus on for that particular orator.
Alaska's senior US Senator, Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, also thinks America is being poisoned, but Murkowski sees the poisoning as having an entirely different source than the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Lisa Murkowski, the Republican senator from Alaska, believes the source of the poisoning of America is Donald John Trump. Back about the time Trump was venting his spleen on the subject of "poisoning American blood," Senator Murkowski issued this rebuttal on Twitter:
"With the exception of Alaska Natives and Native Peoples, most of us are daughters and sons of immigrants who came to this country to build a better life for themselves and their families. Legal immigration from people across the world is woven into the fabric of American exceptionalism, and comments from the former president couldn't be further from the truth. This is more hateful, harmful rhetoric from Donald Trump that is poisoning our country."
Senator Murkowski said yesterday that she will not vote for Donald Trump in November - nor will she vote for Biden. Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican senator from Utah, has also said that he will not vote for Trump in November. Romney, a former Republican presidential nominee, said that he will probably write in his wife, Ann Romney, for president. A third Republican senator, Susan Collins of Maine, has stated that she is not currently supporting Trump's bid for the White House.
Today is "Super Tuesday," the day in the election calendar when people in certain states get to cement in the nominees for the major political parties that the rest of us are supposed to feel obligated to support - and on this Super Tuesday the Republicans are having a presidential primary election in Maine (the home of Republican Senator Susan Collins), and presidential caucuses in Alaska (the home of Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski) and Utah (the home of Republican Senator Mitt Romney).
Wouldn't it be great if the Republican voters in those three states - Maine, Alaska, and Utah - could summon the integrity and moral courage of their senators, push the poison aside, and do what is best for the nation. If they want a strong conservative, Nikki Haley is on the ballot, and she isn't dragging along criminal and racist baggage.
The immigrants are not the problem. Donald John Trump is.
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