The presumptive GOP nominee is reviving Patrick Buchanan’s legacy of bigotry.
Adele M. Stan
Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.
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