GOP solely to blame for Donald Trump
In Madeleine Doubek’s column this week, “Democrats gave life to Sanders, Trump, Rauner,” she blames old-school Democrats for the rise of some of the most unqualified and ineffective politicians our land has ever seen. And Bernie Sanders. Too bad it doesn’t work that way.
Sanders, with a career of effective service as a legislator, gravitated to the Democratic Party because that was the only place his voice would be allowed to be heard. Hardly the Democrats’ “fault” that they are inclusive enough to entertain liberal world views.
It was Republican voters who forced Trump on the nation. Democrats have nothing to do with his rise on the back of his racist, sexist and nonsensical rantings.
You might say that the Democrats’ actions helped with the rise of Rauner — if you ignore the fact that Illinois still elected a Democrat, Pat Quinn, after the debacle of Rod Blagojevich. Now, Blago . . . Democrats have to take credit for that. Nobody is perfect.