For comparison, The New Republic ran this headline:

Trump’s Rally Just Went Full Nazi With Bloodthirsty Immigration Threat

Donald Trump drilled down on his racist, xenophobic vitriol during a rally.

  • Funderpants
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    4 hours ago

    Nativist is certainly a more neutral word, but I think it undercuts the danger in this rhetoric and is not a common enough word for the general public to recognize.

    In short, this language helps Trump.

    • @macarthur_park
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      It’s also an unnecessary use of the passive voice. Did the nativist attacks fall out of the sky and land on the rally? No, Trump made them himself.

    • @captainlezbian
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      Did y’all not get taught about the nativism movement in school? My catholic school taught us about the know nothings and other nativists alongside the kkk

    • @Eldritch
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      Yeah, because trump and his pasty white, doughy fascists sure ain’t native. They just represent the first thieves. Screaming theft as their numbers and influence wain.