In The Trump Effect, and How It Spreads the New York Times argues that Donald Trump’s message of exclusion and hatred is not an anomaly for the Republican Party. The author claims that Trump’s boisterous message exposes the true feelings of the Republican Party. In the article, the author brings up a number of points explaining how Republican governors are taking on Trump’s idea of creating a faith based wall around the country. The governors are using their position to close borders to refugees fleeing the Islamic state in Syria. The New York Times takes these examples and claims that even though Trump has not been elected into office, his message is already making an impact on the county. The article plays off the fear factor of giving
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Evidence can be found when the editorial explains “Not a vote has been cast in the 2016 presidential race. But serious damage is already being done to the country, to its reputation overseas, by a man who is seen as speaking for America and twisting its message of tolerance and welcome, and by the candidates who trail him and are competing for his voters” (The Editorial Board, 2015). The New York Times is supporting their claim by saying that the reputation of America overseas is being negatively effected by Trump even though he has not elected into office. He claims that Trump is twisting the United States’ message of tolerance and welcoming. At the end of this statement the author drags in the rest of the Republican candidates without any warrants that those candidates are hurting America’s reputation overseas. Within this statement the Author states that Trump is being viewed as speaking for America, which may be evidence enough to back the author’s claim of Trump effecting the country on his own. When the author brings in the rest of the republican candidates there is no real backing that supports bringing them up in this argument. The author at the beginning of this editorial tells us to not look at Trump as a solitary phenomenon and that he has not brought his party to the brink of fascism all by himself. (The Editorial Board, 2015) The author wants to prove that the Republican Party has always been a problem, which is where they make the second claim comes in. That claim is that the right wing have always had these ideas that Trump is only
Evidence can be found when the editorial explains “Not a vote has been cast in the 2016 presidential race. But serious damage is already being done to the country, to its reputation overseas, by a man who is seen as speaking for America and twisting its message of tolerance and welcome, and by the candidates who trail him and are competing for his voters” (The Editorial Board, 2015). The New York Times is supporting their claim by saying that the reputation of America overseas is being negatively effected by Trump even though he has not elected into office. He claims that Trump is twisting the United States’ message of tolerance and welcoming. At the end of this statement the author drags in the rest of the Republican candidates without any warrants that those candidates are hurting America’s reputation overseas. Within this statement the Author states that Trump is being viewed as speaking for America, which may be evidence enough to back the author’s claim of Trump effecting the country on his own. When the author brings in the rest of the republican candidates there is no real backing that supports bringing them up in this argument. The author at the beginning of this editorial tells us to not look at Trump as a solitary phenomenon and that he has not brought his party to the brink of fascism all by himself. (The Editorial Board, 2015) The author wants to prove that the Republican Party has always been a problem, which is where they make the second claim comes in. That claim is that the right wing have always had these ideas that Trump is only