Is Trump Turning Into Nixon?

Trump: ‘I am the Law and Order Candidate’

“We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country,” Trump stressed while speaking at The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center.

“I am the law and order candidate,” he declared. The audience erupted in applause and cheers. “Hillary Clinton on the other hand is weak, ineffective, pandering and [as proven by] her recent email scandal — which was an embarrassment not only to her, but to the entire nation as a whole — she’s either a liar or grossly incompetent…it’s probably both.”

Trump said Clinton’s conduct with her email use and private server was “willful, intentional and unlawful.”

“She was fully aware of her guilt. She knew it. She’s probably the most surprised person that she was able to get away with it,” Trump alleged of the presumptive Democratic nominee. “This is calculated, deliberate, premeditated misconduct followed by a cover up that included false statements and lies to Congress, the media and the American people.”

Well that is not exactly Nixonian.

And this is even less so.

“Not only am I the law and order candidate,” but also the “candidate of compassion,” Trump stated, attempting to differentiate himself from Clinton. “We will protect all Americans.”

Trump told the audience that everyone deserves to walk about their communities feeling safe, adding, “without safety, we have nothing.”

“It’s the job of the next president to make America safe again for everyone,” he stressed.

The thing that disturbs me most about Trump is his supporters. The racism among them is palpable and unpalatable.

It is my fervent hope that once he gets the nomination he will do the usual politician thing and pivot more to the center of the electorate. If not I may just let other people choose who they want for President. None of the choices from any party are exciting me at the moment.

Don’t get me wrong. Trump was for me the best choice (other than Rand Paul) in the Republican field. Which, right now, isn’t saying much.