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…This, as I’ve argued again & again, is a mistake. Presidential rhetoric corresponds to presidential action; it precedes & defines it. What a candidate says on the campaign trail connects to what he (or she) will do in office. And if #Trump has had a single, consistent message, it is that he’ll use the violent arm of the state to cleanse the nation of “scum” & “vermin,” whether immigrants & refugees or dissenters & political opponents like Adam Schiff & Nancy Pelosi.