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Presidential Candidate Donald Trump As the Creation of the Republican Party Bachelor’S Diploma Thesis Masaryk University Faculty of Arts Department of English and American Studies English Language and Literature Sabina Pilchová Presidential Candidate Donald Trump as the Creation of the Republican Party Bachelor’s Diploma Thesis Supervisor: Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B. A. 2017 1 I declare that I have worked on this thesis independently, using only the primary and secondary sources listed in the bibliography. …………………………………………….. Author’s signature 2 I would like to thank my supervisor, Mr. Vanderziel, for endless patience and valuable advice. 3 Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 5 Legitimacy of President Barack Obama ........................................................................................ 9 Immigration ................................................................................................................................. 12 LGBTQ Community ...................................................................................................................... 16 Women´s rights ........................................................................................................................... 20 Abortion ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 30 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 33 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Resumé ........................................................................................................................................ 42 4 Introduction When on June, 16 2015 Donald John Trump majestically descended an escalator to announce his presidential run, very few political scholars or journalists predicted he stood a realistic chance of winning the Republican nomination, let alone the presidency. Some considered his presidential run a publicity stunt for his business empire, while others supposed he was merely looking forward to be the center of public attention and doing everything possible to attract it. More than nine months later, Jeb Bush´s failure to fulfill the high expectations the Republican Party had for him and Trump´s surprising lead has caused the Republican Party to realize that Donald Trump will not disappear anytime soon. Although great majority of the Republican establishment has spoken against Trump and expressed the view that he does not represent the values and principles of the Party, the features defining recent Republican politics are in direct conflict with these claims. Many representatives of the Republican Party have been expressing views similar to Donald Trump´s in recent years and even very extreme positions on issues like the legitimacy of president Obama, the use of torture, women´s rights and the scientific foundation of certain policies, did not damage their position in the Party in any way (regardless of whether the evidence was on their side). As I have stated, this is nothing new. Since the seventies Democrats and Republicans have gradually been moving further apart, with higher and higher percentage of party line votes each year and this process escalated in 2009 with the creation of Tea Party movement, which has greatly influenced the face of American politics ever since. The Republicans have tolerated the occasional racist, sexist or homophobic remarks of their candidates if it meant victory in the political race, which has to certain extent normalized this type of behavior and led to an increased frequency 5 of expressing these views. This led Republicans to believe they need to cater to these louder parts of their electorate, relying on the fact that many would rather vote for a Republican they hate than a Democrat. For a long time this was best seen at local levels and in the House, but not so much during the presidential races, where the GOP still wanted to secure the votes of moderate Republicans or people politically close to the center. However during the 2016 presidential race, the conditions have created a perfect opportunity for change. With the war in Syria escalating and refugees pouring into the neighboring states and some continuing their journey with hopes of living in Europe or the United States, the fear of the unknown has grown to unbelievable proportions and the population was starting to disregard the humanitarian side of the crisis and focus just on the potential security threat. String of terrorist attacks and the media replaying the horrors over and over again to attract viewers has contributed to a shift in culture, where dehumanizing refugees and ignoring their mistreatment becomes normal. Hand in hand with this process of radicalization goes another one, regarding all immigrants. With favorable political climate, the rise of a presidential candidate like Donald Trump was an inevitable repercussion of GOP policies and rhetoric and will ultimately lead to changes in the Republican Party. Many members of the Republican establishment dislike him and his style of politics, and even though he won the presidency as their candidate in such a spectacular way, most of them are not overcome with joy and feelings of victory. Understandably, they are worried about having nominated such an unusual president, who demonstrates every day his tendency for impulsive and childish behavior without any regard for what consequences it may hold. It has also proven to be particularly difficult for the Republican Party to transform from 6 just criticizing policies and talking about repealing them to actually creating and negotiating them. This thesis aims to demonstrate the connection between the politics of Republican Party in recent years and how it lead to a candidate like Donald Trump. The methodology of this thesis consists of analyzing numerous quotes from the elected representatives of the GOP and comparing them to those of Donald Trump as a candidate. I will focus predominately on the period between the start of campaign season and the election night on November 8, 2016 and the image of both Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the media discourse. My main goal is to disprove the claim of some Republicans that their Party was somehow hijacked by a populist businessman and they do not hold any responsibility for the success of Donald Trump. The hesitation among many Republicans to endorse Trump when he became their party´s presumptive nominee demonstrates this line of thinking, which as I will demonstrate is flawed. Republican senator Kelly Ayotte has even stated she would support Donald Trump without endorsing him. Nonetheless, she plans to vote for him in November. (Raju, Trudo 2016) It is necessary to mention the endorsements as well, since they are not really supportive in their nature, for example the following one is from Ben Carson. "Even if Donald Trump turns out not to be such a great president, which I don't think is the case, I think he's going to surround himself with really good people, but even if he didn't, we're only looking at four years as opposed to multiple generations and perhaps the loss of the American dream forever.” (Trudo 2016) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced he “is not ready” to endorse Trump, manifesting yet again the reluctance of Republicans to embrace their presidential nominee. It needs to be noted how unusual this proclamation was. A party nominee has 7 never failed to gain the support of a House speaker or majority leader from his party in modern times. (Steinhauer 2016) Although Donald Trump is an unusual president in many aspects, for example he never hold a public office or served in the military as every president before him did, my intention is to focus on the most current and important topics as human rights issues, immigration and abortion. This issues will be addressed one by one, paying especially close attention to the similarities between the expressions of Donald Trump (and his surrogates) and what elected representatives of the Republican Party say. In many ways Donald Trump says openly and without any shame what the Republican Party was saying for a long time indirectly or with excuses. The voters are just responding to what they are used to hear, but this time it is put more clearly and by man with a business empire. Despite all the hesitation and pretense from Republican Party, Donald Trump has become their nominee by taken advantage of the same rhetoric they have been using for years. He as a successful candidate has been created by the GOP´s willingness to forgive any homophobic, sexist or racist remarks made by their members as long as they achieve the desirable goal – election or reelection. 8 Legitimacy of President Barack Obama The first claims that have been recorded of Donald Trump himself questioning whether Barack Obama was born in the United States and therefore is legitimate president begins in 2011 and he became to be one of the most vocal birthers in America (although he dismisses this term as derogatory). This alone should be alarming, since most of them were white-supremacist and neo-Nazi groups (Krieg 2016), which has taken advantage of the opportunity to criticize
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