Trump hopes that fear will gin up GOP turnout

The Daily 202's Big Idea

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🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday, Trump ratcheted up the anti-immigrant rhetoric that has been the centerpiece of his midterm push by portraying a slow-moving migrant caravan, consisting mostly of families traveling on foot through Mexico, as a dangerous ‘invasion.'

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0:00.0	The Daily 202's Big Idea is sponsored by Delta Airlines,
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0:09.1	Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily
0:15.8	202 for Friday, November 2nd. In today's news, Ryan Zinke is in Donald Trump's dog house.
0:25.0	Newly uncovered emails show Roger Stone presented himself to Trump campaign officials
0:30.0	as a WikiLeaks intermediary.
0:32.0	And the Saudi crown prince described Jamal as a WikiLeaks intermediary.
0:34.5	And the Saudi crown prince described Jamal Keshogi as a dangerous Islamist
0:37.0	during a phone call to the White House
0:38.6	shortly after the journalist's disappearance.
0:49.0	But first, the big idea. The president is trying to capitalize on racial divisions and the apparent hope that fear will drive
0:56.4	Republican voters to the polls on Tuesday. Yesterday Trump ratcheted up the
1:01.5	anti-immigrant rhetoric that has been the centerpiece of his midterm
1:04.8	closing argument.
1:06.4	He portrayed a slow-moving migrant caravan consisting mostly of families traveling on foot through
1:10.6	Mexico as a dangerous invasion.
1:13.0	He also suggested that if any migrants throw rocks,
1:16.0	they could be shot by the troops he is deployed to the southern border.
1:19.0	Here he is on Thursday evening in Columbia, Missouri.
1:22.0	These are not little angels.
1:25.7	These are tough people.
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