Donald Trump, with is typical excess, has taken Richard Nixon’s dictum of running to the right in the primaries then move to the middle for the general election to a Manichean divide of manic proportions. Trump posed as a hard-liner in the primaries, but he has not moved toward the center for the general election. Instead, he has moved hard to the left, sounding more and more like socialist Bernie Sanders.
The latest case in point: on Tuesday, Trump stated he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour. Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly posited, “there has to be a federal minimum wage,” prompting Trump to respond, “There doesn’t have to be. I would leave it and raise it somewhat. You need to help people. I know it’s not very Republican to say.”
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