Browsing by Subject "Donald Trump"

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    ‘Build That Wall!’: manufacturing the enemy, yet again
    (Taylor & Francis, 2017) Santamaría Graff, Cristina C.
    The 2016 presidential campaign and the election of Donald Trump has amplified divisive anti-immigrant sentiment and has further positioned ‘Mexicans as enemy.’ Trump’s ‘Build That Wall!’ declarative has stoked nativist ire through manufactured narratives that rarely, if ever, consider the United States government’s role in the increase of undocumented immigrants residing in our country. In this essay, the author connects the current administration’s anti-immigrant, anti-Mexican proposals to historical legislation that, cloaked under the guise of ‘national security’ or a return to ‘American values,’ has aimed to maintain White hegemony. Additionally, the author examines anti-Mexican narratives that aim to criminalize Mexican immigrants’ behaviors to justify imperialistic and unjust policies that further serve dominant-White political elites and their constituents.
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    Calling someone a ‘jackass’ is a tradition in US politics
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2020-02-27) Lamb, Chris; Journalism and Public Relations, School of Liberal Arts
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    Congress could use an arcane section of the 14th Amendment to hold Trump accountable for Capitol attack
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2021-01-29) Magliocca, Gerard; Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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    Has Donald Trump had his Joe McCarthy moment?
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2020-11-06) Lamb, Chris; Journalism and Public Relations, School of Liberal Arts
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    Keep America Christian (and White): Christian Nationalism, Fear of Ethnoracial Outsiders, and Intention to Vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election
    (Oxford, 2020) Baker, Joseph O.; Perry, Samuel L.; Whitehead, Andrew L.; Sociology, School of Liberal Arts
    Some of the strongest predictors of voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election were Christian nationalism and antipathy toward Muslims and immigrants. We examine the interrelated influence of these three factors on Americans’ intentions to vote for Trump in 2020. Consistent with previous research, Christian nationalism and Islamophobia remained strong and significant predictors of intention to vote for Trump; however, the effect of xenophobia was stronger. Further, xenophobia and Islamophobia significantly and substantially mediated the effects of Christian nationalism. Consequently, though Christian nationalism remains theoretically and empirically distinct as a cultural framework, its influence on intending to vote for Trump in 2020 is intimately connected to fears about ethnoracial outsiders. In the penultimate year before Trump’s reelection campaign, the strongest predictors of supporting Trump, in order of magnitude, were political party, xenophobia, identifying as African American (negative), political ideology, Christian nationalism, and Islamophobia.
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    Lincoln Project’s anti-Trump ads show power of biting satire
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2020-10-20) Lamb, Chris; Journalism and Public Relations, School of Liberal Arts
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    A Pence-ive narration of a gendered vice-presidency
    (2017-07) Deckard, Trent; Sheeler, Kristina
    This thesis analyzes the gender narrative surrounding the vice-presidency and the 2016 election. It reviews the traditional feminine gender roles assigned to the vice-presidency and as evidenced in Governor Mike Pence’s participation in a 60 Minutes interview, nomination speech at the 2016 national convention, and vice-presidential debate. Furthers the work of Bostdorff, who argued that the vice presidency has a traditional feminine role where vice-presidential figures and potential aspirants use strategies of celebration, confrontation, vindication, and submission to fulfill a gendered role in service to a highly masculine presidency. Suggests that the realities of the 2016 election allowed for these strategies, although in a different form given the nature of the campaign and a Trump candidacy.
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    Texas voting law builds on long legacy of racism from GOP leaders
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2021-09-15) Lamb, Chris; Journalism and Public Relations, School of Liberal Arts