National Review Writer Upset Because Donald Trump Isn’t Saying the Magic Words
National Review’s Jim Geraghty is disturbed and upset because Donald Trump isn’t intoning the correct magic right wing words in his speeches: Donald Trump’s Message Doesn’t Include ‘Liberty’ or ‘Freedom’.
Did you ever think you would see the day when the GOP front-runner rarely uttered the words “freedom” and “liberty”?
Perhaps some Republicans can be accused of loving liberty and freedom too much — or at least using those words as rhetorical crutches. Donald Trump is not one of them. The current GOP presidential front-runner rarely uses the words “freedom” or “liberty” in his remarks at all.
Trump didn’t use the words “freedom” or “liberty” in his announcement speech. He didn’t use those words in his Nashville speech on August 29, or his Nashville rally on August 21, or his appearance at the Iowa State Fair on August 15, or his rally and news conference in New Hampshire on August 14, or his news conference in Birch Run, Mich., or his press conference in Laredo, Texas, on July 23.
He didn’t use those words while discussing his signing of the Republican National Committee’s pledge last Thursday, or in his contentious interview with Hugh Hewitt the same day.
At least Trump said “free market,” though. That ought to be good for a few magic political credits.
Trump did use the term “free-market” once during his Meet the Press interview with Chuck Todd, in a defense of his qualified support for affirmative action: “Well, you know, you have to also go free market. You have to go capability. You have to do a lot of things. But I’m fine with affirmative action.” The word “liberty” didn’t even come up.
But just look at this word cloud created by the Washington Post. No freedom. No liberty. This is very bad. (h/t: @jaunte.)