Sunday, August 7, 2016

Senator: I'm 'scared as hell' of Donald Trump becoming US President

First Middle Eastern senator says Trump is a xenophobe

MAVOCKE – Grassadellian politicians appear to be split on the prospect of controversial US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump winning America’s top job. Some welcome his candidacy, others have been pointed in their criticism. But how does Grassadellia’s highest-ranking Middle Eastern politician feel about Mr. Trump?
 
“I’m scared as hell,” said Nadan Saralo, (N-Wellington), current Assistant Senate Majority Leader, the second-highest-ranking Nationalist in the Senate.
 
“I’m disturbed by the comments he’s made about minorities, about women. He appears to be a very self-serving individual who cares only about his own personal gain instead of caring for others. He’s a public relations nightmare for America, and I hope the American people reject him and vote Hillary,” said the Wellington senator.
 
Saralo – a who was born in Jordan and emigrated to Grassadellia as a teenager – cited Trump’s propensity for vulgarity and racially-tinged remarks as his main cause for concern.
 
“We’ve never seen in modern times, in US elections or Grassadellian elections, a candidate who so overtly uses race and class, pitting groups against each other and perpetuating hate,” said Saralo. “As a minority, that makes me very nervous, when I hear him talk about banning Muslims and deporting people who are different from the traditional white American stereotype. It’s very frightening.”
 
Saralo said he was “appalled” that some Grassadellian politicians have openly embraced Mr. Trump’s candidacy.
 
“It’s sickening, really. To see Conservative politicians endorsing him and saying things like they wish he was running for president in Grassadellia, they hope his ideals reach our shores. We should be ashamed that we have leaders in this country who are embracing his rhetoric and his platform.”
 
Mr. Saralo applauded President Brenton Menuhaeo and US President Barack Obama for swiftly coming out against Mr. Trump, but said more leaders need to do the same.
 
“I understand the concern by some world leaders, they’re worried about influencing elections in another country and stepping on toes, diplomatically-speaking. But we need to denounce racism and xenophobia and Islamophobia whenever we see it. And right now, we are seeing it potentially standing on the welcome mat to the White House,” said Saralo.
 
The Senate’s other Middle Easterner – Israeli-born Henry Mickeravi (N-Lial) – echoed Saralo’s remarks.
 
“Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, international stability and more specifically a threat to Muslims, people of Middle Eastern descent, and minorities in general,” said Mickeravi.
 
Saralo and Mickeravi’s comments come as Conservative Grassadellian politicians have recently endorsed Mr. Trump.
 
New Portsmouth Senator Nadine Pietrasaelis said Thursday at a campaign rally she would vote for Trump “in a heartbeat” over Hillary Clinton, the centre-left candidate from the Democratic Party. And Remmington Governor Jen Stevens (C) voiced support for Mr. Trump in an interview with the STAR Network recently.
 
Pietrasaelis went so far as to suggest Mr. Trump come visit her in Grassadellia.
 
“We’re trying to get Donald to come over here to visit. We could use his brutally honest style in this country. We’ve got a bunch of delicate daisies here, we need someone to come and toughen us up,” said Pietrasaelis, referring to Grassadellians.
 
Jean Larae Dowd, the assemblywoman for Bethany in central New Portsmouth, and the Nationalist candidate who is running against Pietrasaelis in the December general election, is already hitting at Pietrasaelis over her Trump-crush.
 
“The fact that any Grassadellian politician would embrace Donald Trump is just astounding, much less the way Nadine Pietrasaelis has wholeheartedly, unreservedly endorsed him. It really draws into question her judgment as a politician and as a person,” said Dowd.
 
Nationalists are hoping to capitalize on Mr. Trump's candidacy, hoping to tie Conservative Grassadellian candidates to the abrasive businessman.
 
Meanwhile, Conservative party leaders have quietly instructed their caucus to avoid mentioning Mr. Trump on the campaign trail, in news media appearances or on social media.
 
"Don't even go there. Just demur and say you're focused on Grassadellian politics and it's not appropriate for you to inject yourself into the American election," said a memo written by top party strategist Devin Calnones, according to the political gossip website The Grind.
 
GNN could not confirm the authenticity of the memo presented by The Grind.

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