Is the Republican party a racist party?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

That depends on what you mean by 'a racist party'. Does the Republican party have a lot of racists? Sure. Do they have racist politicians? Some. Does the party as a whole deserve to be painted as the racist party? Nope.

It's my view that the party elites used the racism of their constituents to further their own goals. They played to those attributes for electoral success.

In which case, they're still racists.

That the party's racism is likely insincere in no way gives it a pass.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Saying you want to follow the law and keep people from coming across the border unless they do it legally is not racist. Any single way you slice it.

What about saying the majority of immigrants are rapists? Is that racist enough for you?

Statistics have shown that immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens.

Statistics show the estimated 11.7 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. account for 13.6 percent of all offenders sentenced for crimes committed in the U.S. Twelve percent of murder sentences, 20 percent of kidnapping sentences and 16 percent of drug trafficking sentences are meted out to illegal immigrants.

That means 20% of all kidnappings are committed by only 3% of the population, those being illegal immigrants.

If you are going to argue a point, do some research.

Lies, damned lies and statistics. And worse than all of them are people who claim "statistics show" and then don't provide the source of their "statistics".