What if Donald Trump had ran in the 2012 republican presidential primary? How far would he have gotten?
A debate between Trump and Obama would be epic. Youtube has shown that Obama can make a good one liner if needed. It will be the most watch debate ever and the hype, imagine the hype for the debates. It will be Super Bowl on steroids. The whole world will stand still during those hours when the debates are held.
Ron Paul, a fellow member of the alt-right, got smashed hard. I think the same would happen to Trump.
Ron Paul, a libertarian, is not part of the alt-right. The alt-right as we know it today only arose after the destruction of the Tea Party movement by the GOP establishment after the 2014 mid-term elections.
I honestly don't think you can call someone who supports voter disenfranchisement laws a libertarian.
Your opinions, clearly evinced by your use of the politically loaded term, "voter disenfranchisement law," seem to be clouding your judgement.
Ron Paul opposed overseas intervention, the War on Drugs, eminent domain, conscription, public education, and Medicare and Medicaid. Those positions are the hallmarks of the modern libertarian movement in the United States, and that specific combination is found almost nowhere else.
You misspelled "evidenced".
Yeah, I seem to be mistaken about Paul not being a libertarian. However, as is evident in his racial views, and his support of voter disenfranchisement laws (or "ID", if you must), he is also a member of the alt-right. And it is certainly true that he won support from many of the people who would later support Trump.
The alt-right has its ideological beginnings in a mixture of White Nationalism, American PaleoConservatism that often brushes up against PaleoLibertarianism, and the European New Right. Ron Paul's friendliness with Marine Le Pen and other European New Rightists over mutual support for Russian imperialism and for the gold standard provides a link between two of the three ideologies. And the truth of the matter is that White Nationalism and PaleoConservatism more often than not find alignment among its members. There are of course disagreements, but Ron Paul, aside from Pat Buchanan, is the nearest to mainstream relevance for the ideologies that helped create the alt-right.Ron Paul, a libertarian, is not part of the alt-right. The alt-right as we know it today only arose after the destruction of the Tea Party movement by the GOP establishment after the 2014 mid-term elections.