The always animated GOP strategist Rick Wilson continued his crusade against Donald Trump supporters on Wednesday, as he called those offended by his comments on CNN today — in which he said much of the president’s base “want anybody who’s darker than a latte deported” — “fragile, insecure, weak-ass punks.”

Wilson’s segment this morning consisted of the GOP insider focusing on the immigrant debate, as well as suggesting many Trump supporters are “not happy about immigration of any kind.”

“They don’t believe in the asylum process,” he added. “They want to take and separate these families as a matter of deterrence and as a sort of theater of cruelty.”

Those remarks caused quite a stir among the online MAGA community, with many Trump supporters going after Wilson on Twitter for suggesting they hold racist views.

He then responded with a five part Twitter thread both mocking the irony that the supposedly anti-politically crowd are offended and explaining why he believes they hold racially charged, anti-immigrant views:

1/ The reaction to my CNN appearance today is perfectly telling. The whole “politically-incorrect tough-talking-dick-swinging-fuck-your feelings-snowflake-melter” crowd is really comprised of the most brittle, fragile, insecure, weak-ass punks imaginable. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2018

2/ The overt racial animus in many of Trump’s base is virulent, widespread, readily detectable in surveys, and manifested through their orange avatar when he calls for restrictions on immigration from shithole countries, etc. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2018

3/ They favor restrictions on legal immigration. They dehumanize asylum seekers, refugees, and even those here from foreign nations with legal status. They embraced the family separation policy with glee until Trump discovered it was blowing up in his face. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2018

4/ their fantasies of mass deportations, impenetrable walls, and an all-powerful State seeking out those here illegally is a statist as it is repellent. My words, to use their favorite parlance, left them triggered. As my grandmother used to say, “the cut hog squeals loudest.” — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2018

5/ Many of the ranterd in my timeline are furious that I called them racist. Oddly, I didn’t use that word. They simply filled in the blank in their heads, which tells you quite a lot. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 11, 2018

[image via screengrab]



Follow the author on Twitter (@calebecarma).

Have a tip we should know? [email protected]