Sowing the seeds of hate in the USA

A recent Washington Post analysis of a University of North Texas study found a 226 percent increase in reported hate crimes in counties where President Donald Trump held a rally compared to those where he didn’t.

Few escape his verbal hate speech — Mexicans, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Muslims, Jews, immigrants; women and gold star military families. Even people with disabilities are a target.

But is there a correlation between the president, who campaigned in part on a platform of unifying a country that was arguably doing just fine, and hate crimes?

Trump demands loyalty:...