On the March 6, 2016 edition of his eponymous CNN program, Fareed Zakaria claimed the Republican Party has deserved the "bigotry and racism" he said Donald Trump has "unashamedly embraced."
“Republicans have fed the country ideas about decline, betrayal, and treason. They have encouraged the forces of anti-intellectualism, obstructionism, and populism. They have flirted with bigotry and racism. Trump merely chose to unashamedly embrace all of it — saying plainly what they were hinting at for years. In doing so, he hit the jackpot.”