One of the “frames” in Politics is the scapegoat frame although I do not believe George Lakoff has addressed it. I must check that out. What role will the scapegoat narrative play in this year’s election? Is it an issue?

It is worth thinking about at Easter because the Christ story comes out of the long-held belief and human psychology of finding a scapegoat for the problems we face. Trump was in part successful because he elicited that frame from Xians and non-Xians alike making Obama the scapegoat. Even here you can see the scapegoat frame in operation amongst atheists and agnostics. The core feature is blame. People here are trying to make Trump the scapegoat but he has already (successfully?) made Obama that and Biden was hand-picked by Obama. Will that only increase Trump’s popularity because he has set Biden up to be the bigger scapegoat through the impeachment process?

Would part of that current scapegoat narrative be the largely unconscious defeat of the Jewish leader? If the Dems had chosen him and I am correct about the Xian Scapegoat narrative, what would the campaign from Trump look like if he faced Bernie? Would subtle and not so subtle antisemitism rear its ugly head?