Hearst paved way for Trump as demagogue in U.S. politics

UBC educational studies professor emeritus Charles Ungerleider wrote an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun comparing Donald Trump to William Randolph Hearst.

“While Trump’s electoral foray seems unlikely to succeed, Hearst was twice elected to the United States Congress. But his entry into municipal politics as a candidate for mayor in New York was quashed by his own Democratic Party, a successful effort by Tammany Hall to steal the election for his opponent,” he wrote.