Which naturally means they are also racists.

Via Raw Story:

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says that the Republican Party has adopted extreme anti-immigrant positions to appeal to their base, “which is, by and large, elderly white people arguing with empty chairs.”

During a Sunday panel segment on ABC News, Krugman pointed out that Clint Eastwood’s bizarre conversation with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention last month was illustrative of the party’s base.

Krugman agreed that the GOP’s move to the extreme right during the primary had hurt their standing with minority voters.

“The Republican Party is where it is because that’s where the base is,” Krugman agreed. “You watch that whole primary process, Republican candidates had to appeal to their base, which is, by and large, elderly white people arguing with empty chairs.”