Republicans Are Complicit In Trump’s Coddling Of White Supremacists
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Excerpted from a longer piece by Neil Baron for The Hill
Alexander Pope coined the expression “damning with faint praise.” A new expression, “praising with faint damnation,” can be used to describe the Republicans’ tepid responses to Donald Trump’s remarks about the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and his recent pardon of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who housed Latino prisoners in 110 degree “tent cities”and boasted that they were “conc
Maybe we don’t mind that our leader mostly cares only about himself and his rep because we mostly care about ourselves. Just watch how people behave while driving. How many times were you cutoff in traffic today? How many people glided through a stop sign in front of you? Everyone thinks rules are for others. $30 mm in aid for Harvey by the people — in the face of 100 bil in damage? If a third of the population parted with $5 they would give twenty times that much in 24 hours.
I am a long time resident of Phoenix AZ. With a seasonal flood of bums and derelicts and a year-long stream of illegal immigrants to live with, we needed a Sheriff who was no-nonsense and loud. So our Sheriff romped and stomped around, causing a ruckus and drawing the attention of the press along with nere-do-well’s who thought they could move freely about our population, doing as they pleased. Query on-line for “Phoenix+2009+kidnapping” and you will see what we were up agains