How long will we let conservatives write off Republican racism as a coincidence?
Great question.
They are not ALL racists.
Let me repeat for my slow friends at USMB - you are not ALL racists.
Here's the problem. Ready? Here it comes---->
You refuse to outright disavow and publicly shame the 25-30% of Conservatives that hold some overt or veiled racists views.
That's it, right there. If you would only tell the racists to go get their own party, the GOP is closed to them--then you might someday be the GRAND OLD PARTY again, the party of Lincoln.
Trent Lott - okay you handled that one well. You should have kicked him out of the party, though.
Great question.
They are not ALL racists.
Let me repeat for my slow friends at USMB - you are not ALL racists.
Here's the problem. Ready? Here it comes---->
You refuse to outright disavow and publicly shame the 25-30% of Conservatives that hold some overt or veiled racists views.
That's it, right there. If you would only tell the racists to go get their own party, the GOP is closed to them--then you might someday be the GRAND OLD PARTY again, the party of Lincoln.
The New York Times reported this morning that Earl Holt—the leader of the white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens, that apparently had so much influence over Dylann Roof—donated thousands of dollars to various Republican politicians. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Rick Santorum all responded by trying to put some distance there, by either returning the money or giving it to charity.
That’s all a good first step, but it’s also frustrating and telling that this is only being done after nine people lost their lives to a racist ideologue with a gun. It’s not like no one knew before about the Council of Conservative Citizens and their deep and very often successful desire to get involved in Republican politics. Trent Lott, who also had to apologize in 2002 for basically suggesting that this country would have been better off if we’d kept segregation, addressed the group at their 1998 convention.
Trent Lott - okay you handled that one well. You should have kicked him out of the party, though.