.MaddowBlog: Why GOP leaders chose silence when confronted with Pres. Trump’s racism.
Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 7/15/19, 9:00 PM ET Racist Trump spectacle distracts from other damaging Trump news Rachel Maddow looks at new reporting from CNN on how Russia transmitted hacked materials to Wikileaks to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election, and at a new criminal trial spawned from the Mueller investigation, and what has taken the attention away from share tweet email save Embed Yesterday morning, as the nation was coming to terms with the latest example of Donald Trump’s...
In the coming campaign, you will hear Republican candidates at every level claim to be colorblind and embrace all Americans regardless of race or ethnicity. Do not believe them. Their failure to speak out now tells us everything we need to know about their true feelings. But her Republican brethren in the GOP leadership – from both chambers – were far more circumspect. Members like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had an opportunity to stand up for core principles such as decency and respect, but by all appearances, they were simply too afraid to lead.
In that context, the reluctance of GOP lawmakers to condemn Trump’s latest racism becomes a lot more significant.
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