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bluepen

(620 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 12:38 AM Aug 2017

Two problems with Republicans denouncing Saturday's violence.

1. No one should be praised for denouncing Nazis and their violence; it should be treated as something we expect. It's disgusting that the bar is so low now, people are getting credit for distancing themselves from Nazis. Just bizarre.

2. Very few of them are drawing a direct line from the Nazi marching, slogan-chanting, slur-slinging, and violence to Trump. They KNOW they're going to get credit as outlined in #1 above, so that's all they do.

Make them own this:

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