https://thinkprogress.org/a-top-republican-senators-ridiculous-defense-of-donald-trump-s-racism-18441fa207ff#.lr1n1z2hq

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s racist claim that a federal judge cannot be trusted to remain impartial because of his “Mexican heritage” is no big deal, according to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. .....

Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA), by contrast, told the Des Moines Register on Wednesday that Trump’s racism is no more troubling than widely reported comments made by Justice Sonia Sotomayor prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court. “I think that you don’t have any more trouble with what Trump said than when Sotomayor said that . . . ‘a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male,’” Grassley claimed.

Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” remark came as part of a lengthy speech she delivered discussing how judges’ life experiences shape their decisions, and how they should balance their unique perspectives with their obligation of fairness to litigants. “I am reminded each day that I render decisions that affect people concretely,” Sotomayor said, “and that I owe them constant and complete vigilance in checking my assumptions, presumptions and perspectives and ensuring that to the extent that my limited abilities and capabilities permit me, that I reevaluate them and change as circumstances and cases before me requires.”

In this context, she made the comment that Grassley criticizes: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” ............

John McCain, Trump's lickspittle lackey all year long, claims he's finally had enough
Barbara Morrill - Oct 08, 2016

.... Let’s be clear here. This sudden outrage by McCain—and the rest of the GOP—isn’t because Donald Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women. It’s simply a pathetic ploy to distance themselves from the predator who current leads the Republican Party. For the past 16 months they’ve ignored Trump’s hate speech, but now they’re worried about his toxicity dragging them down. This isn’t righteous indignation, this is concern about losing their own job. Period. ......