I'm not sure whether to feel sorry for Republicans who have embraced, in whatever capacity, large or small, Trump. In some ways I do, as I think that in particular a lot of the party leaders, McConnell, Ryan and the rest, have been put in a tough spot. On the other hand, they have all chosen then short term copout; we have to support our nominee. In the long run, or just on principle alone, I think that is an awful choice.
Donald Trump has no business being anywhere near a Presidential election. The past week has shown him at his worst, and that is saying a lot. His attack on a federal judge in San Diego are abhorrent, showing not only his absolute lack of intelligence, but also his horrid racism. While it has been encouraging to see a fair amount of Republicans condemning him for it, there absolute unwillingness to call out what it out for the racist ideology it is, is rather shameful in itself. They have all couched their criticism in vague language such as "I do not agree with what he said" or other such wording. Hey, its racist. Ugly, vicious racism in the raw.
Update 6/7: A few Republicans have shown some class - Lindsey Graham being one, as he called for Republicans to "un-endorse" Trump after what has transpired the last few days. I'm not sure Graham actually endorsed Trump in the first place. He gave some weird kind of statement a few weeks ago that was rather unclear, I think in the vein of "I'm supporting our candidate, but not endorsing him" which is a mindless piece of nonsense. But he did make the un-endorse call today. Good for him. Graham is an odd character anyway - he seems to alternate between weird panicky statements and moments of being incredibly rational.
Mark Kirk took away(?) his endorsement of Trump as well. Again, I'm not sure Kirk had endorsed him previously or was just saying he will not endorse Trump due to his constant hate mongering. Kirk is in a tough spot as the Republican with the biggest X on his forehead due to being in a liberal state and facing a tough opponent (a penchant for making his own ill advised statements every now and then hasn't helped him either.
The other guy who deserves credit is Ben Sasse, who has been a committed anti-Trump guy from the start. He's getting a lot of flack from some members of his party for it, which I find pretty deplorable. Ignore Trump's failings as a human being (hard as that is) and you still have a guy that embodies few Republican values (actually any values), and its still not hard to see why a person who values those values might be aghast at him being the candidate of the Party.
Donald Trump has no business being anywhere near a Presidential election. The past week has shown him at his worst, and that is saying a lot. His attack on a federal judge in San Diego are abhorrent, showing not only his absolute lack of intelligence, but also his horrid racism. While it has been encouraging to see a fair amount of Republicans condemning him for it, there absolute unwillingness to call out what it out for the racist ideology it is, is rather shameful in itself. They have all couched their criticism in vague language such as "I do not agree with what he said" or other such wording. Hey, its racist. Ugly, vicious racism in the raw.
Update 6/7: A few Republicans have shown some class - Lindsey Graham being one, as he called for Republicans to "un-endorse" Trump after what has transpired the last few days. I'm not sure Graham actually endorsed Trump in the first place. He gave some weird kind of statement a few weeks ago that was rather unclear, I think in the vein of "I'm supporting our candidate, but not endorsing him" which is a mindless piece of nonsense. But he did make the un-endorse call today. Good for him. Graham is an odd character anyway - he seems to alternate between weird panicky statements and moments of being incredibly rational.
Mark Kirk took away(?) his endorsement of Trump as well. Again, I'm not sure Kirk had endorsed him previously or was just saying he will not endorse Trump due to his constant hate mongering. Kirk is in a tough spot as the Republican with the biggest X on his forehead due to being in a liberal state and facing a tough opponent (a penchant for making his own ill advised statements every now and then hasn't helped him either.
The other guy who deserves credit is Ben Sasse, who has been a committed anti-Trump guy from the start. He's getting a lot of flack from some members of his party for it, which I find pretty deplorable. Ignore Trump's failings as a human being (hard as that is) and you still have a guy that embodies few Republican values (actually any values), and its still not hard to see why a person who values those values might be aghast at him being the candidate of the Party.
