We all understand that the treacherous shoals of politics can make it hard to navigate without getting a few dents in the hull that may test our watertight integrity, but sometimes you have to say Damn the Torpedoes! because it's simply the right thing to do.
The disgusting details are now common knowledge.
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A federal civil servant is targeted by a political smear campaign. That part's disgusting, but not surprising.
What's disheartening is the abject cowardice of the White House handling of this.
Mr. President, you can't let yourself be played like this.
The NAACP as apologized. Now you need to do the right thing and admit an error, reinstate this woman and stop letting these bigots call the shots.
As Ta-Nehesi Coates says: "It's time to man the fuck up."