Alleged Republican Congressman Chris Stewart probably didn’t realize it, but he spoke the truth (OMG! A Republican speaking the truth?!) when he stated on the Alex Witt segment of MSNBC at approximately 1:30 EST this Saturday that
I came late to the Trump Party.
This was in response to Ms. Witt asking whether he thought this comment by the *resident (about “shithole countries”) was an isolated incident, alleged or otherwise, since he (Trump) has been on the record saying things that are wholly derogatory and inflammatory before and with relative consistency. (Can’t figure out how to link to the broadcast segment, sorry.) Representative Stewart (T-UH) went on to say that IF Trump made the comments he did not condone them but that other senators present (Cotton and Perdue) contend they did not hear or did not recall him saying those words. Stewart clearly was trying to say Senator Durbin of IL was lying about the utterances by Trump without actually saying it. So we have yet another enabler of Trump willing to lay down with him (sorry for the mental image, and damn! I’m fresh out of brain bleach) for the sake of that all important base. And yes, we now know that those who support this *resident are not really Republicans after all: they are members of the Trump Party.
Every Republican should be asked the question: Are you a member of the Trump Party?