Journalist and 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Henderson on Trump and white supremacy:
There is a pattern, and I think it's pretty clear that the annoyance, I think, on the part of a lot of African-Americans and other people who want more racial justice is the apologists that continue to sort of argue about whether this is a president who supports institutions of white supremacy. Let's look at what he said on Friday night in Alabama and how enthusiastically he said it, that these people should be fired. Contrast that with what he said after he saw a bunch of white men with torches march in Charlottesville. "There are lots of fine people among those marchers," he said. Then put it into the policy context. This is a president whose attorney general has said, "We're going to back off of these consent agreements with police departments," who are causing the very problem that people like Colin Kaepernick is protesting. How can we continue to have an argument about whether this is a president who is pushing the idea of white supremacy?
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At Daily Kos on this date in 2013—Texas Republicans will always be the last horse out of the barn:
Given the caliber of political mind Texas Republicans seem intent on foisting off onto the rest of us, non-Texans might be curious as to what sorts of people they've tapped for state government of late. The simple answer is "more of the same," as the responses to an AP questionnaire on gay rights sent to GOP candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general revealed. Lt. Gov. Dewhurst sets the tone:
"Sadly, in a culture infected with political correctness, people of faith are targeted for defending their beliefs with no consideration of their First Amendment rights. I will continue to stand with my fellow Texans in defending our God-given, constitutionally protected freedoms."
Yes, yes. Why are we even talking about civil rights for gay Americans when people of faith are the real victims here. It's getting so you can't even show your love for Jesus by calling someone names and beating them up anymore.
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