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Is the GOP Getting Away with “Polite Denial” While Their Base is Overtly Racist & Anti-Semitic?
While our media tries to pretend racism is limited to a “fringe” made up of “outliers” like Fuentes, the reality is much closer to the mainstream base of the GOP than most are willing to admit
Republicans are finally getting around to condemning Trump for having a Thanksgiving week dinner with Nick Fuentes. In front of a crowded dining room that rose to their feet and applauded when Trump, West, and Fuentes walked into the room. For the cameras and the world to see.
Senator John Cornyn of Texas is the Senate Minority Whip — essentially the number two Republican in the Senate behind Mitch McConnell — and for four years was the chair of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, in charge of getting Republicans elected.
And, like the old pro he is, Senator Cornyn knew how to play Trump’s embrace of antisemitism and racism perfectly, producing an elegant shout-out to the white supremacist base back home that his people will love and remember for years. And he did it all without paying even a tiny price with the media and the public.
