The president, as everyone knows by now, is most comfortable in front of an audience of his supporters. And he is always ready encourage his followers to threaten the opposition with ominous chants. He has found it convenient to attack “The Squad,” the four new congresswomen of color who represent an ultra liberal wing of the Democratic Party. Trump is trying to tell us that opposition to him is anti American. At a North Carolina rally, after he attacked Somali-born Congresswoman Abdullahi Omar, saying that “she looks down with contempt on the hard working Americans, stating that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country.” And then, as the crowd began to chant “Send her back,” he added: “Obviously and importantly, Omar has a history of launching vicious anti-semitic screeds.” To add to the embarrassment of the Republican Party, the leader of the House GOP defended Trump saying “The president didn’t join in the chant and he moved on to speak about the greatness of this country. He reinforced Trump’s statements saying that “this country will never have socialism.”
Kevin McCarthy said Trump’s attacks are not about racism but ideology. Nancy Pelosi is reluctant to begin proceedings about impeachment. Thomas Friedman says that anytime Trump has a rally and insults people there should be a counter rally by Democrats asking for money, and soon they would get 100 million to fight Trump. According to Merriam Webster, the most searched words that night, were: racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia. Those words identify the Republican Party. We should not forget the videos of immigrants in detention centers. McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rest of the GOP refuse to condemn Trump and the racist chants that he inspired. They are confident the American public will forget. Will we?
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