Yesterday, Republican Party standard bearer and likely nominee Donald Trump refused to denounce David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan. This is the same Trump that retweets white supremacists, calls Mexican immigrants rapists, and excuses the assault of a Black Lives Matter activist (the list goes on). Despite all of this, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy recently said he’ll “work with Donald Trump” and NRCC Chairman Greg Walden embarrassingly compared Trump to Ronald Reagan. Speaker Paul D. Ryan has also pledged to support Trump if he is the nominee.
Unfortunately, this embrace of Trump and his nativist, xenophobic, and racist campaign is not that surprising for a Republican party that proudly defended their Majority Whip despite his association with David Duke and his white supremacist group.
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/703971464647741440
“The fact that House Republican leaders have started to embrace Trump while he refused to immediately and unequivocally denounce the Ku Klux Klan is both morally bankrupt and politically disastrous,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “Hardworking Arizonans deserve to know if McSally is going to support Trump if he is the nominee.”
While we’re talking about Trump’s disturbing waffling on David Duke and the KKK, let’s not forget that Marco was introduced yesterday by former Senator George Allen. Allen infamously hurled a racial slur at a Democratic staffer during his failed reelection campaign, kept a noose in his office, and was exposed for praising the confederate flag.
https://twitter.com/jonathanhsinger/status/704011829572272129
All this is to say, the troubling association between racially charged behavior and leading Republicans is not isolated to Donald Trump. So what say McSally and House Republican leadership now?