Republican Hypocrisy category archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini reports on the outpouring of racism and bigotry at the latest Turning Point Action conference. Montini found the events to be–er–somewhat dismaying.
Here’s a bit from his article:
Kirk and his organization flourished during the Trump administration and have become major players in Republican politics, holding events like the one in Florida and supporting political candidates.
Republican politicians are afraid to ignore Kirk, now, and even more afraid to criticize him.
Or perhaps — and this would be worse — the majority of Republicans simply agree with him, and what he says, and what he espouses.
The Whitewash, Reprise 0
Sam and his crew point out that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Patriot Gamers 0
Robert Reich calls out the con.
A Case pf Projection? 0
Farron offers a theory as to why Trump wanted to use the IRS to investigate those who angered him.
Read the article Farron cites.
Market Farces 0
Steve M. reports on the latest step in Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ crusade appears to be attacking retailers who sell merchandise that said crusaders find offensive. Apparently, in their view, admitting the very existence of LGBTQ persons is now being portrayed as “grooming.” Here’s a bit from his article; follow the link for his reasoning.
And this from the party that claims to celebrate the “free hand of the market.”
None So Blind . . . . 0
Courting DIsaster, Reprise 0
In reviewing recent statements by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Supremacist Court, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier finds himself somewhat taken aback by what hurts said Chief Justice’s tender fee-fees.
Misdirection Play, I Know I Am But What Are You Dept. 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ryan Fanning points out that, when the right-wing’s got nothing, it resorts to whining “whataboutism.”
The Personification 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, letter-writer Richard McWilliams nails it.