Republicans keep trying to mop up Trump’s mess, and it keeps spreading
The political aftershock from Trump’s attacks on the congresswomen kept growing on July 21 as Republicans tried, and mostly failed, to separate themselves from the ugliest parts of the episode. State-level GOP figures were forced into public apologies and condemnations after one related meme went too far, which only reminded everyone how normalized this kind of rhetoric has become in Trump-world. Instead of shutting the issue down, the cleanup confirmed that the president had pushed his allies into defensive crouch mode.
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Republicans keep trying to mop up Trump’s mess, and it keeps spreading
The political aftershock from Trump’s attacks on the congresswomen kept growing on July 21 as Republicans tried, and mostly failed, to separate themselves from the ugliest parts of the episode. State-level GOP figures were forced into public apologies and condemnations after one related meme went too far, which only reminded everyone how normalized this kind of rhetoric has become in Trump-world. Instead of shutting the issue down, the cleanup confirmed that the president had pushed his allies …
The political aftershock from Trump’s attacks on the congresswomen kept growing on July 21 as Republicans tried, and mostly failed, to separate themselves from the ugliest parts of the episode. State-level GOP figures were forced into public apologies and condemnations after one related meme went too far, which only reminded everyone how normalized this kind of rhetoric has become in Trump-world. Instead of shutting…
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