"On Air Force One yesterday Trump was asked about the video he posted of the Obamas, and whether he would apologize. Watch. No apology. Incoherent dribble. Extraordinary malevolence."
~ Simon Rosenberg
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-must-rein-in-ice-the-epstein-scandal
"1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable."
~ Roxane Gay
https://bsky.app/profile/roxanegay.bsky.social/post/3me7hc5hhn22u
"Many tens of millions of Americans not only voted twice to put this man in the White House, but also continue to support him with great fervor, underscoring the motivating power of racism and the need to scapegoat others."
~ Steven Beschloss
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/can-america-ever-overcome-the-scourge
"In a rare capitulation, Trump did remove the post, but he refused to apologize for posting it. Such an act—especially during the opening days of Black History Month—would be a career-ending move for a political leader of any party in a more humane era of American politics. Trump has shrugged it off, but I argue that we should register this as another bright line being crossed, one with knowable chilling implications."
~ Robert P. Jones
https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/trump-goes-full-racist-during-black
"Common sense tells us that elite leaders, particularly someone hold the office of the president of the United States, influence their followers’ attitudes. Recently published research shows that Trump’s ability to degrade his white supporters’ moral sensibilities is real and measurable (h/t to Andrew Whitehead for pointing me to this research)."
"In truth, [Trump] would fail even the lowest bar for any role of significance or power in a fair, decent, and just society.
Consider just the last few news cycles: reposting a racist video likening the Obamas to apes; shaking down a vital transit project in his old hometown of New York unless he gets his gilded name on a train station or an airport;" (continued in /21)
~ Elliot Kirschner
