Well, the Lord hath spoken, and it wasn't powerful, pretty, nor even pretty powerful. After Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan criticized presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's racist comments regarding Mexican-American judge Gonzalo Curiel (he was born in Indiana), CNN commentator Jeffrey Lord decided to defend Trump by saying this:
"Speaker Ryan is wrong and Speaker Ryan has apparently switched positions and is supporting identity politics, which is racist. I am astonished."
He added:
"I am accusing anybody who believes in identity politics, which he apparently does now, of playing the race card. The Republican establishment is playing this, Senator [Mitch McConnell] is playing this. These people have run and hid and borrowed the Democratic agenda of playing the race card. It's just wrong!"
This is one of the major problems with the modern-day Republican Party - to put it bluntly, they don't know what in the hell they're talking about. They want to reduce abortions, yet are also in favor of abstinence-only education, employers not providing contraception coverage to women in their healthcare plans, and defunding Planned Parenthood, all of which increase the likelihood of women having abortions. They want to decrease gun violence by making it easier for everyone to purchase and own a gun, even felons and terrorists. They want to close the wage gap and prevent another recession by reverting regulations to where they helped prompt the increasing wage gap and the Great Recession. Not only that, but according to many in the modern-day GOP, like Jeffrey Lord implied, it's racist to admit racism exists. Let's break his asinine claim down for a moment...
Donald Trump: "I'm gonna make a bigly racist remark right now."
Paul Ryan: "Trump just made a bigly racist remark."
Jeffrey Lord: "It's racist for Paul Ryan to call out Donald Trump for his racist remark!"
I'm sorry Mr. Lord, but that's not how the "race card" works. If Trump simply said he didn't like a particular judge and this judge said, "That's because I'm Hispanic, isn't it?" that would be playing the "race card." However, Trump brought up this man's heritage as being the main reason why he might not be trustworthy, which is racist. So Speaker Ryan calling Trump out for his racist comment is not in itself racist. While Lord's at it, he might as well make these absurd claims:
- "If you admit to there being gun violence in this country, you're the one that's violent!"
- "If a person says adultery exists, that means the person is probably unfaithful."
- "It's a well-known fact - if you talk about drugs, you do drugs. This is why I've always been against those D.A.R.E. programs at schools."
- "You know who says terrorism exists? Al-Qaeda."
- "What?!? You hear stupid people?!? That makes you stupid!"
Speak for yourself, buddy...
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-supporter-jeffrey-lord-immediately-responds-to-paul-ryan-by-calling-him-racist/
"Speaker Ryan is wrong and Speaker Ryan has apparently switched positions and is supporting identity politics, which is racist. I am astonished."
He added:
"I am accusing anybody who believes in identity politics, which he apparently does now, of playing the race card. The Republican establishment is playing this, Senator [Mitch McConnell] is playing this. These people have run and hid and borrowed the Democratic agenda of playing the race card. It's just wrong!"
This is one of the major problems with the modern-day Republican Party - to put it bluntly, they don't know what in the hell they're talking about. They want to reduce abortions, yet are also in favor of abstinence-only education, employers not providing contraception coverage to women in their healthcare plans, and defunding Planned Parenthood, all of which increase the likelihood of women having abortions. They want to decrease gun violence by making it easier for everyone to purchase and own a gun, even felons and terrorists. They want to close the wage gap and prevent another recession by reverting regulations to where they helped prompt the increasing wage gap and the Great Recession. Not only that, but according to many in the modern-day GOP, like Jeffrey Lord implied, it's racist to admit racism exists. Let's break his asinine claim down for a moment...
Donald Trump: "I'm gonna make a bigly racist remark right now."
Paul Ryan: "Trump just made a bigly racist remark."
Jeffrey Lord: "It's racist for Paul Ryan to call out Donald Trump for his racist remark!"
I'm sorry Mr. Lord, but that's not how the "race card" works. If Trump simply said he didn't like a particular judge and this judge said, "That's because I'm Hispanic, isn't it?" that would be playing the "race card." However, Trump brought up this man's heritage as being the main reason why he might not be trustworthy, which is racist. So Speaker Ryan calling Trump out for his racist comment is not in itself racist. While Lord's at it, he might as well make these absurd claims:
- "If you admit to there being gun violence in this country, you're the one that's violent!"
- "If a person says adultery exists, that means the person is probably unfaithful."
- "It's a well-known fact - if you talk about drugs, you do drugs. This is why I've always been against those D.A.R.E. programs at schools."
- "You know who says terrorism exists? Al-Qaeda."
- "What?!? You hear stupid people?!? That makes you stupid!"
Speak for yourself, buddy...
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-supporter-jeffrey-lord-immediately-responds-to-paul-ryan-by-calling-him-racist/
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