DEMS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats have long believed Donald Trump’s brand of scab-picking politics is deplorable, and now they have made it official, with a House of Representatives resolution condemning the president for urging four congresswomen to ‘go back’ to other countries if they insist on being so critical of his leadership of this one. There it was: clear and simple language from the people’s chamber, calling out ‘racist statements’ for what they were, citing history from the Founding Fathers to Ronald Reagan, defending universal truths about what it means to be an American. Or maybe it was this: a puffed-up ride by Democrats on a high horse, a symbolic gesture that unintentionally symbolized how in contemporary America there are no universal truths — only angry words and party-line votes, everything either a weapon or shield in the nonstop ideological and cultural wars.”
–John F. Harris, “The Trump Outrage Cycle: indignation, rinse, repeat.,” Politico, July 17, 2019 5:49 am