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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
I'm generally not one who likes using "why did't you fawningly apologize over and over again" as a cudgel. In this case, however, I might make an exception.

The GOP has rallied the forces of "American Patriotism" against muslims whenever they (our dear GOP patriots) think that muslims (and the muslim community) have not fully and repeatedly abased themselves over every outrage committed by their extremist co-religionists. So I have no problem with staring at all of my GOP "leaders" and demanding the same fawning apologies for what their own dear leader says, every time he goes off and delivers another body blow to the American idea.

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Asked by a reporter if he was concerned that his tweets had been seen by some as racist, Mr Trump said he was not.

"It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me," he added

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So, it's okay to be a azzhole if there are "many people" who agree with you.

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No, I thought, President Donald Trump was boorish, dim-witted, inarticulate, incoherent, narcissistic and insensitive. He's a pathetic bully but an equal-opportunity bully - in his uniquely crass and crude manner, he'll attack anyone he thinks is critical of him. No matter how much I found him ultimately unfit, I gave still him the benefit of the doubt about being a racist. No matter how much I came to dislike him, I didn't want to think that the president of the United States is a racial bigot.

But Sunday left no doubt.

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What's just as bad, though, is the virtual silence from Republican leaders and officeholders. They're silent not because they agree with Trump. Surely they know better. They're silent because, knowing that he's incorrigible, they have inured themselves to his wild statements; because, knowing that he's a fool, they don't really take his words seriously and pretend that others shouldn't, either; because, knowing how damaging Trump's words are, the Republicans don't want to give succor to their political enemies; because, knowing how vindictive, stubborn and obtusely self-destructive Trump is, they fear his wrath.

But none of that is good enough. Trump is not some random, embittered person in a parking lot - he’s the president of the United States. By virtue of his office, he speaks for the country. What’s at stake now is more important than judges or tax cuts or regulations or any policy issue of the day. What’s at stake are the nation’s ideals, its very soul.

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...But none of that is good enough. What’s at stake are the nation’s ideals, its very soul.