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WaPo has published this chart

artappraiser — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:54:42 +0000

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WaPo has published this interactive chart, major work on it:

Where Republican senators stand on President Trump

By Nicole Lewis, Amber Phillips, Kevin Schaul and Leslie Shapiro, Aug. 18, 2017

Just for the record, Gardner

artappraiser — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:21:31 +0000

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Just for the record, Gardner reacted much more strongly than you have him listed, on both TV and twitter, see my post here. Part of the problem is that he did it early on

Trump is "slamming" Lindsay

artappraiser — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 22:20:25 +0000

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Trump is "slamming" Lindsay Graham and Jeff Flake today

@ Fox News:Trump slams two GOP senators who criticized him on Charlottesville

At least some Republicans in

rmrd0000 — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:24:42 +0000

In reply to McCain, last night:

At least some Republicans in Congress are addressing Trump directly.

McCain, last night:

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:15:52 +0000

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McCain, last night:

There's no moral equivalency between racists & Americans standing up to defy hate& bigotry. The President of the United States should say so
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) August 16, 2017

ah, thanks for sharing that,

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:34:41 +0000

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ah, thanks for sharing that, I hadn't been watching that angle, that could indeed be part of what is going on

Don't want to sound cynical,

Obey — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:40:28 +0000

In reply to Speaker of the House actually

Don't want to sound cynical, but his Democratic opponent Randy Bryce got a fawning Rolling Stone profile and has 135K twitter followers and his campaign ad already has more views than some of Hillary's more successful 2016 ads. Pretty promising fundraising too. Ryan is even agreeing to do a Town Hall. Someone looks like they're sweating.

Deep thoughts by Mitt Romney

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 06:08:23 +0000

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Deep thoughts by Mitt Romney on Sat. night

Racial prejudice, then hate, then repugnant speech, then a repulsive rally, then murder; not supremacy, barbarism.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) August 13, 2017

got more emphatic preacher/elder today

No, not the same. One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally different universes.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) August 16, 2017

Rubio did a string of six

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 04:01:52 +0000

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Rubio did a string of six tweets on it early this evening, responding to Trump today:

The organizers of events which inspired & led to #charlottesvilleterroristattack are 100% to blame for a number of reasons. 1/6

They are adherents of an evil ideology which argues certain people are inferior because of race, ethnicity or nation of origin. 2/6

When entire movement built on anger & hatred towards people different than you,it justifies & ultimately leads to violence against them 3/6

These groups today use SAME symbols & same arguments of #Nazi & #KKK, groups responsible for some of worst crimes against humanity ever 4/6

Mr. President,you can't allow #WhiteSupremacists to share only part of blame.They support idea which cost nation & world so much pain 5/6

The #WhiteSupremacy groups will see being assigned only 50% of blame as a win.We can not allow this old evil to be resurrected 6/6

Charleston Post & Courier

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:51:22 +0000

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Charleston Post & Courier current "Top Story"

South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham calls for Trump to 'come down like a hammer' on white supremacists

By Jamie Lovegrove, Aug 15, 2017 Updated 4 hrs ago

[...] The South Carolina Republican called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to go to Virginia and "personally handle domestic terrorism investigations" and alleged civil rights abuses by the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis "who took this young woman's life." [....]

Graham additionally proposed the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security form a task force on the threat of white supremacist groups and report back to Congress with potential solutions for cracking down on them.

"This is an opportunity for the Trump administration to come down like a hammer on white supremacists," Graham said during a news conference in his Columbia office. "And I hope they do." [....]

Graham pointed to Scott, the only African-American Republican currently serving in the U.S. Senate, as an indication of the racial progress the country has made.

"At the end of the day, America is changing and South Carolina is changing for the better," Graham said. "Don't let these people drag us back into the darkness."