WaPo’s Olorunnipa: That 23 Republicans Voted Against Dem Anti-Hate Resolution ‘Can Be Used Against Them’

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OLORUNNIPA: “Yeah. And President Trump is the leader of the party and a lot of these Republicans have found it very difficult to condemn him when he makes remarks that are seen as bigoted or when he fails to denounce white supremacy as he did during the Charlottesville episode. So there’s no clean hands here. Republicans obviously are very reluctant to cross the President even when he does things that are even more explicit than what the Democrats are being charged with here. I think the fact that you had 23 Republicans voting against this resolution is something that can be used against them. We have a Republican Party that is largely overwhelmingly male and have very few minorities and for them to vote against the idea of condemning bigotry is something that Democrats are going to try to use against them.”