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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans accuse majority of Americans of hating America
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/09/republicans-accuse-majority-americans-hating-america/
By Paul Waldman
Opinion writer
Jan. 9, 2020 at 1:01 p.m. EST
Perhaps its no surprise that the possibility of yet another war in the Middle East has brought out the worst in so many conservative supporters of President Trump. But even if that prospect seems to have been put off for now, its likely that the ugly impulses that have surfaced will emerge again and again as we approach the elections in November.
Democrats should decide now how they want to respond.
First, lets take a little tour around the Republican authoritarian mindset in the wake of President Trumps decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani:
Republicans are quite certain that the American public shares not only their belief that the Soleimani assassination was the right thing to do but that anyone who disagrees must love terrorists.
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By Paul Waldman
Opinion writer
Jan. 9, 2020 at 1:01 p.m. EST
Perhaps its no surprise that the possibility of yet another war in the Middle East has brought out the worst in so many conservative supporters of President Trump. But even if that prospect seems to have been put off for now, its likely that the ugly impulses that have surfaced will emerge again and again as we approach the elections in November.
Democrats should decide now how they want to respond.
First, lets take a little tour around the Republican authoritarian mindset in the wake of President Trumps decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani:
Rep. Doug Collins said that Democrats are in love with terrorists, we see that they mourn Soleimani more than they mourn our Gold Star families. I have a vague memory of a presidential candidate attacking a Gold Star family in 2016; cant quite recall who that was.
The only ones that are mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership, said former U.N. ambassador and future presidential candidate Nikki Haley. After it was pointed out to her that literally zero Democrats were mourning Soleimanis death, she argued that mourning means wishing he were still alive, and anyone who criticized the decision to kill him wishes he were still alive and is therefore mourning him. That of course is not what mourning means.
When Rep. Pramila Jayapa said the administration had presented no evidence of an imminent threat that necessitated Soleimanis assassination, Rep. John Rutherford responded by saying, You and your squad of Ayatollah sympathizers are spreading propaganda that divides our nation and strengthens our enemies.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said, The alarmists and apologists show skepticism about our own intelligence and sympathy for Soleimani.
Rep. Mark Meadows tweeted that the vast majority" agrees with the killing, while Democrats are falling all over themselves equivocating about a terrorist.
Republicans are quite certain that the American public shares not only their belief that the Soleimani assassination was the right thing to do but that anyone who disagrees must love terrorists.
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Perfect headline - great job, WaPo!
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Republicans accuse majority of Americans of hating America (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jan 2020
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guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)1. Is it too soon for GOP lawmakers to tell critics to "love it or leave it"?
Mc Mike
(9,136 posts)2. Repug projection.