Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has responded to Trump’s racist assaults towards her as the remainder of her get together permits him with silence.
For months Trump has been persistently attacking Chao and utilizing overt racism towards her, and he or she responded to Politico, “Once I was younger, some folks intentionally misspelled or mispronounced my identify. Asian Individuals have labored onerous to vary that have for the following era. He doesn’t appear to grasp that, which says an entire lot extra about him than it can ever say about Asian Individuals.”
Not like Trump’s different assaults on these he considers enemies, his feedback about Chao, who’s married to Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell, he has not tried to cover his racist intent.
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The Republican management has remained silent on these assaults. Chao has requested reporters to not amplify Trump’s feedback, and presumably for a similar motive, Sen. McConnell has refused to have interaction with Trump’s assaults, however nothing is stopping the remainder of the Republican Occasion from denouncing Trump.
The explanation why Trump is prone to win the Republican nomination in 2024 is that Republicans stay afraid of him and his supporters. They refuse to face as much as Trump. The identical dynamic existed in 2016, 2020, 2022, and there may be nothing to recommend that it’ll change in 2024.
Chao is correct. Trump’s feedback say extra about Donald Trump than they do about Asian Individuals, and the silent enabling of those assaults speaks volumes concerning the Republican Occasion.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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