The online right strikes again
by digby
This says it all. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the rise of White Supremacy and this happened:
Hate speech has no place on YouTube. We’ve invested heavily in teams and technology dedicated to removing hateful comments / videos. Due to the presence of hateful comments, we disabled comments on the livestream of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) April 9, 2019
The president thinks there are a few bad apples among all the nice anti-immigrant, islamophobe racists who love him.
There are many more. And he clearly does not want to offend even one of them by condemning their behavior. He knows he can’t spare even one vote. And who knows? He may have to call on them for some … action. Just in case.
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