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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 6 Aug 2018

    Jeet Heer Retweeted NYT Politics

    True story: there is no dilemma here if you have an elementary sense of decency.https://twitter.com/nytpolitics/status/1026271914392805377 …

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    For mainstream Republicans, a profound political dilemma of the Trump era is whether to support the growing number of candidates who make racially divisive remarks and back causes that are championed by white nationalists https://nyti.ms/2KszISg 
    11:28 AM - 6 Aug 2018
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      1. not John Conness‏ @puckthecat1 6 Aug 2018
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        not seeing how that purely hypothetical situation is relevant to the contemporary GOP

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      1. Fire G-Decker‏ @geedeck 6 Aug 2018
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        Yeah need to start being real about folks who see this as a feature, not a bug

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      1. MaximusDerrick‏ @misguidedsoul7 6 Aug 2018
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        Apparently there there's a difference between a dilemma involving morals and one that is "profoundly political"? As supporting racists apparent only the latter...

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      2. Purple sword@purple reign‏ @Purpleswordpur3 6 Aug 2018
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        Jared is figuring this out right now for drumph..who do we pay off to become American nazis..maybe duetche bank can help..

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      1. Barry Mihbalziner‏ @mihbalziner 6 Aug 2018
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        Jeong for Senate!

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      1. Mike Staresinic‏ @MikeStaresinic 6 Aug 2018
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        This teeert violates the definitions of profound and dilemma.

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      1. spaceaged‏ @caltrained 6 Aug 2018
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        The dilemma is to openly embrace racism or to enthusiastically openly racism.

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      1. annotatedsnark‏ @AnnotatedSnark 6 Aug 2018
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        It did say "political dilemma". It's taken as given that in politics the trends justify the means.

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      1. Wascaliwabbit‏ @Sniffy2 6 Aug 2018
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        never go Full Nazi. Well, unless you're getting paid enough by lobbyists.

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