No. That’s not what she said. Read the quotes, not the headline. She—too generously, I’d say, given that the others seemed comfortable protesting with racist crackpots—focused only on those with racist paraphanelia.
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Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank
Btw—if you saw a demonstration with just a relative few people holding pictures of Stalin and Pol Pot, would you be upset if, say, the governor of Texas trashed the entire event?
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Replying to @yeselson
Would you? Would it matter if 100% of the media coverage of the event was those few? C'mon, we've seen this same playbook deployed over & over (along with "the Koch Brothers hired them!") to delegitimize the existence of any public movement on the right.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
It’s a small group of people. It’s not a mass movement. And these racists always seem to turn out. And nobody minds. Seems like a governor ought to renounce racists. What’s complicated about that?
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Replying to @yeselson
She is free to say they do not represent her. But we both know that's not what she's doing.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
??? Not represent *her*? Obviously they don’t represent her! They oppose her! Why would she bother to say that? What needs to be said is they are disgusting racists! How should she do that—what words should she say that would satisfy you?
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Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank
I’m waiting. So racists and nuts with guns wanting to intimidate elected representatives come to the capital? How should a governor say, “I oppose racists and gun nuts.” Or should she say nothing? What do you think?
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Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank
You don’t have answer do you? Can’t just say, “Any elected official is well within her rights and duties (and merely her humane disposition) to vehemently condemn racists and armed brutes threatening democratic deliberation.” Seems like an easy one to me. Low bar.
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Replying to @yeselson
Oh, c'mon. She's very obviously using the worst nuts here to tar the entire protest movement. We both know that. Why do you think she's going on national TV to elevate their profile?
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Replying to @baseballcrank
What should she do when racists and gun nuts have already gotten Mario al publicity in her state? Should she ignore them? Should she say sins thing fair minded like, “There are good people on both sides.”
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"Gotten publicity" is an interesting use of the passive voice.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Fine—the media covered them extensively! So now what? The governor shouldn’t express her disgust with them? Why would that ever be the case? They are actually in the state house trying to get in the floor. Is that ok with you?
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