From The American Thinker: Once again Republicans have proven just how stupid they can be with Paul Ryan publicly corroborating that Trump’s comments about Judge Curiel are racist. Maybe Ryan should have read attorney Alberto Gonzalez’s Washington Post article defending Trump’s right to question Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s objectivity. Instead, Ryan — once a Tea Party darling — couldn’t wait to deride Trump’s comments as racist. This is why people like me — reluctant Trump supporters — will vote for him and enthusiastically defend his comments regarding Judge Curiel. If nothing else, the presumptive nominee gives a big “Trump U” to the Democrat-Media Complex overlords and the Republican sycophants who fear them.
Trump isn’t timid about highlighting the double standards that have been hoisted upon us by the Democrat-Media Complex and affect virtually every aspect of our lives. You see, racist comments or bias in the criminal justice system or judiciary in general, are racist or biased only when conservatives, Republicans, or, G-d forbid, white people make such comments or hand down judgments that impact any of the myriad victims in the Democrat-Media Complex fold — gays, blacks, Hispanics, women, union members, the homeless, drug addicts, welfare-recipients, etc.
As clumsy as Trump’s comments might have been, it’s obvious from the context they aren’t racist and, if Republicans behaved more like Democrats, they would have run to the mic to defend his motives and character much like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the entire Democrat-Media Complex would have responded — parroting one after the other in a barrage of media appearances and op-eds.
It isn’t that hard, Speaker Ryan. It would go something like this:
Of course Mr. Trump is not a racist. He is saying that, because of his stance on illegal immigration and U.S.-Mexico relations, the judge, who is of Mexican heritage and is a member of La Raza Lawyers Group and holds differing views on these issues than Mr. Trump, might not have been able to separate his personal and political views when he made a slew of negative rulings against Mr. Trump in the Trump U case. These built-in biases can affect a Mexican-American judge in much the same way liberals argue that white police officers have built-in biases against black men.
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the presumptive nominee — whether a #nevertrumper, an avid trumpporter — or the many conservatives who are torn apart because they want to stand by their principles but also want to make sure Hillary never steps over the threshold to the White House — we should demand that Republican and conservative pundits cease and desist from openly bashing Donald Trump. Enough. Like it or not, as of now, Trump is our guy, and, truth be told, we all know that the average Republican candidate would play tiddlywinks with a Hillary candidacy while getting pummeled by her girl’s rugby team style tactics.
Trump won’t be afraid to talk about Hillary’s criminality, corruption, and character flaws. He won’t hesitate calling a lie a lie versus a misunderstanding, mistake, or mischaracterization. And he will throw as many punches — offensively as well as defensively — as warranted to defend not just himself, but the country, our traditions, our values, and our way of life. He will not let Hillary Clinton mock us, malign us, or marginalize us. He not only gives voice to over half of this country, but defends each and every one of us with pride and patriotism.
Comments by Paul Ryan, David French, Bill Kristol, Erick Erickson — among too many others — only serve to divide the party they claim to be uniting. They fan the flames of negativity about the most likely person to be our nominee while arming the enemy with more firepower.
Do Republicans and conservatives ever learn?
Clearly, they do not. They just don’t get it, when it comes to the media, PR, and communication with the public. And they certainly do not understand their own constituents.
Trump gets it. While Republican and conservative pundits throughout the media galaxy are wringing their hands or gnashing their teeth, Trump has barreled ahead unfazed — taking a page out of the Clinton-Obama-DNC playbook: Go out there, tell your story as you want it be received, turn the guns on your opposition, then move on while using media opportunities to hype your message.
