Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said Friday on Twitter that he’s convinced those who remain loyal to President Donald Trump despite mounting evidence that Trump likely committed treason with Russia do so based on their support of his overt racism.
A BuzzFeed report that broke Thursday evening alleges that Trump told his attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress. If true, Trump could be charged with suborning perjury and obstruction of justice, both impeachable offenses.
But according to Krugman, the latest revelations are merely part of a pattern that many Americans seem willing to accept:
A thought about where we are as a nation: We’re living in the age of the unsurprising revelation. Is there anyone who doesn’t already believe that Trump-Putin-treason is a real thing? Even Trump loyalists surely know it’s true, they just think it’s an OK price for the racism 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 18, 2019
The question instead is when and whether the evidence will become so dramatic, so blatant, that Trump’s defenders won’t feel able to keep pretending they don’t know. That is, it’s not really about what we learn but about how it plays 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 18, 2019
Think of the Steve King story as a dress rehearsal. Everyone knew what he was, and has for years. Somehow, though, we reached a tipping point where GOP leaders felt they had to say “We’re shocked, shocked to find open racism going on in our party!” 3/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 18, 2019
I don’t know if we’ll ever reach that sort of tipping point with Trump. But even if we do, remember: they’ve known all along, but were willing to sell out America as long as it was convenient 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 18, 2019
Krugman’s thesis would certainly seem to be supported by tweets sent out by the president Friday morning in which he seemed to suggest that another migrant caravan was headed for Mexico and that some people seeking to enter the U.S. might be Muslims. Take a look:
Border rancher: “We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.” Washington Examiner People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019
Another big Caravan heading our way. Very hard to stop without a Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2019
Trump was elected on a platform of racism, hatred, and fear. Those who continue to steadfastly support him have to own up to the fact that they too are part of the vile discrimination being pushed by this president.
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