He is suddenly less concerned with being an agreeable politician and more concerned with grieving with his city. And solely in terms of politics, this is a sea change:22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I. https://t.co/dakFPKj0vJ— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 7, 2019
I mean, who had heard of El Paso before this, or knew anything about its history? And who is listening now? Joe Biden, for one, and he smells blood in the water:'This guy doesn’t get to change our DNA in one day': defiant El Paso chooses love over hate https://t.co/mpKF8VSZT7— The Guardian (@guardian) August 7, 2019
Trump still thinks everything is about him:NEW: @JoeBiden to hit @realDonaldTrump in his speech in Iowa this afternoon, per excerpts released early from his campaign.— Molly Nagle (@MollyNagle3) August 7, 2019
“Trump offers no moral leadership; no interest in unifying the nation, no evidence the presidency has awakened his conscience in the least.” Biden will say
But what he has unleashed may change us all.Like going to Normandy and sitting in front of the gravestones as folks gathered to commemorate the 75th anniversary and complaining about Mueller, Trump can’t stop making himself the focus of all days after 31 people were killed in massacres. https://t.co/qLvjMtkiz0— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 7, 2019
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 7, 2019Follow that thread, especially. This is not just about horse race politics, this is about the polis: about who we are and who we pick as our leaders. "Phony name to indicate hispanic heritage"? Like "El Paso"? Down here, that hispanic heritage is real. That man needs to go back where he came from.
This is a test. Who are we going to be?
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