To the Republican Party: Take your fake outrage over Trump's 'pussy' remarks and shove it

By Barbara Morrill
Saturday Oct 08, 2016 · 12:46 PM EDT

In the aftermath of the release of the audio recording of Donald Trump bragging about grabbing “pussy” because he’s “a star” and can “get away with it,” it seems that the Republican Party has emerged from a 16-month coma. Suddenly they’re outraged, shocked and appalled that Donald Trump made vile comments about women. It’s unacceptable, it’s disqualifying, he must apologize, he should step down. So what about the past 16 months?

Since Trump descended on his golden escalator to announce his candidacy, he has peddled hate. He called Mexicans “rapists and criminals” and promised a “deportation force” to remove millions of them from the country, he repeatedly attacked a Gold Star family, he’s whipped up hated against Muslims, he said an Indiana-born judge wasn’t qualified because of his ethnicity, he mocked a reporter with disabilities, he has waged a war on women for their looks, their bodies, their menstrual cycles … his hate has been constant. And day after day, as Trump peddled this hate, the Republican Party remained silent. Until now.

Suddenly, the Republican Party is outraged. And what does that tell us? First, that the GOP has absolutely no problem with hate speech, racism, bigotry and misogyny. Unless it threatens their jobs, because the only reason Republicans are finally speaking up is because the election is one month away and they are doing whatever they can to distance themselves from his toxic campaign. Period. So they can take their phony outrage and shove it.

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