him maybe we could give him a pass. but you only missed a couple things. he also said that this president only knows how to turn us into detroit, make us like detroit, distressed african-american city, and he also made this crazy reference i believe in the same speech in georgia saying that this election is as important as 1860, which is when we elected abraham lincoln, which led the south to secede over slavery. i don t know what other association with 1860 anybody could have sitting in georgia. so it s a string of racial dog whistles that adds up to it doesn t even feel like coded racism anymore. it feels like racism. michael, does any republican contender have to go down this road? i mean, to solidify the base in a very sick manner? and it seems like we re the only ones that are calling them out on this. sure. i think there is a real
detroit, make us like detroit, distressed african-american city, and he also made this crazy reference i believe in the same speech in georgia saying that this election is as important as 1860, which is when we elected abraham lincoln, which led the south to secede over slavery. i don t know what other association with 1860 anybody could have sitting in georgia. so it s a string of racial dog whistles that adds up to it doesn t even feel like coded racism anymore. it feels like racism. michael, does any republican contender have to go down this road? i mean, to solidify the base in a very sick manner? and it seems like we re the only ones that are calling them out on this. sure. i think there is a real parallel here between what jim demint said and what newt consistently says as joan