the point of a vacuum silence by republican party leaders is deafening and enabling. mitt romney referenced i think butch cassidy and the sun das kid. morons, morons on the team. sitting down with white supremacists is missing iq points. they speak out about this. others aren t worried about the leadership places. mccarr think wants to be speaker if republicans take over the house in the november elections. steve scalise fears that speaking out against the members, reprimanding them costs votes but what i think mcconnell is trying to make clear is that the republican party cannot be viable long term if there s tolerance or space for this kind