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Paul Ryan 'does not agree' with Arpaio pardon, spokesman says:

"The Speaker does not agree with this decision," spokesman Doug Andres said in a statement. "Law enforcement officials have a special responsibility to respect the rights of everyone in the United States. We should not allow anyone to believe that responsibility is diminished by this pardon."

Наверное, теперь стоит ждать новых зажигательных твитов о Райане.

Identity politics

К моей записи "О центризме и экстремизме".

Процитирую пару твитов Matthew Yglesias на ту же тему:

I'm old enough to remember when marriage equality was the prototypical identity politics issue consigning Democrats to a permanent minority.

Then I think it was 4-5 years after that when the GOP's weakness with non-white voters consigned them to be a permanent minority.

Worth asking how the hapless Dems would have done in 2016 if Trump had run on privatizing Medicare & bringing back Don't Ask Don't Tell.

Я вот тоже old enough, вернее, достаточно давно в США, чтобы помнить и то, и другое.

Про второе -- "when the GOP's weakness with non-white voters consigned them to be a permanent minority" -- я даже помню истерику, батхерт и meltdown у нынешних ЖЖешных трампистов после второй победы Обамы.

И чему нас учат эти истории?