Rep. Pete King: Sure Trumps Comments Were Racist, But He's Not!

[Stuart G]

Talking Points Memo:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/pete-king-trump-not-racist


Rep. Pete King (R-NY) pulled off some serious verbal gymnastics on Friday while defending Donald Trump, condemning his “racist” remarks about a federal judge but insisting Trump himself would never discriminate based on race.


"There's not a hint of racism,” King said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“What he said last week was racist but I make a distinction between a remark that is racist and a person who - he's almost 70-years-old,” he continued. “He's been in the public light and the private light all those years and nothing has come up that I'm aware of, of any type of racism at all.”

[TacoD]

1. This is Peter King of NY, not Steve King of IA

Steve King would probably deny that the comments were racist.

[Stuart G]

2. Agreed, and the correction has been made.....I typed, when I should have copied and pasted.

sorry to all....

[metroins]

3. Pete King is normally somewhat rational

For an R

He should've not commented.

[Stuart G]

5. You are correct...most of them.."should not comment" to save what we call "integrity"

This does not really exist currently in the Republican Party.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Love the sin, hate the sinner, right?

Or did I get that wrong?

[yellowcanine]

6. Orwellian blather.

[writes3000]

7. There are plenty of examples of Trump racism. Peter King is being a ridiculous liar here.

[gratuitous]

8. It's an amazing phenomenon

Republicans ordinarily have the supernatural capacity to peer into people's souls, and know immediately what's in their innermost hearts, motivating and animating them, even when their actions completely contradict those perceived motivations. For example, "Obama's a gun-grabbing socialist!" even when the administration hasn't grabbed anyone's guns, and the stock market has performed about 1,000 times better than it ever did under the MBA President Who Must Not Be Named.

Yet, here they are, presented with their nominee and his indisputably racist comments, but now they can't discern any type of racism at all, they can't tell what's in his heart, they don't know anything about Trump's motivations and it's impossible to comment on that all of Trump's outward behavior notwithstanding.