In his Monday column [1], Politico’s Roger Simon unleashed an anti-GOP rant where he accused the Republican Party of letting “racism out of the closet,” accused it of waging “a war against babies” and wished death on two of its leaders, Ted Cruz and John Boehner.
In his column headlined: “Government shutdown unleashes racism” Simon wasted no time in attacking Republicans by putting his twist on old sick lawyer joke: “Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, who would be saved? Answer: America.”
Simon then went on to accuse Cruz of “making a war against babies,” as seen in the following excerpt:
Harsh? Look around you at what is happening to America and you will see harsh. I am not talking about closed parks and monuments. I am talking about the funds cut to nearly 9 million mothers and young children for food, breastfeeding support and infant formula.
That is harsh. Making a war against babies is harsh. And for what? Because Cruz, Republican senator from Texas, has grown so drunk on the sound of his own voice and so besotted with illusions of his own grandeur that he believes halting government today will propel him into the White House tomorrow?
After railing against the “Kamikaze Caucus” of Republicans, Simon then used one Confederate Flag waving protestor to paint an entire movement as racist:
This weekend, racism came out of the closet. (Which assumes it has ever been in the closet.) Protesters marched through the streets of Washington on Sunday with a Confederate flag and then a protester lounged against the White House fence with one. Displaying the Confederate flag in front of a home occupied by a black family was meant to send a particular, and particularly repellent, message.
— Geoffrey Dickens is Deputy Research Director at the Media Research Center. Follow Geoffrey Dickens on Twitter. [2]