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GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is taking his racial rhetoric to disturbing new heights, writes Fox News political analyst Juan Williams. And he's doing it for one cynical reason: "to advance his political ambition as a candidate in a party that is more than 80 percent white." |
Ramaswamy is downplaying white supremacy at a time when racially motivated attacks seem to be on the rise, writes Williams. Ramaswamy has said he believes racial prejudice still exists in America but that "those [are the] last burning embers of racism." "This means that Ramaswamy sees no benefit in discussing racial inequality because it does not interest a lot of white Republicans," writes Williams. "He seems to see no benefit in reaching out to racial minorities with conservative views — Blacks, Latinos and others who celebrate family values, church and hard work but want a candidate who can speak honestly about racism." Ramaswamy, who is of Indian descent, says he wants to restore "colorblind equality." Williams counters that Ramaswamy is "a brown-skinned man telling white Republicans they don't need to deal with racial divisions and disparities that continue to challenge an increasingly diverse nation." "The U.S. has already been injured by Donald Trump's racist rhetoric as a presidential candidate and later as president," concludes Williams. "Vivek Ramaswamy is now reading from the Trump playbook." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Mick Mulvaney, former Representative (R-S.C.) |
Just because we haven't been able to muster the requisite level of support for changing our Constitution in more than 50 years, that shouldn't mean that the amendment tool is permanently neutered. All it would take is to find an issue that unites the country instead of dividing it. |
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By Peter Zeidenberg, partner at the law firm ArentFox Schiff |
The question of what Trump actually believed is relevant to the offense and goes to the question of motive. But these personal beliefs do not constitute an element of the offense. Indeed, to the extent that Trump actually believed he won — an extremely dubious proposition if the allegations in the indictment are true — then he arguably had an even greater motive to act unlawfully. |
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By Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law for George Washington University |
Barack Obama is being asked to bail Biden out from another debacle of his own making, going back to his time in Obama's administration. Various committees and private groups are seeking more than 5,000 emails from Biden in which he used an array of aliases during the Obama administration. |
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The government may regard Musk as an opponent to be taken down, but it also depends on SpaceX to launch satellites, take astronauts to and from the International Space Station and, eventually, land people on the moon. |
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